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JACKSONVILLE, FL, August 15, 2018 - Twenty-six Rogers Towers’ lawyers were selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019, and two have been named Best Lawyers® 2019 Jacksonville “Lawyer of the Year.”
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. According to Best Lawyers®, lists are compiled based on exhaustive peer-evaluation in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Best Lawyers® recognizes a single lawyer in each community in each practice area as “Lawyer of the Year.” Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be included in the lists.
The following Rogers Towers’ lawyers are listed along with the practice area(s) in which they were recognized:
Christine T. Adams – Real Estate Law
A. Graham Allen – Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
Ellen M. Avery-Smith – Environmental Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
J. Kirby Chritton – Banking and Finance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Kevin B. Cook – Commercial Litigation
Betsy C. Cox – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Elder Law (with an emphasis in Trusts, Estates and Guardianship Litigation)
Wyman R. Duggan – Administrative/ Regulatory Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
C. Davis Ely – Real Estate Law
Fred D. Franklin, Jr. – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance
Theodore R. Hainline, Jr. – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law; also named the Best Lawyers® 2019 Jacksonville Land Use and Zoning Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Christopher C. Hazelip – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Insurance
E. Allen Hieb, Jr. – International Mergers & Acquisitions; Tax Law; also named the Best Lawyers® 2019 Jacksonville Tax Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Edward L. Kelly – Banking and Finance Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Real Estate Law
Scott J. Kennelly – Commercial Litigation
Sandra J. Mathis – Family Law
Edward McCarthy, III – Commercial Litigation
Mark S. Mitchell – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation
G. Kenneth Norrie – Construction Law
H. Joseph O’Shields – Real Estate Law
Beverly A. Pascoe - Health Care Law
James M. Riley – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance
Cristine M. Russell – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
William E. Scheu – Real Estate Law
Irvin M. Weinstein – Municipal Law
Michael A. Wodrich – Business Organizations (inlcuding LLCs and Partnerships)
Cheryl L. Worman – Construction Law
Rogers Towers, P.A., founded in 1905, is a Florida law firm with offices in Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine, Amelia Island, and Fort Lauderdale. The firm provides legal services in the areas of: Banking and Financial; Litigation; Construction; Corporate; Labor and Employment; Environmental; Eminent Domain; Elder Law; Family Law; Health Law; Immigration; Intellectual Property; Land Use; Public Finance; Real Estate; Taxation; Transportation and Logistics; Trusts and Estates; and Wills. www.rtlaw.com.
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