Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP issued the following announcement on Aug. 20.
Taylor Porter is pleased to announce that 43 of the firm's attorneys are included in the Best Lawyers in America® 2021 edition, including the inaugural edition this year of "Best Lawyers Ones to Watch."
The 27th annual publication is 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. 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. In addition to Taylor Porter's Best Lawyers honorees, four 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 2021 include:
Mike Crawford - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Vicki Crochet - Employment Law
Shelby McKenzie - Insurance Law
Fred Tulley - Litigation, Banking and Finance
Taylor Porter's "Best Lawyers" for 2021 include:
John Andrishok - Construction Law
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
Dick Easterling – Administrative/Regulatory Law; Government Relations
Tom Easterly – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
Jim Ellis – Energy Law
Ryan French – Commercial Litigation
Brett Furr – Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
Katie Goodson – Commercial Litigation
Eugene Groves – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Real Estate; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Ann Halphen – Health Care Law
Mike Hart – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Mary Hester – Trusts and Estates
Rebecca Hinton – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Eddie Hughes – Energy Regulatory Law
Erin Sayes Kenny – Commercial Litigation
Amy Lambert – Commercial Litigation
Amy Groves Lowe – Education Law; Litigation – Insurance
Lloyd Lunceford – Education Law; Real Estate Law
John McDermott – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Shelby McKenzie – Insurance Law
Barrye Miyagi – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Ashley Moore – Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
John Murrill – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
John Parker Jr. - Insurance Law; Utilities Law
Mike Parker – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Skip Philips – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance
Tim Poché – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
John Runnels – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Patent Law
Adam Thames – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
Fred Tulley – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Mke Walsh – Criminal Defense: General Practice
Mac Womack – Commercial Litigation
Taylor Porter's "Best Lawyers Ones to Watch" for 2021 include:
Ashley Meredith - Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law
Lauren Hadden - Labor and Employment Law
Original source can be found here.