9 Callison Tighe attorneys listed in new edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2016
Nine attorneys of Callison Tighe are included in the 2017 Best Lawyers in America, earning honors across 11 diverse practice areas in one of the oldest peer-reviewed publications for the legal profession.
Three of the honorees – Michael W. Tighe, Louis H. Lang and Nekki Shutt – have been designated as Lawyers of the Year for the Columbia Metropolitan area.
The Callison Tighe attorneys and their practice areas:
• M. Malissa Burnette: Civil Rights Law; Employment Law – Individuals; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Mediation
• Sherwood M. Cleveland: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Andrew C. English, III: Real Estate Law
• Demetri “Jim” K. Koutrakos: Litigation – Insurance
• Louis H. Lang: Lawyer of the Year, Litigation – Insurance
• Ralph C. Robinson, Jr.: Real Estate Law
• Nekki Shutt: Lawyer of the Year, Litigation – ERISA; Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Employment Law – Individuals; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Michael W. Tighe: Lawyer of the Year, Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
• D. Reece Williams III: Litigation – Insurance
Malissa Burnette, Sherwood Cleveland, Andrew English, Jim Koutrakos and Louis Lang
Ralph Robinson, Nekki Shutt, Michael Tighe and Reece Williams
Selection to Best Lawyers is based on more than 5.5 million confidential evaluations by the country’s top attorneys. The guide, first published in 1983, has been described by Corporate Counsel magazine as “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
The Best Law Firms in America, a companion publication co-produced with US News, will be released in November. Callison Tighe has been honored in the past six editions of that publication.
About Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
The attorneys of Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC practice in areas including trials and appeals in all state and federal courts in South Carolina; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Practice; Banking and Commercial Finance; Business Organizations; Financial Services, Creditor Rights and Bankruptcy; General Litigation; Commercial Real Estate; Employment Law, Employee Benefits and ERISA; Environmental and Regulatory Law; Government Law; Tax, Probate, Trusts and Estates; Title Insurance Litigation; and Workers’ Compensation.
For more information, visit callisontighe.com.
