Freeborn & Peters LLP announced that Lawrence P. Ingram, managing partner of the firm’s Tampa office, has accepted an invitation to join the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), an invitation-only global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests.

The firm said Ingram is a member of Freeborn’s Litigation Practice Group and Insurance and Reinsurance Industry Team. He concentrates his trial practice in professional business disputes involving trade secrets and restrictive covenants, professional liability defense, third-party insurance coverage, qui tam, and health care fraud. He has experience in litigation and resulting trials arising from professional business disputes involving restrictive covenant/trade secret cases. In the area of professional liability, Ingram’s practice focuses on the litigation and trial defense of professional malpractice claims against insurance agents and attorneys.

Founded in 1920, the IADC has members who hail from six continents, 51 countries and territories, and all 50 U.S. states. The core purposes of the IADC are to enhance the development of skills, promote professionalism, and facilitate camaraderie among its members and their clients, as well as the broader civil justice community.

The International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) has announced that Michelle I. Schaffer, a member at Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, P.C., in Boston, has accepted an invitation to join the IADC, the preeminent invitation-only global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests.

The firm said Schaffer focuses her trial practice on product liability, premises liability, pharmaceutical and medical devices, and toxic torts/mass torts defense matters.

Schaffer is the immediate past president of the Massachusetts chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. In addition, she is a past president of the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association and the Massachusetts chapter of the Federal Bar Association. She has served as a member of the Massachusetts Joint Bar Committee on Judicial Appointments and currently serves on the Massachusetts Bar Association Civil Litigation Section Council. She is a former chair of the Defense Research Institute’s Lawyers Professionalism and Ethics Committee.

Schaffer received her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) from Tufts University.

Stroock senior counsel Joel Cohen — a veteran prosecutor, white-collar defense lawyer and author on legal ethics topics — considers what it means to take an oath as well as the implications of adhering to one in his new book: “I Swear: The Meaning of an Oath.”

The book, available from Vandeplas 2019, asks the reader to consider the consequences of varied oaths, along with the respective oath-takers’ duties under diverse circumstances.

The book includes 11 profiles of a wide-ranging group of Americans who took oaths of personal intent and professional requirement, including former Central Intelligence Agency Director Richard Helms; Dr. Samuel Mudd; and former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

“The book is intended to make us think about the oaths we ourselves take alongside those taken by members of professional societies,” said Cohen. “In this particular time and place in our country, it is important to understand the impact oaths have on society and consider whether the sanctity of one declaration surpasses another.”

Cohen is a white-collar criminal lawyer and has spent the last 30 years of his career at Stroock. Prior to joining the firm, Cohen served as a prosecutor in the New York State Special Prosecutor’s Office and as an assistant attorney-in-charge with the U.S. Justice Department’s Organized Crime & Racketeering Section. Cohen is a regular contributor to the New York Law Journal, The Hill and Law & Crime, among other publications.

“I Swear” is available on Vandeplas, Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Ryan Fayhee has been identified as one of the 25 most respected sanctions lawyers in Washington, D.C. by Global Investigations Review (GIR).

The firm said GIR surveyed dozens of practitioners and reviewed publicly available information to discern which individuals are working on the most significant cases. The list was trimmed down to 25 DC-based practitioners at the top of the field, with a maximum of one lawyer per firm.

Fayhee leads the Sanctions, Export Controls & Anti-Money Laundering practice group at Hughes Hubbard and is a former official and senior prosecutor with the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ). Fayhee’s practice focuses on government and congressional investigations, crisis management, cross-border compliance, corporate governance, and white collar criminal defense.

Brian P. Corrigan of Farrell Fritz has been named a Fellow of The New York Bar Foundation.

Corrigan, a resident of Garden City, NY, is a partner in the firm’s estate litigation practice group. He earned his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law and his B.A., cum laude, from Providence College.

Fellows are nominated by peers and recognized for distinguished achievement, dedication to the legal profession, and commitment to the organized bar and service to the public.

