Best Lawyers® Legal Resource Directory Lists 21 Buist Moore Smythe McGee P.A. Attorneys

October 14, 2009

CHARLESTON, SC – October 14, 2009 – Twenty-one Buist Moore Smythe McGee P.A. attorneys representing 14 areas of law have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010.

The well-regarded legal reference guide chose Buist Moore attorneys in the following areas of law: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Environmental Law, First Amendment Law, Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Labor and Employment Law, Maritime Law, Personal Injury Litigation, and Real Estate Law.

The Best Lawyers in America® was first published in 1983. The annually published directory only includes those lawyers most recommended by their peers as a result of a nation-wide survey of prominent attorneys. For the new edition, over 24,000 attorneys cast more than 2.8 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related practice areas. Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers, and because lawyers are not allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered an honor.

Buist Moore Smythe McGee P.A. attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 are:

Benjamin A. Moore, Jr., Maritime Law (listed since 1990)
Gordon D. Schreck, Maritime Law (listed since 1990)
Susan M. Smythe, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law (listed since 1991)
Morris A. Ellison, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Law (listed since 1995)
W. Foster Gaillard, Real Estate Law (listed since 1995)
C. Allen Gibson, Jr., Construction Law (listed since 2003)
Henry B. Smythe, Jr., Personal Injury Litigation (listed since 2003)
William C. Cleveland, III, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation (listed since 2005)
John J. Kerr, First Amendment Law (listed since 2005)
David B. McCormack, Labor and Employment Law (listed since 2005)
Charles P. Summerall, IV, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (listed since 2005)
James D. Myrick, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation (listed since 2006)
J. Marshall Allen, Health Care Law (listed since 2007)
Charles J. Baker, III, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law (listed since 2007)
Henry E. Grimball, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation (listed since 2007)
David M. Collins, Maritime Law (listed since 2008)
David H. Crawford, Real Estate Law (listed since 2008)
Sean D. Houseal, Environmental Law (listed since 2008)
Kenneth F. Smith, Trusts and Estates (listed since 2008)
David S. Yandle, Labor and Employment Law (listed since 2008)
Thomas L. Harper, Jr., Real Estate Law (2010)

Buist Moore Smythe McGee P.A. is a business-focused law firm in Charleston, South Carolina. It serves clients with both litigation-related and transaction-related legal needs. Please see the firm’s Web site at http://www.buistmoore.com/ for a more complete listing of attorneys and practice capabilities.