30 Turner Padget Attorneys Named Among Best Lawyers In America

Posted On August 18, 2022

Turner Padget Graham & Laney P.A. announces that 22 of its attorneys have been included among Best Lawyers in America for 2023, 8 attorneys are included among the “Ones to Watch” and 2 have also received the “Lawyer of the Year” award. As one of the oldest and most distinguished legal directories, Best Lawyers conducts peer-review surveys to compile its annual list of top attorneys across several practice areas. The 2023 edition of the publication is available today at www.bestlawyers.com.

The Turner Padget attorneys named among Best Lawyers in America and their respective practice areas for 2023 are:

Charleston
David S. Cobb – Construction Law; Insurance Law; Litigation: Construction; and Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants

Richard S. Dukes – Commercial Litigation

John S. Wilkerson – Professional Malpractice Law: Defendants

Columbia
R. Hawthorne Barrett- Insurance Law

Reginald W. Belcher- Employment Law: Management; Labor Law: Management; and Litigation: Labor and Employment

J. Kenneth Carter, Jr. – Product Liability Litigation: Defendants

Michael E. Chase – Workers’ Compensation Law: Employers

Mark B. Goddard- Litigation: Trusts and Estates; and Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants

J. David Johnson, IV – Tax Law; and Trusts and Estates

Catherine H. Kennedy- Litigation: Trust and Estates; and Trusts and Estates

Lanneau Wm. Lambert, Jr.- Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; and Real Estate Law

Edward W. Laney IV- Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants

Ian D. McVey- Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law

Charles F. Moore- Litigation: Insurance and Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants

Thomas C. Salane- Appellate Practice; Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation: Defendants

Carmelo B. Sammataro- Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants

Franklin G. Shuler, Jr.- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Employment Law: Management; Litigation: ERISA; Litigation: Labor and Employment; and Mediation

Florence
J. René Josey – Appellate Practice; Criminal Defense: General Practice; and Criminal Defense: White Collar

Arthur E. Justice, Jr. – Employment Law: Management; and Litigation: Labor and Employment

Greenville
David L. Moore, Jr.- Appellate Practice; Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation: Defendants

Myrtle Beach
R. Wayne Byrd- Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Banking and Finance; Litigation: Mergers and Acquisitions; and Litigation: Trusts and Estates

William E. Lawson- Litigation: Construction

The Turner Padget attorneys named among Best Lawyers in America: “Ones to Watch” and their respective practice areas for 2023 are:

Charleston

Robert E. Kneece, III – Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants

Kristen N. Nichols – Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; and Commercial Litigation

Nickisha M. Woodward – Product Liability Litigation: Defendants

Columbia
Cheslyne Shea Brighthop – Professional Malpractice Law

Ryan T. Judd –Real Estate Law

W. Taylor Stanley – Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Construction; and Litigation: Real Estate

Hannah D. Stetson- Litigation: Labor and Employment

The Turner Padget attorneys receiving the Best Lawyers in America “Lawyer of the Year” award for 2023 are:

Charleston
David S. Cobb- Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants

Columbia
Reginald W. Belcher- Labor Law: Management

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers in America has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because its research is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in the guide is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers in America “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”