Keesal, Young & Logan is proud to announce that 16 of the firms’ attorneys were nominated by their peers to the national 2016 Best Lawyers listing, excelling in 14 different practice areas and continuing an honor achieved by members of the firm for nearly a quarter century.
The firm is also proud to announce that founding partner Skip Keesal, nominated to the Best Lawyers listing for 24 years straight, was listed this year in seven separate categories — a rare achievement.
Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys, in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.
The firm would like to congratulate its attorneys who achieved this honor, all of whom are listed below by their respective practice areas:
Samuel A. Keesal, Jr. (1993)
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Labor and Employment
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Stephen Young (2009)
Litigation – Securities
Michael M. Gless (1999)
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Securities
Peter R. Boutin (2012)
Commercial Litigation
Employment Law – Individuals
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Scott T. Pratt (2006)
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
Litigation – Environmental
Terrance Ross (2009)
Litigation – Labor and Employment
Litigation – Securities
John D. Giffin (2006)
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Albert E. Peacock III (2006)
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Elizabeth P. Beazley (2008)
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Litigation – Environmental
Herbert H. Ray, Jr. (2007) [10]
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Jodi S. Cohen (2012)
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Philip R. Lempriere (2014)
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Glen R. Piper (2016)
Admiralty and Maritime Law
John C. Cox (2013)
Admiralty and Maritime Law
William H. Collier, Jr. (1995)
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Douglas R. Davis (2007)
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Insurance Law
Natural Resources Law
* (Year) = First year the lawyer was listed in Best Lawyers.
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Since 1983, this publication has helped lawyers and clients find legal counsel in unfamiliar jurisdictions or unfamiliar practice areas. The current, 22nd edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2016), is based on more than 6.7 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.