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Local attorneys named to Best Lawyers in America 2020 list

Savannah Morning News
Dorothy W. Courington

Several Savannah-area attorneys were recently honored as "Best Lawyers in America" by Best Lawyers, an industry trade publication. The first "best" list was published in 1983, and honorees are selected through a peer review process. Lawyers cannot pay for inclusion. The list is meant to highlight the top legal talent in America in a variety of practice areas, from commercial litigation to trust and estates to personal injury litigation. Five local attorneys were recognized as "Lawyers of the Year" in their respective practices.

Local "Lawyers of the Year" are:

* Thomas S. Cullen

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Corporate law

* Gregory Hodges

Firm: Oliver Maner

Practice areas: Medical malpractice law - defendants; personal injury litigation - defendants; personal injury litigation – plaintiffs

* Frank S. Macgill

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice areas: Tax law, trusts and estates

* Patrick T. O’Connor

Firm: Oliver Maner

Practice areas: Bet-the-company litigation; commercial litigation; legal malpractice law - defendants; litigation - municipal; mediation; municipal law

* Harold B. Yellin

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Real estate law

Local "Best Lawyers" are:

* Saunders Aldridge

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Commercial litigation

* Todd M. Baiad

Firm: Bouhan Falligant

Practice area: Product liability litigation-defendants

* Rob Brannen

Firm: Bouhan Falligant

Practice area: Real estate law

* Joseph P. Brennan

Firm: Brennan, Wasden & Painter

Practice area: Medical malpractice law – defendants

* Dolly Chisholm

Firm: Bouhan Falligant

Practice areas: Corporate law; elder law; real estate law

* Mike Conner

Firm: The Conner Law Group

Practice areas: Personal injury – plaintiffs; personal Injury -- defendants

* Dorothy W. Courington

Firm: Bouhan Falligant

Practice area: Elder law

* David H. Dickey

Firm: Oliver Maner

Practice areas: Tax law; trusts and estates

*Andrew H. Ernst

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice areas: Economic development law, environmental law

* J. Daniel Falligant

Firm: Bouhan Falligant

Practice areas: Banking and finance law; corporate law; real estate law

* T. Mills Fleming

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice areas: Health care law, immigration law

* William P. Franklin, Jr.

Firm: Oliver Maner

Practice areas: Medical malpractice law - defendants; personal injury litigation – defendants

* James P. Gerard

Firm: Oliver Maner

Practice area: Real estate law

* Bradley M. Harmon

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Litigation – construction

* Edward O. Henneman, Jr.

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice areas: – Real estate law

* Wade W. Herring, II

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Employment law - management, litigation - labor and employment

* John M. Hewson, III

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Corporate law

* Leamon R. Holliday

Firm: Bouhan Falligant

Practice areas: Commercial litigation; education law; litigation - real estate, professional malpractice law-defendants

* Kathleen Horne

Firm: Bouhan Falligant

Practice areas: Banking and finance law; bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law; commercial litigation

* William J. Hunter

Firm: Oliver Maner

Practice areas: Medical malpractice law - defendants; personal injury litigation – plaintiffs

* Christopher R. Jordan

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Railroad law

* Randall A. Jordan

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Railroad law

* Carlton E. Joyce

Firm: Bouhan Falligant

Practice areas: Aviation law, commercial litigation; insurance law; medical malpractice law - defendants; personal injury litigation – defendants; professional malpractice law - defendants; transportation law

* Shawn A. Kachmar

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Employment law – management

* Dennis B. Keene

Firm: Bouhan Falligant

Practice areas: Product liability litigation - defendants; transportation law

* Sarah H. Lamar

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice areas: Employment law - management, labor law – management

* John G. Lientz

Firm: Bouhan Falligant

Practice areas: Banking and finance law, real estate law

* Melanie L. Marks

Firm: Bouhan Falligant

Practice area: Real estate law

* Kirby G. Mason

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Medical malpractice law – defendants

* Diana J. P. McKenzie

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Information technology law

* Colin A. McRae

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Admiralty and maritime law

* M. Lane Morrison

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Trusts and estates

* Christopher W. Phillips

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice areas: Construction law, litigation - construction, medical malpractice law - defendants, professional malpractice law – defendants

* Timothy D. Roberts

Firm: Oliver Maner

Practice areas: Commercial litigation; litigation - real estate

* Robert W. Schivera

Firm: Oliver Maner

Practice area: Trusts and estates

* Gregory G. Sewell

Firm: Bouhan Falligant

Practice area: Personal injury litigation – defendants

* David F. Sipple

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Admiralty and maritime law

* Christopher H. Smith

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice areas: Commercial litigation; litigation – construction

* Joseph F. Strength

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Real estate law

* Lee A. Summerford

Firm: Oliver Maner

Practice areas: Corporate law; trusts and estates

* Ron D. Talley

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice areas: Environmental law, real estate law

* Patricia Tanzer Paul

Firm: Oliver Maner

Practice area: Workers' compensation law – employers

* John M. Tatum

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice area: Bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, litigation - erisa, litigation - intellectual property, litigation - trusts and estates

* Wiley A. Wasden III

Firm: Brennan, Wasden & Painter

Practice areas: Medical malpractice law – defendants, commercial litigation, litigation – bankruptcy, litigation – construction, litigation – real estate, professional malpractice law – defendants

*Andrew M. Wilkes

Firm: Oliver Maner

Practice areas: Family law; medical malpractice law – defendants

* Arnold C. Young

Firm: HunterMaclean

Practice areas: Insurance law, personal injury litigation - defendants, product liability litigation – defendants