10 Adams and Reese Columbia attorneys named 2017 Best Lawyers® in America
August 18, 2016
Adams and Reese announced that 10 attorneys from its Columbia, South Carolina office have been named to the 2017 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Additionally, Columbia attorneys W. Cliff Moore, III and William H. Short, Jr. were named among the 2017 Best Lawyers® “Lawyers of the Year.” Published for more than three decades, Best Lawyers® has earned the respect of the legal profession, the media and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals.
Adams and Reese’s 2017 “Lawyers of the Year” in South Carolina include:
• W. Cliff Moore, III – Litigation – Banking and Finance
• William H. Short, Jr. – Bankruptcy Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization
Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” recognitions are awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic location. Only one attorney is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location.
Adams and Reese’s 2017 Best Lawyers® in America in Columbia include:
• Ernest G. Lawhorne (2005) – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
• F. Earl Ellis, Jr. (1995) – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
• John F. Beach (2013) – Commercial Litigation
• Kirby D. Shealy III (2001) – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Lana H. Sims, Jr. (2005) – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
• Louis T. Runge, Jr. (2013) – Real Estate Law
• Robert P. Bethea, Jr. (2011) – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law
• W. Cliff Moore III (2010) – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Real Estate
• William H. Short, Jr. (2005) – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Litigation – Construction, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• William P. McElveen, Jr. (2007) – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
(Year) First year the lawyer was listed.
(*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers®
A total of 117 Adams and Reese attorneys from the firm’s 16 regional offices were named 2017 Best Lawyers®, and a total of 13 attorneys were named among the publication’s 2017 “Lawyers of the Year.”
The Best Lawyers® and “Lawyers of the Year” lists are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Attorneys are separated by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and must undergo a stringent authentication process to confirm their current practice and good attorney standing.
ABOUT ADAMS AND REESE LLP
Adams and Reese is a multidisciplinary law firm with nearly 300 attorneys and advisors strategically located in 16 offices across 15 markets throughout the southern United States and Washington, D.C. The American Lawyer includes Adams and Reese on its distinguished list of the nation’s top law firms – The Am Law 200. The National Law Journal also includes the firm on the NLJ 500 list of the nation’s largest law firms.
