42 Ward and Smith Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018

Several Gold Trophies in a row

Ward and Smith, P.A. attorneys recognized in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers® include:

Derek Allen

  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Land Use and Zoning

Tom Babel

  • Commercial Litigation

Al Bell

  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management

Jenna Butler

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Securities
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Wes Camden

  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar

John Cella

  • Trusts and Estates

Trip Coyne

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Litigation - Construction

Jim Creekman (Retired)

  • Banking and Finance Law

Bob Crouse

  • Patent Law

Bill Durr

  • Family Law

Don Eglinton

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Copyright Law
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Patent Law
  • Trademark Law

Charles Ellis

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Brad Evans

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Construction

Lynwood Evans

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs

Paul Fanning

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy

Michael Fields

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Mike Flanagan

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy

Ken Gray

  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Benji Jones

  • Securities / Capital Markets Law

Merrill Jones

  • Corporate Law

Bill Lathan

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law

Shawna Lemon, Ph.D.

  • Biotechnology Law
  • Patent Law

John Martin

  • Family Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Lance Martin

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Bill Martin

  • Real Estate Law

Michael Miller

  • Arbitration
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Mediation
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts and Estates

Greg Peacock

  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Trusts and Estates

C. H. Pope

  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Timber Law

Knox Proctor

  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law

Gary Rickner

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation

Clint Routson

  • Real Estate Law

Jerry Sayre

  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

John Sloan

  • Trusts and Estates

Troy Smith

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Law

Liz Stanek

  • Patent Law

Ryal Tayloe

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Real Estate

Jim Verdonik

  • Corporate Law
  • Technology Law
  • Venture Capital Law

Ben Waller

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

David Ward

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • International Trade and Finance Law
  • Litigation - Antitrust

Leigh Wilkinson

  • Health Care Law

Bill Wolcott

  • Real Estate Law

Ken Wooten

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Construction

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Over 83,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and we have received more than 13 million votes to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 7.3 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in almost 55,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, therefore 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."

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