7 at Sowell Gray included in Best Lawyers, including Watson’s Lawyer of the Year
August 19, 2014
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COLUMBIA, SC – Cal Watson, managing member of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, has been honored as the “Bet the Company” Litigation Lawyer of the Year, while six of his colleagues at the firm have also been recognized in the same national publication.
The 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in America places the Sowell Gray members among the top in their practice areas. The “Bet the Company” award Watson received is presented annually to a single outstanding lawyer within each practice area and city.
Watson received this honor for his work representing businesses of all sizes in high-stakes litigation in which the very survival of the company was at stake. According to Best Lawyers, the lawyers honored as “Lawyers of the Year,” such as Watson, have received particularly high ratings in surveys from their peers.
The seven attorneys are being recognized across a variety of practice areas:
Grady Beard, Workers’ Compensation Law, Employers
Betsy Gray, “Bet the Company” Litigation and Commercial Litigation
Becky Laffitte, Insurance Law; Litigation, Construction; Personal Injury Litigation, Defendants; Product Liability Litigation, Defendants; Transportation Law
Biff Sowell, “Bet the Company” Litigation and Commercial Litigation
Bobby Stepp, “Bet the Company” Litigation and Commercial Litigation
Monty Todd, Personal Injury Litigation, Defendants
Cal Watson, “Bet the Company” Litigation Lawyer of the Year; Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice, Defendants
The directory, which thousands of lawyers and corporations use annually, is regarded as a definitive guide to the legal profession in the United States. Based on confidential evaluations by the top attorneys in the country, the guide is advertisement-free and no fee is required to be included. All attorneys included in the publication are subject to peer review within both their practice areas and their cities.
Best Law Firms in America, a companion publication to Best Lawyers, is to be released in the fall. For the past four years, Sowell Gray has been included in Best Law Firms. Individual attorneys have been honored for more than a decade, dating back to Sowell’s inclusion in the 2001 edition.
About Sowell Gray
Located in Columbia’s historic Vista district, Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte LLC provides business and litigation representation in all state and federal trial and appellate courts in South Carolina. Founded in 1996, the firm serves clients ranging from multi-national corporations to small businesses and individuals. For more information, please visit sowellgray.com.
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