Best Lawyers in America

Published biennially since 1983, The Best Lawyers in America is widely regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. The Best Lawyers lists, representing 30 practice areas, are compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the U.S.confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

Friday, Eldredge and Clark is proud to have 39 lawyers who are listed in The Best Lawyers in America for 2009. Those lawyers are listed alphabetically as follows with the practice areas for which they have been recognized:

T. Michelle Ator                          Medical Malpractice Law

Donald H. Bacon                        Legal Malpractice Law | Medical Malpractice
                                                 Law | Personal Injury Litigation

William Thomas Baxter               Trusts and Estates

Robert B. Beach, Jr.                   Public Finance Law

Paul B. Benham III                     Corporate Law | Mergers & Acquisitions Law
                                                Securities Law

J. Lee Brown                              Tax Law | Trusts and Estates

James A. Buttry                         Public Finance Law

Sarah Cotton                             Non-Profit/Charities Law

Kevin A. Crass                           Commercial Litigation | Personal Injury Litigation

Oscar E. Davis, Jr.                     Labor and Employment Law

Walter M. Ebel III                       Corporate Law | Mergers & Acquisitions Law
                                                Securities Law | Tax Law

Byron M. Eiseman, Jr.               Non-Profit/Charities Law | Tax Law
                                               Trusts and Estates

Price C. Gardner                       Corporate Law | Tax Law

William M. Griffin III                   Bet-the-Company Litigation | Commercial
                                               Litigation | Personal Injury Litigation
                                               Workers' Compensation Law

Betty J. Hardy                          Workers' Compensation Law

James E. Harris                       Non-Profit/Charities Law | Trusts and Estates

Christopher J. Heller                 Commercial Litigation | Education Law

Dan L. Herrington                     Labor and Employment Law

Joseph B. Hurst, Jr.                  Employee Benefits Law

Alexander A. Ifrah                     Employee Benefits Law

R. Christopher Lawson              Appellate Law

Thomas P. Leggett                   Public Finance Law

Jeffrey H. Moore                       Construction Law

Michael S. Moore                     Labor and Employment Law

Elizabeth R. Murray                  Commercial Litigation | Labor and
                                               Employment Law

A. Wyckliff Nisbet, Jr.               Employee Benefits Law

J. Shepherd Russell, III             Municipal Law | Project Finance Law
                                              Public Finance Law

James M. Saxton                     Real Estate Law

Robert Shafer                          Appellate Law

James M. Simpson                  Antitrust Law | Personal Injury Litigation

James W. Smith                      Mergers & Acquisitions Law | Tax Law
                                              Trusts and Estates

Laura Hensley Smith                Medical Malpractice Law | Personal Injury
                                              Litigation

Jay T. Taylor                            Real Estate Law

Scott H. Tucker                        Railroad Law

Frederick S. Ursery                   Labor and Employment Law | Personal Injury
                                               Litigation | Railroad Law

William A. Waddell                   Banking Law | Commercial Litigation
                                               Franchise Law

Guy Alton Wade                       Workers' Compensation Law

John Dewey Watson                 Construction Law

K. Coleman Westbrook, Jr.        Non-Profit/Charities Law | Trusts and Estates