Atlanta (November 5, 2004) LAWFUEL – Law, legal, attorney, law firm news— Sixty-six Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys have recently been honored by their peers in The Best Lawyers in America® 2005-2006. The firm leads the nation in number of intellectual property attorneys recognized, ranks 9th in number of corporate attorneys honored and 15th overall.
“We are proud to have our lawyers once again acknowledged as national leaders by prestigious Best Lawyers in America® ,” said Bill Brewster, Managing Partner and Best Lawyers in America® honoree. “These selections are indicative of the depth of specific expertise available to our clients, as well as the firm’s tremendous reputation among its peers.”
The Best Lawyers in America® high ranking comes just after Kilpatrick Stockton being named the “best place to work” in Atlanta and 11th nationwide of all Am Law 100/Global 100 firms by The American Lawyer’s Annual Midlevel Associates Survey.
The Best Lawyers lists are compiled through a peer-review survey in which 16,000 leading attorneys in the United States cast more than a half million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties.
The total number of Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys listed by practice area includes:
Corporate, M&A and Securities (15); Intellectual Property (13); Business Litigation (10); Labor and Employment (6);Employee Benefits (5); Alternative Dispute Resolution (4); Personal Injury Litigation (4); Trusts and Estates (4); Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights (3); Construction (3); Environmental (3); Health Care (3); Tax (3); Antitrust (2); Real Estate (2); Entertainment (1); Financial Institutions and Transactions (1); Franchise (1); and Immigration (1).
Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys honored include:
Harold E. Abrams
(Tax Law) (Trusts and Estates)
Miles J. Alexander
(Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Antitrust Law) (Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law) (Intellectual Property Law)
John T. Allred
(Business Litigation)
Anthony B. Askew
(Intellectual Property Law)
Rupert Barkoff
(Franchise Law)
Joseph M. Beck
(Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Entertainment Law) (Intellectual Property Law)
Stephen R. Berlin
(Environmental Law)
W. Stanley Blackburn
(Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law)
William H. Boice
(Business Litigation)(Labor and Employment Law)
Richard R. Boisseau
(Labor and Employment Law)
Penni Pearson Bradshaw
(Immigration Law) (Labor and Employment Law)
R. Alexander Bransford, Jr.
(Tax Law)
William H. Brewster
(Intellectual Property Law)
Peter S. Brunstetter
(Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law) (Health Care Law)
Susan Cahoon
(Business Litigation)
Tim Carssow
(Real Estate Law)
Raymond G. Chadwick, Jr.
(Personal Injury Litigation)
Richard R. Cheatham
(Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law)(Financial Institutions and Transactions Law)
A. Stephens Clay IV
(Alternative Dispute Resolution)(Business Litigation)
James H. Coil III
(Labor and Employment Law)
C. Penn Craver, Jr.
(Trusts and Estates)
W. Randy Eaddy
(Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law)
Robert Leon Edwards
(Trusts and Estates)
J. Robert Elster
(Business Litigation) (Personal Injury Litigation)
James L. Ewing IV
(Intellectual Property Law)
Daniel T. Falstad
(Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law)
Candace L. Fowler
(Real Estate Law)
Jamie L. Greene
(Intellectual Property Law)
Randall F. Hafer
(Construction Law)
Carl W. Hibbert
(Trusts and Estates)
Richard A. Horder
(Environmental Law)
G. Dudley Humphrey
(Construction Law) (Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law)
Gerald A. Jeutter, Jr.
(Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
James D. Johnson
(Intellectual Property Law)
Hilary P. Jordan
(Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law)
James H. Kelly
(Personal Injury Litigation)
Richard J. Keshian
(Business Litigation)
Wyck A. Knox, Jr.
(Business Litigation)(Health Care Law)
Jeffrey T. Lawyer
(Tax Law)
Larry D. Ledbetter
(Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law)
Colvin T. Leonard III
(Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law)
Steven J. Levitas
(Environmental Law)
George L. Little, Jr.
(Antitrust Law) (Business Litigation) (Intellectual Property Law)
Alfred S. Lurey
(Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
E. Lynwood Mallard
(Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law)
Dennis S. Meir
(Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
John S. Pratt
(Intellectual Property Law)
Diane L. Prucino
(Labor and Employment Law)
Dean W. Russell
(Intellectual Property Law)
Steven J. Sacher
(Employee Benefits Law) (Labor and Employment Law)
Stephen M. Schaetzel
(Intellectual Property Law)
David C. Smith
(Business Litigation)
George Anthony Smith
(Construction Law)
James D. Steinberg
(Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law)
David A. Stockton
(Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law)
Phillip H. Street
(Health Care Law)
Jerre B. Swann
(Intellectual Property Law)
Daniel R. Taylor
(Business Litigation)
G. Kimbrough Taylor
(Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law)
Virginia S. Taylor
(Intellectual Property Law)
Michael H. Trotter
(Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law)
William J. Vesely, Jr.
(Employee Benefits Law)
Craig B. Wheaton
(Employee Benefits Law)
Mark D. Wincek
(Employee Benefits Law)
William E. Wright
(Employee Benefits Law)
David M. Zacks
(Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Health Care Law) (Personal Injury Litigation)
About The Best Lawyers in America® 2005-2006
The 2005-2006 edition is the eleventh edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which 16,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast more than a half million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”