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5 Selected As “Lawyer Of The Year”
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. announces Best Lawyers in America selected five Chambliss attorneys as “Lawyer of the Year” in the Chattanooga area, and the publication included 22 Chambliss attorneys in The Best Lawyers in America.
Best Lawyers selected five Chambliss attorneys for the 2020 Edition of “Lawyer of the Year”:
William M. Barker – Arbitration
Richard W. Bethea – Litigation – Intellectual Property
David J. Hill – Patent Law
J. Nelson Irvine – Corporate Law
Dana B. Perry – Trusts and Estates
Each of these lawyers represents a wide variety of clients across the nation on matters ranging from elder law to product liability disputes. Justice William M. Barker focuses his practice on arbitration and mediation. Richard W. Bethea is a litigator, representing and defending clients in a variety of areas: intellectual property, patent, commercial, and product liability. David J. Hill counsels clients on copyright law, patent law, and trademark law. Clients turn to J. Nelson Irvine for matters in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and nonprofit and charities law. Dana B. Perry is a Certified Elder Law Attorney and concentrates her practice in trusts and estates, elder law, and special needs planning.
Best Lawyers selects only one lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area as the “Lawyer of the Year.” The publication selects lawyers based on voting averages received during the peer review assessments. Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and same practice areas for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.
Best Lawyers selected 22 Chambliss attorneys for the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America:
William P. Aiken – Corporate Law, Health Care Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
T. Maxfield Bahner – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – First Amendment, Litigation – Antitrust
William M. Barker – Mediation, Arbitration
Richard W. Bethea -Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Mark A. Cunningham – Health Care Law
James F. Exum III – Insurance Law
Timothy M. Gibbons – Construction Law
David J. Hill – Copyright Law, Patent Law, Trademark Law
Rosemarie L. Hill – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Frederick L. Hitchcock – Energy Law
Richard T. Hudson – Real Estate Law
J. Nelson Irvine – Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Corporate Law, Non-Profit / Charities Law
Anthony A. Jackson – Litigation – First Amendment
Hugh J. Moore – Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Litigation – Municipal
Harold L. North, Jr. – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Dana B. Perry – Trusts and Estates, Elder Law
William H. Pickering – Litigation – Labor and Employment, Labor Law – Management, Employment Law – Management
Michael N. St. Charles – Real Estate Law
Mark Turner – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Securitization and Structured Finance Law, Real Estate Law
Paul S. Weidlich – Patent Law
Gregory D. Willett – Trusts and Estates
Jay A. Young – Project Finance Law, Banking and Finance Law