Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP issued the following announcement on Aug. 15.
Taylor Porter is pleased to announce that 30 of the firm's attorneys are included in the Best Lawyers in America® 2019 – an annual list compiled since 1983 and universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in which rankings are based on a peer-review survey in which more than 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.
In addition to Taylor Porter's 30 Best Lawyers honorees, five of the firm's attorneys received Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” recognitions, which are awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic location. Only one attorney is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location.
Taylor Porter "Lawyer of the Year" honorees in Baton Rouge for 2019 include:
Preston Castille - Insurance Law
Mike Crawford - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Vicki Crochet - Employment Law - Management
Jeanne Davis - Litigation - Intellectual Property
Paul Dicharry - Litigation - Environmental
Taylor Porter's "Best Lawyers" for 2019 include:
Bob Barton - Commercial Litigation
John Stone Campbell III - Commercial Litigation
Preston Castille - Administrative/Regulatory Law; Insurance Law
*Robert Coco - Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
Mike Crawford - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Anne Crochet - Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
*Vicki Crochet - Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management
*Jeanne Davis - Litigation - Intellectual Property; Patent Law
*Paul Dicharry - Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
Nancy Dougherty - Education Law
*Richard Easterling - Administrative/Regulatory Law; Government Relations Practice
*Jim Ellis - Energy Law
Brett Furr - Litigation - Real Estate; Real Estate Law
*Eugene Groves - Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction; Litigation - Real Estate; Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Ann Halphen - Healthcare Law
*Mary Hester - Trusts and Estates
Eddie Hughes - Energy Regulatory Law
*Amy Lambert - Commercial Litigation
Amy Groves Lowe - Education Law; Litigation - Insurance
Lloyd Lunceford - Education Law
John McDermott - Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
*Shelby McKenzie - Insurance Law
John Murrill - Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
*Mike Parker - Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
Skip Philips - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance
John Runnels - Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
*Pat Seiter - Healthcare Law
*Fred Tulley - Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance; Litigation - Bankruptcy
Mike Walsh - Criminal Defense: General Practice
Mac Womack - Commercial Litigation
*Thirteen Taylor Porter attorneys have been ranked on the Best Lawyers list for more than 10 years, including Partner Jim Ellis, who is celebrating his 25th conecutive year on the list.
The Best Lawyers® list of outstanding attorneys is compiled by conducting peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Attorneys are separated by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and must undergo an authentication process to confirm their current practice and good attorney standing.
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