The 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America has been released and includes a number of attorneys from Savannah as either 2014 Savannah Lawyers of the Year or among the Best Lawyers in America.
Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based on peer review, including thousands of extensive telephone interviews with leading attorneys throughout the balloting process.
Savannah lawyers selected by the publication include:
HUNTERMACLEAN:
• LeeAnn W. Aldridge, real estate law;
• Saunders Aldridge, commercial litigation;
• Dorothea Coy, commercial finance law;
• Thomas S. Cullen, corporate law;
• Andrew H. Ernst, economic development law, environmental law;
• T. Mills Fleming, health care law, immigration law;
• Edward O. Henneman, Jr., real estate law;
• Wade W. Herring II, employment law–management, litigation-labor and employment;
• John M. Hewson III, corporate law;
• Shawn A. Kachmar, employment law-management;
• Dennis B. Keene, product liability litigation–defendants, transportation law;
• Sarah H. Lamar, employment law–management, labor law-management;
• Bates Lovett, product liability litigation–defendants;
• Frank S. Macgill, tax law, trusts and estates
• Kirby G. Mason, medical malpractice law-defendants;
• Diana J. P. McKenzie, information technology law;
• Colin A. McRae, admiralty & maritime law;
• M. Lane Morrison, trusts and estates;
• Christopher W. Phillips, construction law, litigation–construction, medical malpractice law-defendants;
• Janet A. Shirley, trusts and estates;
• David F. Sipple, admiralty & maritime law;
• Ron D. Talley, environmental law, real estate law;
• John M. Tatum, bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, litigation–ERISA, litigation-intellectual property, litigation-trusts & estates;
• Harold B. Yellin, land use & zoning law, real estate law;
• Arnold C. Young, insurance law, personal injury litigation–defendants, product liability litigation-defendants.
BOUHAN FALLIGANT:
• Frank W. “Sonny” Seiler, medical malpractice law–plaintiffs, personal injury litigation–defendants, personal injury litigation–plaintiffs and product liability litigation–defendants;
• Walter C. Hartridge, admiralty and maritime law, commercial litigation and corporate law;
• Edwin D. Robb, Jr., admiralty and maritime law;
• Carlton E. Joyce. commercial litigation, insurance law, medical malpractice law-defendants, personal injury litigation-defendants, professional malpractice law–defendants and transportation law.
MORRIS, MANNING & MARTIN LLP:
• Joseph “Rusty” Ross, health care and real estate.
OLIVER MANER LLP:
Savannah Lawyers of the Year:
• Patrick T. O’Connor, bet-the-company litigation;
• William J. Hunter, medical malpractice law-defendants;
• Julian R. Friedman, of counsel, trusts and estates.
2014 Best Lawyers of America:
• David H. Dickey, tax law, trusts and estates;
• William P. Franklin, Jr., medical malpractice law–defendants, personal injury litigation-defendants;
• Julian R. Friedman, employee benefits (ERISA) law, tax law, trusts and estates;
• James P. Gerard, real estate law;
• Douglas J. Giorgio, III, trusts and estates;
• Douglas E. Herman, commercial litigation, litigation–real estate;
• I. Gregory Hodges, medical malpractice law–defendants, personal injury litigation–defendants;
• William J. Hunter, medical malpractice law–defendants; personal injury litigation – defendants;
• Alison S. Kennickell, medical malpractice law–defendants;
• Patrick T. O’Connor, bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, legal malpractice law–defendants, litigation–municipal, mediation;
• Patricia T. Paul, workers’ compensation law–employers;
• Christopher L. Ray, medical malpractice law–defendants, personal injury litigation–defendants, personal injury litigation–plaintiffs;
• Timothy D. Roberts, commercial litigation;
• Robert W. Schivera, trusts and estates;
• Lee A. Summerford, trusts and estates;
• Andrew M. Wilkes, medical malpractice law–defendants.