As Foundation ambassadors, Fellows exemplify the spirit of caring and sharing by demonstrating their belief that the practice of law is a helping profession, the firm said in a release.

For the eighth consecutive year, Dallas-based Estes Thorne & Carr has been placed among the nation’s best law firms in the Best Law Firms guide compiled by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers in America.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the firm ranked as a top law firm for commercial litigation and employment law and was also recognized in the publication for arbitration, family law, labor law and construction litigation practices.

“This recognition comes from client feedback and peer review, so it is especially significant and meaningful to us,” Jessica Thorne, managing partner, said.

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Anne M. O’Brien, partner and member of Quarles & Brady LLP’s Health Law Practice Group, has been named president of the American Society for Pharmacy Law (ASPL). O’Brien officially began her duties as president at the ASPL annual meeting in San Diego, November 7-10.

In a release, the firm said O’Brien has participated in multiple committees, including the sub-committee for Education, serving as ASPL treasurer and, most recently, president-elect. As president, one of her key initiatives will be to continue expansion of the organization’s content and educational programming for members. O’Brien said she also hopes to continue the steady growth in membership ASPL has experienced over the past several years.

In her practice, O’Brien advises pharmacies, wholesale distributors, and manufacturers regarding regulatory compliance and licensing issues. She represents pharmacists, pharmacies, and other entities in civil and administrative venues in matters related to discipline and licensure, actions filed by Medicaid to recoup payments and terminate provider status, audits by public and private payers, petitioning for reinstatement of eligibility to participate in Medicare, and the defense of medical negligence claims.

Redgrave LLP partners Mathea K.E. Bulander, and Christine P. Payne, and managing director Staci D. Kaliner were named to the 2019 “Women Worth Watching” list published by Profiles in Diversity Journal.

Now in its 18th edition, “Women Worth Watching” recognizes women executives who are leading the way to excellence in the workplace, marketplace, and the world. The award winners were profiled in the summer 2019 edition of Profiles in Diversity Journal, which is dedicated to promoting and advancing diversity and inclusion in the corporate, government, nonprofit, higher education, and military sectors.

To read the “Women Worth Watching” summer 2019 edition, visit http://www.womenworthwatching.com/.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that Anne Marie Seibel, a partner in the firm’s Birmingham office, is among the recipients of Corporate Counsel and InsideCounsel magazines’ 2019 Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) Awards.

Formerly known as the National Women in Law Awards, the WIPL awards honor general counsel, in-house leaders and law firm partners who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law. The honorees were recognized at an awards dinner Oct. 16 as part of the Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference in Washington, D.C. Profiles of the honorees will appear in the December issue of Corporate Counsel.

Ms. Seibel is an award recipient in the Women’s Legal Awards Category among WIPL law firm honorees. According to Corporate Counsel and InsideCounsel Editor-in-Chief Heather Nevitt, the award honorees are “business strategists, complex problem-solvers, and of course, great lawyers. But what particularly makes these women stand out is their personal dedication to the promotion of diversity in the legal industry.”

A member of Bradley’s Litigation Practice Group and co-chair of the firm’s Inclusion and Diversity Committee, Seibel is involved with multi-forum and multi-plaintiff high-stakes litigation. Her experience includes trials in Alabama state and federal courts and New Hampshire state court, as well AAA arbitrations and matters in the Tribal Court of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.

Seibel currently serves as managing director of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Litigation. Previously, she was co-chair of the Section of Litigation’s Membership and Marketing Committee. Her other prior national leadership roles with the Section of Litigation have included co-chair of the Regional Meeting Committee, liaison to the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, and co-chair of the Woman Advocate Committee. In addition, Ms. Seibel is a founder of Bradley’s Women’s Initiative and is a former chair of the firm’s Associate Committee.

Provost Umphrey Law Firm has earned a place in the 2020 Best Law Firms guide by U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America, marking the 12th year in a row the firm has received such recognition.

