Rogers Towers is incredibly proud to announce that six attorneys have been recognized as Best Lawyers® 2027 Jacksonville “Lawyer of the Year” honorees, an individual distinction that reflects the respect they have earned among their peers in the legal profession.
The 2027 honorees are:
- K. Mac Bracewell — Trusts and Estates
- Wyman R. Duggan — Administrative / Regulatory Law
- C. Davis Ely — Commercial Finance Law
- Edward McCarthy III — Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Emily Pierce — Government Relations Practice
- Sherri Worman — Construction Law
Honoring Excellence in the Legal Profession
The “Lawyer of the Year” designation is particularly significant because Best Lawyers® recognizes only one attorney in each practice area within a designated metropolitan region. Honorees are determined through Best Lawyers’ Purely Peer Review® process, in which attorneys evaluate the professional abilities of their colleagues practicing in the same geographic area and field of law. The attorney receiving the strongest peer feedback within each practice area and market receives the additional “Lawyer of the Year” distinction.
For Rogers Towers, having six attorneys earn this recognition across six distinct areas of practice reflects both the individual accomplishments of the honorees and the depth of experience found throughout the firm.
Founded in 1905, Rogers Towers has served clients for more than 120 years, building a reputation for experienced counsel, professional integrity and a client-focused approach to legal service. Throughout that history, the firm has continued to evolve alongside Florida’s businesses, communities and legal landscape while maintaining the standards on which its reputation was built.
Recognition from fellow attorneys carries particular meaning within that tradition. These six “Lawyer of the Year” honors represent peer acknowledgment across trusts and estates, administrative and regulatory law, commercial finance, product liability litigation, government relations and construction law — practice areas that reflect the breadth of counsel Rogers Towers provides to businesses, individuals and governmental entities.
About Best Lawyers®
For more than four decades, Best Lawyers® has recognized legal professionals through a peer-review process designed to identify attorneys whose professional abilities are highly regarded by their colleagues. The 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® marks the publication’s 33rd year. Beyond honoring this year’s recipients, the release offers a window into how the legal profession is evolving across the country, building on patterns identified in their 2026 analysis and reinforcing several trends that have held steady across recent editions.
To learn more about the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, visit https://www.bestlawyers.com/article/best-lawyers-awards-america-2027/8286.

