30 Turner Padget Shareholders Named Among Best Lawyers in America for 2012

CHARLESTON, SC – September 7, 2011 – Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A. is pleased to announce that 30 of its shareholders 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.

About Best Lawyers

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. 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 “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” 

About Turner Padget

Founded in 1929, Turner Padget is one of South Carolina’s largest law firms with 90 attorneys and five offices in Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville and Myrtle Beach. The firm provides clients in many industries with quality legal services in areas such as arbitration and mediation, business entity planning and organization, business litigation, construction and environmental litigation, employment and labor law, estate and tax planning, insurance coverage analysis and litigation, intellectual property, personal injury defense litigation, product liability, professional liability, real estate transactions, trucking and transportation, and workers’ compensation. For additional information, visit http://www.turnerpadget.com.