Nine Van Winkle Attorneys Honored in Best Lawyers in America
Best Lawyers in America, the nation’s preeminent legal referral guide, honors nine attorneys of The Van Winkle Law firm in its 2010 edition. First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the new U.S. edition, more than 24,126 leading attorneys cast more than 2.8 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties.
The Van Winkle Law Firm attorneys named to the list and the areas in which they have been recognized are: Jones P. Byrd (Construction Law, Eminent Domain/Condemnation Law, Personal Injury Litigation and Medical Malpractice Law), Cynthia W. Eller (Real Estate Law), Robert H. Haggard (Trusts and Estates), Craig D. Justus (Land Use and Zoning Law), Barry B. Kempson (Trusts and Estates), Brian F. D. Lavelle (Trusts and Estates), Larry S. McDevitt (Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation), Philip J. Smith (Commercial Litigation), and Albert L. Sneed, Jr. (Bankruptcy, Creditor-Debtor Rights and Commercial Litigation).
Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers, 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.”