Provost Umphrey earned top rankings in the Beaumont metro area for representing plaintiffs in mass torts and class actions, personal injury and product liability litigation. The Nashville office earned recognition for labor and employment litigation.

To learn more about the firm’s top practice rankings, visit https://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/profile/provost-umphrey-law-firm-l-l-p/overview/15784.

Best Law Firms rankings are based on extensive evaluations by clients and attorneys in the same practice areas, as well as peer and editorial review of the information provided by law firms.

To be eligible, a firm must have at least one lawyer in the 2020 Best Lawyers in America guide, which compiles its list through surveys from attorneys nationwide. Fourteen Provost Umphrey attorneys earned placement in this year’s guide, with three winning “Lawyer of the Year” honors, given to attorneys who received the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Equity Partner Bryan O. Blevins Jr. earned this distinction for mass torts and class action, Equity Partner David P. Wilson was chosen for personal injury litigation, and attorney Darren L. Brown was honored for product liability litigation.

Nine firm attorneys also earned Texas Super Lawyers honors, another peer-review attorney guide. Earlier this year, the firm made the list of Top Texas Verdicts & Settlements compiled by VerdictSearch and Texas Lawyer based on 2018 cases. Provost Umphrey was recognized for the largest premises liability verdict in Texas with a $6.34 million Harris County negligence award against a suburban Houston apartment complex in connection with the murder of a 15-year-old girl.

Boutique family law firm Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson has earned recognition for the 11th consecutive year in the Best Law firms guide published by U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America.

The firm earned top rankings in both the Dallas Fort-Worth and San Antonio areas for family law and family law mediation. In addition, the firm’s appellate practice won national recognition for the fourth year in a row, with metropolitan honors in San Antonio for the first time.

Best Law Firms rankings are based on thorough client and attorney evaluation, as well as peer and editorial review of the information provided by law firms.

“We appreciate the feedback from clients and other lawyers,” said firm partner Brad LaMorgese. “Our team works diligently and efficiently to guide clients involved in family law matters, and we are honored to be included on this prestigious list.”

A firm must have at least one attorney recognized in the current Best Lawyers in America guide to earn eligibility. Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson had 13 lawyers listed this year.

Name partners Richard R. Orsinger, Keith M. Nelson, R. Scott Downing and Jeff O. Anderson were recognized for their work in family law; Orsinger also earned honors for his appellate work; Anderson earned additional recognition for his family law arbitration practice.

Also earning family law recognition are partners William M. Reppeto III, Brad M. LaMorgese, Amber Liddell Alwais, Paula A. Bennett, Lon M. Loveless, Paul Hewett, Chris Oldner and Holly Rampy Baird, and Of Counsel Jim Loveless. LaMorgese earned additional honors for his appellate practice, and Bennett was recognized for her family law mediation work.

The publishers of U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America have ranked Perry Law P.C. among the leading firms in Dallas-Fort Worth for insurance law for 2020.

This is the first year Perry Law has earned this recognition, earning a place in the annual Best Law Firms guide.

“We are thrilled to be included among this area’s top insurance-focused law firms,” said firm founder Meloney Perry. “We work hard as a team to provide the best solutions to the complex issues facing our clients, and it’s an honor to have that dedication recognized by our clients and peers.”

Best Law Firms rankings are chosen through extensive client and attorney evaluations, peer review, and editorial review of the information provided by law firms. For the full 2020 Best Law Firms list, visit https://bestlawfirms.usnews.com.

To earn eligibility for the Best Law Firms listing, a firm must have at least one attorney recognized in the current Best Lawyers in America, the oldest peer-review lawyer guide in the United States. Perry was recognized earlier this year for her work in insurance law and insurance litigation.

She was also honored on the 2019 Texas Super Lawyers listing for her insurance coverage work.

Perry represents insurance companies in coverage disputes, bad faith claims and class actions. She serves as the primary regional lawyer for a major national insurance carrier and represents companies in insurance and business disputes throughout Texas, New Mexico and Colorado.

