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- Appellate Practice
- Automotive Dealers
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights
- Commercial Real Estate
- Commercial, Complex, and Class Action Litigation
- Construction Law
- Corporate and Business Practice
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- Pharmaceutical, Biologic, and Medical Device Litigation
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- Utility and Energy Law

Nineteen RSJG Attorneys Listed as Best Lawyers 2011
For years, Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A. has been home to some of the top-ranked attorneys of not only the River Region, but also of the country. This year, nineteen attorneys from RSJ&G were chosen for the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. The selected lawyers from RSJ&G were: Dennis R. Bailey, commercial litigation & communications law; Jeffrey W. Blitz, real estate law; L. Peyton Chapman, medical malpractice; Ronald G. Davenport, personal injury litigation; William I. Eskridge, real estate law; James W. Garrett, Jr., alternative dispute resolution, personal injury, and insurance law; Richard B. Garrett, medical malpractice law and personal injury litigation; William S. Haynes, medical malpractice and personal injury litigation; Robert A. Huffaker, appellate law & commercial litigation; James Theodore Jackson, tax law; Paul M. James, personal injury; Thomas H. Keene, medical malpractice law and personal injury litigation; Daniel L. Lindsey, tax law and trust & estates; Patrick M. Shegon, medical malpractice; Christopher S. Simmons, public finance law, tax law, and trusts & estates; Frank J. Stakely, medical malpractice and personal injury litigation; Fred W. Tyson, medical malpractice and personal injury litigation; Robert C. Ward, Jr., alternative dispute resolution and insurance law; and Helen Crump Wells, tax law and trusts & estates.
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer review publication within the legal industry. Inclusion in the Best Lawyers list is based on exhaustive peer reviews of thousands of leading attorneys throughout the United States. The 2011 edition is based on over 3.1 million detailed evaluations of attorneys by their peers. We are pleased that nineteen of our attorneys were recognized with this distinguished honor.