March 2006 – The law firm of Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC is pleased to announce that eighteen of the firm’s lawyers were listed in the March issue of Louisville Magazine for their status as Best Lawyers in America ® 2006 . In addition to the eighteen lawyers listed, Kendrick R. Riggs, utility/energy attorney and Vice-Chair of the firm’s management committee, was featured on the cover of the magazine and described as a “top lawyer.” Craig Dilger, a Louisville attorney with a focus on white collar criminal defense and civil litigation trial work was named by circuit, district and family judges in Jefferson County as one of the best trial lawyers under age 40.
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which 16,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast more than a half million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
Stoll Keenon Ogden Louisville lawyers included in the directory are: Douglas C. Ballantine, John T. Ballantine, Scott W. Brinkman, William W. Davis, Timothy J. Eifler, James S. Goldberg, Spencer E. Harper, Jr., C. Kent Hatfield, Samuel D. Hinkle IV, W. Gregory King, Sharon A. Mattingly, Joseph C. Oldham, Kendrick R. Riggs, Thomas E. Rutledge, Walter L. Sales, Stephen F. Schuster, Ernest W. Williams and Thomas M. Williams.
Stoll Keenon Ogden Lexington lawyers included in the directory are: P. Douglas Barr, Gary W. Barr, Anita M. Britton, Richard G. Griffith, James E. Hargrove, Lindsey W. Ingram, Jr., William M. Lear, Jr., R. David Lester, William M. Montague, Charles E. Shivel, Jr., J. David Smith, Jr., Donald P. Wagner and Rena G. Wiseman.
Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, which is the result of the merger of Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP and Ogden Newell & Welch PLLC, traces its existence from 1897 and has offices in Louisville, Lexington, Frankfort and Henderson. The firm’s four offices have over 140 attorneys engaged in a wide variety of legal services on behalf of a diverse mix of local, national and international clients.