Certified under the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, Perry Law P.C. is a woman-owned law firm focused on insurance coverage and litigation. The firm represents companies in matters involving appeals, insurance bad faith, class action, defense litigation and premises liability.

The Duane Morris Women’s Impact Network for Success (WINS) has honored two attorneys for their efforts to advance women in the legal profession. Susan A. Laws, co-managing partner of the firm’s London office, received the Cheryl Bryson Leadership Award. Cyndie M. Chang, managing partner of the firm’s Los Angeles office, received the Margery Reed Professional Excellence Award.

Laws and Chang received the awards at a ceremony at Duane Morris’ annual firmwide meeting.

The Cheryl Bryson Leadership Award recognizes significant contributions, including professional development, leadership and mentoring, made by a lawyer to women in the legal profession. The award is named in honor of the late Cheryl Blackwell Bryson, a Duane Morris partner in Chicago who died in January 2012 after a long battle with cancer. Bryson was a leader in many significant civic and community causes, and she was repeatedly honored throughout her career as a major pioneer, both as a female lawyer and as a lawyer of color.

Likewise, Margery Reed spent her entire professional career as an attorney at Duane Morris, including 24 years as a partner of the firm. As demonstrated by her numerous awards, including her admission as a fellow in the prestigious American College of Bankruptcy, Reed was repeatedly recognized as one of the best commercial bankruptcy lawyers in the country. A consummate partner, Reed was incomparably selfless in giving of her time and talents to assist her colleagues and mentor junior lawyers. She was a true professional in every sense, and her unwavering commitment to her clients and colleagues, the firm and the profession of law is the reason this award for professional excellence is given in her name.

Susan A. Laws was one of the founders of the Duane Morris London Office in 2000. In the two decades that followed, she has been instrumental in recruiting and developing the firm’s London talent, including its women lawyers. Laws focuses her practice on business law and finance, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital financings—with an emphasis on cross border transactions. She has worked in-house in the engineering, automotive and insurance sectors as well as in private practice. Laws also serves on Duane Morris’ governing Partners Board and its Executive Committee. A frequent lecturer on the topic of mergers and acquisitions, she holds a master’s degree in business administration.
Laws is a graduate of Nottingham Law School (MBA, with distinction, 1997) and Southampton University (LLB, with honors, 1977) and was admitted to practice in England & Wales in 1980.

The firm said Cyndie M. Chang manages the firm’s Los Angeles office, maintains an active practice, is a community leader (including serving as a board member for the National Association of Women Lawyers, Duane Morris’ Partners Board, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and as past president of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association) and still finds time to be a strong mentor to young lawyers. She litigates complex business, class action and commercial disputes involving contracts, products liability, product safety and recall, business torts and fraud, unfair competition, trademarks, trade secrets, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), California Proposition 65, entertainment and real estate. Chang litigates insurance-coverage issues on behalf of carriers, including significant environmental, asbestos, toxic tort, and commercial claims, as well as contribution and bad faith disputes. She also serves as one of 12 commissioners on the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession.

Chang was president of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, which awarded her its inaugural Trailblazer award. Loyola Law School, Los Angeles recognized her with the Board of Governors Grand Reunion alumni award. She’s received the “Super Lawyers” distinction, including Top 50 Women of Southern California and the Daily Journal’s Top 100 California Women Lawyers. Chang was selected as one of the “Most Influential Minority Lawyers” and “Leader in Law” by the Los Angeles Business Journal and honored with the inaugural Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) EDGE Greater Equality Award.

Chang is a graduate of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 2003), and Johns Hopkins University (B.A., with honors, 2000).

The 10th edition of “Best Law Firms,” published by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, ranks 14,365 law firms in various areas of legal practice.

Presented in tiers, the rankings give designations to firms in 75 major practice areas nationally and in 127 practice areas regionally.

