30 Turner Padget Attorneys Named by Best Lawyers in America for 2012

Sep 14, 2011

Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A. is pleased to announce that 30 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, the firm is ranked as the top law firm in South Carolina in six areas: Arbitration, Legal Malpractice, Mediation, Municipal Law, Municipal Litigation, and Trusts and Estates Litigation. Turner Padget is ranked as the top law firm in Florence, and is highly ranked in 25 practice areas around the state. The 2012 edition of Best Lawyers will be available in December 2011.

Listed from the firm’s Charleston office are:

John K. Blincow, Jr., Medical Malpractice Defense
Elaine H. Fowler, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate Law
Michael G. Roberts, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
John S. Wilkerson, Professional Malpractice Defense

Turner Padget is ranked among top law firms in Charleston in the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions and Professional Malpractice Defense.

Listed from the firm’s Columbia office are:

J. Kenneth Carter, Jr., Product Liability Litigation
Michael E. Chase, Workers’ Compensation for Employers
Danny C. Crowe, Mediation, Municipal Law, Municipal Litigation
John E. Cuttino, Construction Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
Cynthia C. Dooley, Workers’ Compensation for Employers
Charles E. Hill, Legal Malpractice Defense, Medical Malpractice Defense
Catherine H. Kennedy, Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates Litigation
Lanneau Wm. Lambert, Jr., Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
Edward W. Laney, IV, Personal Injury Defense
Curtis L. Ott, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Defense
Steven W. Ouzts, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action Defense, Product Liability Defense
Thomas C. Salane, Insurance Law
Franklin G. Shuler, Jr., Employment Law, Labor and Employment Litigation, Mediation
W. Duvall Spruill, Banking and Finance Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Real Estate Litigation

Turner Padget is ranked among top law firms in Columbia in the areas of Insurance Law, Legal Malpractice Defense, Mediation, Medical Malpractice Defense, Municipal Law, Municipal Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, and Trusts and Estates Litigation.

Listed from the firm’s Florence office are:

Richard L. Hinson, Mediation
J. René Josey, Appellate, Non-White Collar Criminal Defense, White Collar Criminal Defense
Arthur E. Justice, Jr., Employment Law, Labor and Employment Litigation
Julie Jeffords Moose, Commercial Litigation
J. Munford Scott, Jr., Tax Law
John M. Scott, III, Tax Law

In addition to being selected as the top law firm in Florence, Best Lawyers also recognizes Turner Padget’s Florence office in the areas of Appellate, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law, Labor and Employment Litigation, Mediation, Non-White Collar Criminal Defense, Tax Law, and White Collar Criminal Defense.

Listed from the firm’s Greenville office are:

Vernon F. Dunbar, Workers’ Compensation for Employers
Eric K. Englebardt, Arbitration, Mediation
William E. Shaughnessy, Workers’ Compensation for Employers
Timothy D. St. Clair, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Law, Patent Litigation, Trademark Law
Charles F. Turner, Jr., Personal Injury Defense

Turner Padget is ranked among top law firms in Greenville in the areas of Arbitration and Trademark Law.

Listed from the firm’s Myrtle Beach office are:

R. Wayne Byrd, Banking and Finance Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation, Trusts and Estates Litigation

Turner Padget is ranked among top law firms in Myrtle Beach in the areas of Banking and Finance Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation, and Trusts and Estates Litigation.