Little Rock, Arkansas - Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners, Legal Publishers, recently released its Chambers USA 2011 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:
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