AIKEN, S.C., September 11, 2012 — Thirteen King & Spalding lawyers have been identified as 2013 Best Lawyers in America Lawyers of the Year. The individuals being honored as lawyers of the year received particularly high levels of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity. Best Lawyers recognizes only a single lawyer within each specialty and region as a lawyer of the year. Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding lawyers by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current edition is based on 4 million detailed evaluations.
The following King & Spalding lawyers were selected as 2013 Best Lawyers in America Lawyers of the Year:
Georgia: Atlanta
- Carolyn Z. Alford ((banking and finance)
- C. William Baxley (corporate governance)
- Jeffrey S. Cashdan (antitrust)
- William A. Holby (public finance)
- Joshua M. Kamin (real estate)
- W. Ray Persons (product liability litigation - defendants)
- Russell B. Richards (leveraged buyouts and private equity)
- Richard L. Shackelford (health care)
- Jeffrey M. Stein (corporate)
- Chilton D. Varner (bet-the-company litigation)
North Carolina: Charlotte
- Jefferson W. Brown (land use and zoning)
Texas: Houston
- R. Doak Bishop (arbitration)
- John P. Bowman (international arbitration - commercial)
About King & Spalding
Celebrating more than 125 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100, with 800 lawyers in 17 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents and is consistently recognized for the results it obtains, uncompromising commitment to quality and dedication to understanding the business and culture of its clients. More information is available at www.kslaw.com.