In the group of 75 practice areas, some of the firms earning top recognition include Jones Day in commercial litigation, K&L Gates in corporate law, Troutman Sanders in energy law, McDermott Will & Emery in health care law, Covington & Burling in insurance, Bracewell in oil and gas, and Cooley in technology law.

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Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., announced that the firm has been highly ranked nationally and in St. Louis and Chicago in the 2020 edition of the U.S News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.”

Greensfelder ranked in Tier 1 – the highest possible ranking – for Franchise Law and also earned high rankings nationally for the following practice areas:

– Litigation – ERISA
– Advertising Law
– Health Care Law
– Litigation – Construction

The firm was ranked in Tier 1 for the St. Louis metropolitan area for the following practice areas:

– Advertising Law
– Commercial Litigation
– Construction Law
– Corporate Law
– Employment Law – Management
– Franchise Law
– Health Care Law
– Labor Law – Management
– Litigation – Construction
– Litigation – ERISA
– Litigation – Insurance
– Real Estate Law
– Tax Law
– Trusts & Estates Law

Additionally, the firm was highly ranked in St. Louis for the following practice areas:

– Appellate Practice
– Copyright Law
– Criminal Defense: White-Collar
– Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
– Government Relations Practice
– Litigation – Labor & Employment
– Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
– Mergers & Acquisitions Law
– Patent Law
– Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
– Securities / Capital Markets Law

For the Chicago metropolitan area, Greensfelder was ranked in Tier 1 for Franchise Law and was highly ranked for Criminal Defense-White Collar.

Each year, The Best Lawyers in America and U.S. News & World Report rank law firm practice areas nationally and across more than 180 metropolitan areas. The “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on client evaluations, peer reviews from leading attorneys, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. To be eligible for a national or metropolitan ranking, a law firm practice area must have at least one lawyer in that practice ranked as a “Best Lawyer.”

Dallas-based Deans & Lyons LLP has earned recognition among the Best Law Firms in the country for 2020 by U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America. The firm was singled out for its commercial litigation work.

Earlier this year, trial lawyer and firm co-founder Michael Lyons was featured in The Best Lawyers in America guide for 2020 as one of the country’s outstanding commercial litigators, a selection based on peer review and editorial evaluation. The Best Law Firms list only includes firms that have at least one attorney in the Best Lawyers guide.

“I’m extremely pleased for our firm, and I am honored to have made the Best Lawyers list. Recognition based on the respect of your peers and competitors is particularly meaningful,” said Mr. Lyons, an accomplished trial lawyer who represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial and personal injury litigation.

Selection for the annual Best Law Firms listing involves client evaluations and practice-specific editorial and peer review. The full 2020 listing can be found at https://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/.

In addition to his 2020 Best Lawyers honors, Lyons has consistently earned selection to the Texas Super Lawyers list, as well as D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas for personal injury and business litigation work, the firm said in a release.

A member of the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums, Lyons has earned additional accolades that include recognition as a Top 100 Lawyer in the Dallas-Fort Worth area by Super Lawyers for 2018 and 2019, Lifetime Achievement status among America’s Top 100 Attorneys for Texas, and America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators for North Texas in 2017-19.

Freeborn & Peters LLP announced that the 2020 edition of the U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” guide has ranked the firm nationally in seven practice areas, and awarded high rankings for multiple firm practice areas in Chicago; Richmond, Va.; and Tampa, Fla.

Freeborn was ranked nationally for Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation, Copyright Law, Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures & Television, Insurance Law, Trusts & Estates Law, and Venture Capital Law.

Freeborn was ranked by “Best Law Firms” for the following practice areas in the Chicago metropolitan area:

– Antitrust Law (Tier 1)
– Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law (Tier 3)
– Commercial Litigation (Tier 1)
– Copyright Law (Tier 1)
– Government Relations Practice (Tier 1)
– Criminal Defense: White Collar (Tier 2)
– Insurance Law (Tier 1)
– Energy Law (Tier 2)
– Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures & Television (Tier 3)
– Environmental Law (Tier 3)
– Litigation – Antitrust (Tier 3)
– Litigation – Trusts & Estates (Tier 2)
– Trusts & Estates Law (Tier 1)
– Venture Capital Law (Tier 2)

In addition, Freeborn was ranked by “Best Law Firms” in Tier 1 for Insurance Law in the Richmond metropolitan area, and in Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation in the Tampa metropolitan area.

