Phillips Murrah Announces 29 Attorneys Selected for 2014 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (PRWEB) September 15, 2013 -- Phillips Murrah, one of Oklahoma’s largest law firms, announced today that 29 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014. Marc Edwards, Sally Hasenfratz, and Mel McVay, shareholders in the Firm, have been named “Lawyers of the Year” for Government Relations, Land Use and Zoning Law, and Litigation – Bankruptcy, respectively. According to Best Lawyers, “Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this honor particularly significant.”
“Our attorneys are proud to be consistently recognized by peers for delivering outstanding legal service to our clients,” said Tom Wolfe, a 2014 Best Lawyer® selection and the Firm’s managing partner.
Among the Firm’s breadth of legal services, more than 20 practice areas are represented by the attorneys that have been honored as this year’s Best Lawyers®, including: banking and finance law, energy and natural resources, real estate, and tax law.
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers® is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, 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.”
Phillips Murrah’s 29 attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014 are listed by name; first year included, and recognized practice areas:
Marc Edwards (2010) – Administrative/Regulatory Law; Government Relations Practice
Andrew S. Mildren (2013) – Administrative/Regulatory Law; Government Relations Practice
J. Mark Lovelace (2011) – Banking and Finance Law
Donald A. Pape (2011) – Banking and Finance Law
Timothy D. Kline (1987) – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Thomas G. Wolfe (2008) – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation;
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Shannon K. Emmons (2013) – Commercial Litigation
Juston R. Givens (2013) – Commercial Litigation
Fred A. Leibrock (2010) – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation – ERISA; Litigation – Real Estate
Melvin R. McVay, Jr. (2011) – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Litigation – Real Estate
Michael R. Perri (2010) – Commercial Litigation; Energy Law; Natural Resources Law; Oil and Gas Law
Robert N. Sheets (2012) – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning; Litigation – Real Estate
Jennifer Miller Ventura (2013) – Commercial Litigation
Lyndon W. Whitmire (2013) – Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Sally A. Hasenfratz (2009) – Construction Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
Jim Roth (2012) – Environmental Law; Government Relations Practice; Natural Resources Law
William S. Price (2013) – Government Relations Practice
Stephen W. Elliott (2014) – Litigation – Bankruptcy
Robert J. Haupt (2012) – Litigation – Bankruptcy; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
John D. Hastie (1983) – Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
Elizabeth K. Brown (2008) – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Robert O. O’Bannon (2008) – Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Dawn M. Rahme (2013) – Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Raymond E. Zschiesche (2013) – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants;
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
G. Calvin Sharpe (2012) – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Terry L. Hawkins (2013) – Public Finance Law
Cindy H. Murray (2012) – Real Estate Law
Douglas A. Branch (2008) – Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
Michael D. Carter (2012) – Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers
About Phillips Murrah
Phillips Murrah is represented by more than 65 attorneys, 20 practice areas, and is one of Oklahoma’s leading business law firms. The Firm is recognized for providing multidisciplinary legal services in matters involving virtually all aspects of business law and litigation. Our attorneys are trusted legal advisers and strategic partners, focused on our clients’ objectives, and helping them achieve their goals. For more information, visit: http://www.phillipsmurrah.com
Peter Wyro, Phillips Murrah, http://www.phillipsmurrah.com, +1 405.552.2489, [email protected]
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