August 9, 2010
Ellis Lawhorne is pleased to announce that two-thirds of its shareholders
have been selected to Best Lawyers in America®. Fourteen of the firm’s
21 shareholders will be included in the 2011 edition of the legal profession’s
most respected peer-review publication. All of the firm’s four practice groups
are represented in Best Lawyers.
Best Lawyers in America is
a widely regarded publication considered to be the preeminent referral guide to
the legal profession in the United States. The Best Lawyers lists,
representing 80 specialties in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., are compiled
through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers
in the United States confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The
Ellis Lawhorne attorneys were selected out of a pool of more than 3.1 million
entries nationwide.
All five of the Firm’s shareholders in the Workers’ Compensation
Practice Group were honored by 2011 Best Lawyers: F. Earl Ellis, Jr.,William R. Harbison,Ernest G. Lawhorne,Mary Sowell League,
and Lana H. Sims, Jr.
This makes the sixteenth consecutive year Ellis has been selected by Best
Lawyers.
All three of the Firm’s Trusts and Estates
Practice Group shareholders also were selected by Best Lawyers: Rita Bragg Cullum,David C. Sojourner,
Jr. and Karen Hudson Thomas.
In the Business, Real
Estate and Finance Practice Group, William O. Higgins
and William P.
McElveen, Jr., were honored for their work in real estate law. Robert P.
Bethea, Jr., was selected for his work in mergers and acquisitions law.
This is Bethea’s first year to be selected by Best Lawyers.
In the Litigation and
Dispute Resolution Practice Group, John T. Lay, Jr.
was recognized in three areas: “bet-the-company” litigation, commercial
litigation and product liability litigation. John L. McCants
was recognized for his work in bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law and
construction law. W. Cliff Moore, III,
was noted for his work in commercial litigation.
Tommy Little, executive director of Ellis Lawhorne, says having 14 attorneys
selected to the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers reflects the quality and
diversity of the Firm’s legal counsel and experience of its shareholders. “Each
year, we have a growing number of attorneys selected to Best Lawyers.
The fact that two-thirds of our shareholders were selected to this highly
respected publication demonstrates the strength of the entire Ellis Lawhorne
team and the quality and breadth of the legal services we provide.”
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