The Best Lawyers in America® and U.S. News & World Report annually rank law firm practice areas nationally and across more than 180 metropolitan areas. The “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on client evaluations, peer reviews from leading attorneys, and analysis of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. To be eligible for a national or metropolitan ranking, a law firm practice area must have at least one lawyer in that practice ranked as a “Best Lawyer.” The 2020 “Best Law Firms” rankings are published on the U.S. News & World Report website at http://BestLawFirms.USNews.com.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that the firm has been named the nation’s “Law Firm of the Year” for Construction Law in the 2020 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” In addition, “Best Law Firms” awarded the firm Tier 1 national rankings for four practice areas and Tier 1 metropolitan rankings across 70 practice areas and in all 10 of its offices.

Bradley was ranked in Tier 1 nationally for its Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction, and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action – Defendants practices.

This marks the second time in three years that Bradley has been named the “Law Firm of the Year” for Construction Law. The firm said only one law firm in the U.S. per legal practice area receives this recognition each year.

The complete list of the firm’s Tier 1 metropolitan rankings, organized by market/office, is provided below.

The Best Lawyers in America and U.S. News & World Report ranked law firm practice areas nationally and across more than 180 metropolitan areas for the 2020 edition of “Best Law Firms.” Rankings are based on client evaluations, peer reviews from leading attorneys, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. To be eligible for a national or metropolitan ranking, a law firm practice area must have at least one lawyer in that practice ranked as a “Best Lawyer.”

The firm received Tier 1 metropolitan rankings for Birmingham in the following practice areas:

– Antitrust Law
– Appellate Practice
– Arbitration
– Banking and Finance Law
– Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
– Bet-the-Company Litigation
– Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
– Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
– Commercial Litigation
– Construction Law
– Copyright Law
– Corporate Compliance Law
– Corporate Governance Law
– Corporate Law
– Criminal Defense: White-Collar
– Economic Development Law
– Education Law
– Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
– Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
– Employment Law – Management
– Energy Law
– Environmental Law
– Financial Services Regulation Law
– Franchise Law
– Government Relations Practice
– Health Care Law
– Information Technology Law
– Insurance Law
– International Trade and Finance Law
– Labor Law – Management
– Land Use & Zoning Law
– Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
– Litigation – Antitrust
– Litigation – Banking & Finance
– Litigation – Bankruptcy
– Litigation – Construction
– Litigation – Environmental
– Litigation – ERISA
– Litigation – Insurance
– Litigation – Intellectual Property
– Litigation – Labor & Employment
– Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
– Litigation – Real Estate
– Litigation – Securities
– Litigation – Tax
– Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
– Mergers & Acquisitions Law
– Municipal Law
– Non-Profit / Charities Law
– Patent Law
– Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
– Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
– Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
– Public Finance Law
– Real Estate Law
– Securities / Capital Markets Law
– Tax Law
– Trademark Law
– Trusts & Estates Law
– Water Law

The firm received Tier 1 metropolitan rankings for Charlotte, N.C., in the following practice areas:

– Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
– Commercial Litigation
– Construction Law
– First Amendment Law
– Litigation – Bankruptcy

The firm received a Tier 1 metropolitan ranking for Dallas in the following practice area:

– Commercial Litigation

The firm received a Tier 1 metropolitan ranking for Houston in the following practice area:

– Construction Law
– Litigation – Construction

The firm received Tier 1 metropolitan rankings for Huntsville, Ala., in the following practice areas:

– Appellate Practice
– Commercial Litigation
– Corporate Law
– Litigation – First Amendment
– Mediation
– Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
– Mergers & Acquisitions Law
– Patent Law
– Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
– Real Estate Law
– Tax Law
– Trusts & Estates Law

