One hundred and forty-seven Alston & Bird attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The publication is universally regarded as among the few definitive guides to legal excellence, and its rankings are based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not allowed to pay a fee to be listed in Best Lawyers and, thus, 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.”
The 2013 Best Lawyer rankings include 31 Alston & Bird attorneys recognized for the first time. They are:
| Ward Benshoof |
Environmental Law |
| Teresa Bonder |
Commercial Litigation |
| J. William Boone |
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
| Keith Broyles |
Litigation – Intellectual Property |
| Kevin Collins |
Construction Law; Litigation – Construction |
| Clare Draper IV |
Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment |
| R. Steve Ensor |
Litigation – Labor & Employment |
| Richard (Skip) Fulton |
Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Environmental |
| David Godofsky |
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
| Maureen Gorsen |
Environmental Law |
| Gregory Gronholm |
Patent Law |
| John Haynes |
Litigation – Intellectual Property |
| Steven Hemminger |
Commercial Litigation |
| John Jordak, Jr. |
Litigation – Securities |
| William Jordan |
Commercial Litigation |
| David Keating |
Technology Law |
| Robert Lee |
Litigation – Intellectual Property |
| Joe Liebeschuetz |
Patent Law |
| David MacCuish |
Energy Law |
| Christopher Mangum |
Corporate Law |
| Richard McDermott |
Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent |
| Charles Morgan |
Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment |
| Glenn Patton |
Employment Law – Management |
| R. David Patton |
Securities/Capital Markets Law |
| Bruce Rose |
Litigation – Intellectual Property |
| Alison Ryan |
Real Estate Law |
| Theodore Sawicki |
Litigation – Securities |
| Marc Scheineson |
Health Care Law |
| Michael Stevens |
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
| David Teske |
Information Technology Law |
| Jason Watson |
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
The full list of Alston & Bird Best Lawyers organized by specialty area is available
here.