LEXINGTON, KY (October 6, 2008) — Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC is pleased to announce that 41 members of the firm have been selected for recognition in the annual/2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The attorneys and their respective areas of practice are as follows:
Douglas C. Ballantine / Commercial Litigation
John T. Ballantine (20) / Alternative Dispute Resolution, Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law
Gary W. Barr (20) / Real Estate Law
P. Douglas Barr / Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law
C. Joseph Beavin / Employee Benefits Law
Perry M. Bentley / Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
John W. Bilby / Commercial Litigation
Anita M. Britton / Family Law
Scott W. Brinkman (20) / Banking Law, Corporate Law
William W. Davis / Public Finance Law
Timothy J. Eifler / Tax Law
James S. Goldberg / Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Richard G. Griffith / Labor and Employment Law
Stephen C. Hall / Biotechnology Law
James E. Hargrove / Trusts and Estates
Spencer E. Harper, Jr. / Public Finance Law
C. Kent Hatfield (10) / Administrative Law, Communications Law, Energy Law
Samuel D. Hinkle IV / Commercial Litigation
Lindsey W. Ingram, Jr. / Energy Law
W. Gregory King / Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law
William M. Lear, Jr. (20) / Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
R. David Lester (10) / Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
James B. Martin, Jr. / Tax Law
Sharon Mattingly (10) / Employee Benefits Law
R. Burl McCoy (10) / Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense, White-Collar Criminal Defense
Richard Nunnelly (*) / Real Estate Law
Crystal L. Osborne (*) / Family Law
Douglas P. Romaine / Tax Law
Dan M. Rose / Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law
Kendrick R. Riggs (10) / Administrative Law, Communications Law, Energy Law
Thomas E. Rutledge / Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Walter L. Sales (10) / Labor and Employment Law
J. David Smith, Jr. / Banking Law, Corporate Law
Richard C. Stephenson (*) / Labor and Employment Law
David H. Thomason / Natural Resources Law
Donald P. Wagner / Labor and Employment Law
Robert M. Watt III / Energy Law, Oil & Gas Law
Frank L. Wilford / Real Estate Law
Ernest W. Williams (10) / Corporate Law
Thomas M. Williams / Labor and Employment Law
Rena G. Wiseman (10) / Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
(*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers.
(10) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 10 years.
(20) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 20 years.
The Best Lawyers in America is peer rated via meticulous surveys and thorough follow-up interviews with several thousand attorneys in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. More than 1,000 top national and international corporations consult this publication in their process of selecting outside counsel for potential representation in diverse legal matters.