The firm received Tier 1 metropolitan rankings for Jackson, Miss., in the following practice areas:

– Appellate Practice
– Bet-the-Company Litigation
– Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
– Commercial Litigation
– Construction Law
– Corporate Law
– Health Care Law
– Insurance Law
– Land Use & Zoning Law
– Litigation – Construction
– Litigation – Environmental
– Litigation – Insurance
– Litigation – Intellectual Property
– Litigation – Labor & Employment
– Litigation – Real Estate
– Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
– Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
– Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

The firm received Tier 1 metropolitan rankings for Montgomery, Ala., in the following practice areas:

– Bet-the-Company Litigation
– Commercial Litigation
– Employment Law – Management
– Litigation – Insurance
– Litigation – Labor & Employment
– Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
– Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
– Public Finance Law
– Tax Law

The firm received Tier 1 metropolitan rankings for Nashville, Tenn., in the following practice areas:

– Arbitration
– Banking and Finance Law
– Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
– Bet-the-Company Litigation
– Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
– Commercial Litigation
– Construction Law
– Corporate Governance Law
– Corporate Law
– Economic Development Law
– Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
– Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
– Employment Law – Management
– Energy Law
– Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures & Television
– Entertainment Law – Music
– Government Relations Practice
– Health Care Law
– Insurance Law
– Labor Law – Management
– Land Use & Zoning Law
– Litigation – Banking & Finance
– Litigation – Bankruptcy
– Litigation – Construction
– Litigation – Health Care
– Litigation – Intellectual Property
– Litigation – Labor & Employment
– Litigation – Patent
– Litigation – Tax
– Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
– Media Law
– Mediation
– Mergers & Acquisitions Law
– Municipal Law
– Patent Law
– Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
– Public Finance Law
– Real Estate Law
– Tax Law
– Trusts & Estates Law

The firm received Tier 1 metropolitan rankings for Tampa, Fla., in the following practice areas:

– Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
– Commercial Litigation
– Corporate Law
– Employment Law – Management
– Litigation – Bankruptcy
– Securities Regulation

The firm received Tier 1 metropolitan rankings for Washington, D.C., in the following practice areas:

– Construction Law
– Litigation – Construction
– Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
– Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

The 2020 “Best Law Firms” rankings are published on the U.S. News & World Report website at http://BestLawFirms.USNews.com.

Bailey Brauer co-founders Clayton Bailey and Alex Brauer are among the “agents of change” in the legal profession singled out by Texas Lawyer magazine to receive the publication’s inaugural Texas Trailblazers recognition.

The two founders were chosen for their leadership in reshaping expectations for legal boutiques in Texas, the firm said in a release.

Other recent individual and firm honors include recognition from Benchmark Litigation, Chambers USA, BTI Consulting Group, The Best Lawyers in America, the National Law Journal, Texas Super Lawyers and D Magazine.

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All five shareholders in the trial and appellate firm Johnston Tobey Baruch are recognized in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, and three earned the distinction of being selected Lawyers of the Year for Dallas-Fort Worth.

Firm managing shareholder Randy Johnston’s work with plaintiffs in professional malpractice solidified his selection as Lawyer of the Year. Renowned in Texas legal circles, his experience in commercial and mergers and acquisitions litigation, along with legal and professional malpractice law, secured his Best Lawyers honors.

Shareholder and firm co-founder Robert Tobey earned Lawyer of the Year honors for his legal malpractice work on behalf of plaintiffs. He also won recognition for malpractice defense and commercial litigation. Shareholder Chad Baruch’s exceptional appellate work also earned him a Lawyer of the Year designation.

No other law firm this size in Texas has received this many Lawyer of the Year honors for 2020.

Shareholder Karen Fitzgerald’s work with individuals in employment law and her litigation skills in labor and employment led to her selection. Coyt Johnston earned Best Lawyers honors for his commercial and mergers and acquisitions litigation skills.

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