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Sixteen from WHWW Named 2024 Best Lawyers in America©, Four Named “Ones to Watch”

Sixteen lawyers from WHWW were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© (2024), and four lawyers were named “Ones to Watch”, as published in dozens of city and regional publications in the U.S. including, U.S. News & World Report.

The list of WHWW Best Lawyer honorees includes:  Michael C. Caborn in Litigation – Bankruptcy; Joseph P. “Rusty” Carolan, III in Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations and Corporate Law; Michael P. Carolan in Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Transactions/UCC Law and Real Estate Law; James E. “Trippe” Cheek, III, Commercial Litigation and Land Use and Zoning Law; Jere F. Daniels, Jr. in Banking and Finance Law and Real Estate Law; Ryan E. Davis in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Bankruptcy; J. Jeffrey Deery in Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Banking and Finance; Timothy J. Kiley in Commercial Litigation; Heather S.  Moraes in Real Estate Law; C. Andrew Roy in Corporate Law; Bradley M. Saxton in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Bankruptcy; Vanessa J. Skinner in Elder Law; Harold A. Ward, III in Trusts and Estates; Richard B. Weinman in Business Organizations and Litigation – Bankruptcy; Eric F. Werrenrath in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Real Estate Law and W. Graham White in Trusts and Estates.

“Ones to Watch” include:  Michael S. Dawkins in Real Estate Law; Brandon DeGel in Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Real Estate and Real Estate Law; Heidi M. Mitchell in Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Banking and Finance, Litigation - Bankruptcy and Litigation-Real Estate; and Lauren Reynolds in Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation- Bankruptcy, Litigation – Real Estate.

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.

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