Little Rock, Arkansas - Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners, Legal Publishers, recently released its Chambers USA 2010 edition, an annual listing of America's Leading Lawyers for Business. For twenty years, Chambers has published the leading directories of the legal profession. Chambers' reputation is based on the independence and objectivity of their research. They have 100 full-time researchers who interview thousands of lawyers and their clients around the world. Their intensive, continuous research identifies the world's leading lawyers and law firms - those which perform best according to the criteria most valued by clients.

The firm was highly ranked in all four categories in which rankings are published—Corporate/Commercial, Labor & Employment, Litigation and Real Estate.  Individual lawyers in the firm were also recognized, as follows:

Corporate/Commercial:
  James W. Smith
  Paul B. Benham III
  Price C. Gardner
  Walter (Skip) M. Ebel III

Corporate/Commercial: Municipal Bonds:
  J. Shepherd Russell III
  James A. Buttry
  Robert B. Beach

Corporate/Commercial: Tax:
  Byron M. Eiseman, Jr.
  Price C. Gardner

Labor & Employment:
  Daniel L. Herrington
  Michael S. Moore

Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation:
  A. Wyckliff Nisbet, Jr.
  Joseph B. Hurst, Jr.

Litigation: General Commercial:
  James M. Simpson
  Kevin A. Crass
  William A. Waddell, Jr.

Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense:
  Laura Hensley Smith

Real Estate:
  James M. Saxton
  Jay T. Taylor
  Price C. Gardner