Local attorneys named to Best Lawyers in America 2020 list
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