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Eighteen Rushton Stakely Attorneys Named Best Lawyers
Rushton Stakely is pleased to announce that eighteen of our attorneys were chosen for the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. The selected lawyers are: Dennis R. Bailey, Communications Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial, Banking & Finance, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Real Estate, and Product Liability Litigation; Jeffrey W. Blitz, Real Estate Law; L. Peyton Chapman, Medical Malpractice Law; Ronald G. Davenport, Personal Injury Litigation; William I. Eskridge, Real Estate Law; James W. Garrett, Jr., Personal Injury, Mediation, and Insurance Law; Richard B. Garrett, Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation; William S. Haynes, Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation; James Theodore Jackson, Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates; Paul M. James, Personal Injury; Thomas H. Keene, Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation; Daniel L. Lindsey, Tax Law and Trusts & Estates; Patrick M. Shegon, Medical Malpractice Law; Christopher S. Simmons, Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Public Finance Law, Tax Law, and Trusts & Estates; Frank J. Stakely, Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation; Fred W. Tyson, Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation; Robert C. Ward, Jr., Mediation and Insurance Law; and Helen Crump Wells, Tax Law and Trusts & Estates.
For 29 years, Best Lawyers has been regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Inclusion in the Best Lawyers list is based on a rigorous national survey of leading U. S. attorneys. The 2012 edition is derived from over 3.9 million detailed evaluations of attorneys by their peers. We are proud that eighteen of our attorneys were recognized with this distinguished honor.