ATLANTA (JUNE 19) — Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that the firm earned the highest recognition in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. In total, 50 Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys made this prestigious list.
Miles Alexander was one of the few attorneys across the nation to be singled out with a ‘Star’ ranking, which is given to select attorneys with exceptional recommendations in their field.
Several Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys are listed as #1 in their respective practice areas, including: Joseph Beck and Jim Ewing, Intellectual Property; Brian Corgan, William Dorris and Randall F. Hafer, Construction; Richard Horder, Environment; A. Stephens Clay, Litigation: General Commercial.
Attorneys ranked nationally in their practice areas: Rupert Barkoff, Franchising and Jim Steinberg, Business Process Outsourcing.
Four Kilpatrick Stockton practice areas are ranked #1, including:
Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Georgia)
Construction (Georgia)
Intellectual Property (Georgia)
Labor & Employment (Georgia)
Other Kilpatrick Stockton practice areas recognized:
Antitrust
Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
Business Process Outsourcing (National)
Corporate/M&A
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Environment
ERISA Litigation (National)
Franchising (National)
Healthcare
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial
Real Estate
Tax
The following Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys were named to this year’s Chambers USA:
Antitrust
George L. Little Jr.
Banking & Finance
Hilary P. Jordan
Colvin T. Leonard III
Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
Richard R. Cheatham
Bankruptcy / Restructuring
Alfred Lurey
Dennis Meir
Todd Meyers
Paul M. Rosenblatt
Business Process Outsourcing
Jim Steinberg
Construction
Brian Corgan (1)
William Dorris (1)
Randall F. Hafer (1)
George Anthony Smith
Neal Sweeney
Corporate/ M&A
Stanley Blackburn
Lynwood Mallard
David Stockton
David B. Whelpley Jr.
Elizabeth Wren
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Mark D. Wincek
Environment
Steve Berlin
Richard Horder (1)
Steven J. Levitas
Alan McConnell
Susan Richardson
Franchising
Rupert M. Barkoff
Healthcare
Phillip Street
Intellectual Property
Miles Alexander (*)
Joseph Beck (1)
William H. Brewster
Jim Ewing (1)
John Pratt
Jerre Swann
Labor & Employment
Randall D. Avram
William Boice
Richard Boisseau
James Coil
Richard Hankins
Litigation: General Commercial
William Boice
Susan Cahoon
Adam Charnes (W)
A. Stephens Clay (1)
Hayden J Silver
Daniel Taylor
David Zacks
Real Estate
Jeffrey A. Benson
Tim Carssow
Candace L. Fowler
Gary Joyner
Tax
Lynn Fowler
Jerry Smith
— (*) denotes an exceptional attorney ranking
— (1) denotes a first place rank
— (W) denotes one to watch
Rankings assessed key qualities in the legal field, including technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client.
About Chambers and Partners
Chambers and Partners Publishing, based in London, produces the annual Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. For the current US directory, more than 14,000 interviews were conducted covering the entire country and were carried out by a team of over 40 full-time researchers over a period of six months.
About Kilpatrick Stockton
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP is a full-service international law firm with more than 500 attorneys in nine offices across the globe: London; Stockholm; Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia; New York City, New York; Charlotte, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and Washington, D.C. Kilpatrick Stockton’s delivery of innovative business solutions provides results-oriented counsel for corporations, from the challenging demands of financial transactions and securities to the disciplines of intellectual property management. Collaboration among Kilpatrick Stockton’s corporate, litigation and intellectual property attorneys provides knowledgeable and proactive guidance for companies at every stage of the business life cycle. For more information about Kilpatrick Stockton, please visit www.kilpatrickstockton.com.
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