McNair Shareholder Selected as Banking lawyer of the Year in the Columbia Area
February 16, 2009
COLUMBIA, SC – February 16, 2009 – John W. Currie, a Shareholder of McNair Law Firm, P.A., has been named by Best Lawyers as the Columbia Area Banking Lawyer of the Year for 2009 based on peer-review surveys.
Currie received the highest level of respect among his peers for his ability, professionalism and integrity. A 1971 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, prior to joining McNair in 1980, Currie practiced with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn. His practice areas include banking, corporate finance, securities and merger and acquisition transactions. He regularly represents issuers and purchasers in private placements and parties in public and private mergers and acquisitions, including mergers and stock and asset sales.
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. The publication compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive surveys in which leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Steven Naifeh, Managing Editor of Best Lawyers, said, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. We would like to congratulate John W. Currie on being selected as the ‘Columbia Best Lawyers Banking Lawyer of the Year’ for 2009.”
McNair Law Firm has eight offices in South Carolina and one in North Carolina. For more information about John W. Currie, or McNair Law Firm, please visit www.mcnair.net.
