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Eighteen Rushton Stakely Attorneys Named Best Lawyers 2017
Rushton Stakely is pleased to announce that eighteen of our attorneys were chosen for the 23rd edition of The Best Lawyers in America© 2017. The selected lawyers are: Dennis R. Bailey, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Communications Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking & Finance, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Labor & Employment, Litigation – Real Estate, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Jeffrey W. Blitz, Real Estate Law; L. Peyton Chapman, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Ronald G. Davenport, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; William I. Eskridge, Real Estate Law; James W. Garrett, Jr., Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Insurance Law; Alan T. Hargrove, Insurance Law, and Litigation – Insurance; William S. Haynes, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; R. Austin Huffaker, Jr., Appellate Practice; J. Theodore Jackson, Jr., Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates; Paul M. James, Jr., Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Thomas H. Keene, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Daniel L. Lindsey, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates; Patrick M. Shegon, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Christopher S. Simmons, Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Public Finance Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates; Frank J. Stakely, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Fred W. Tyson, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Helen Crump Wells, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates.
For over 30 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, and Corporate Counsel® magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” We are proud that eighteen of our attorneys were recognized with this distinguished honor.