Firm Leads State in Nine Categories
ATLANTA (February 21) -- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today that 81 of the firm’s attorneys were selected as 2012 Georgia Super Lawyers and Georgia Super Lawyer Rising Stars. In addition to this prestigious list, Susan Cahoon was named one of the Top 50 Women and Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyers. Miles Alexander, Stan Blackburn, Bill Boice, Bill Brewster, Jim Ewing and Wab Kadaba were named Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyers.
Kilpatrick Townsend led all firms with the most Super Lawyers listed in Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Litigation. The firm also led all firms with the most Rising Stars listed in Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Litigation. The firm is also tied for having the most attorneys named Construction/Surety Super Lawyers and Construction Litigation Rising Stars. Kilpatrick Townsend has the only Super Lawyer listed for the entire state for Information Technology/Outsourcing (Jim Steinberg) and the only Rising Star listed for Information Technology/Outsourcing (Jim Paine). The firm has one of only two Super Lawyers listed for the entire state for Franchise/Dealership (Rupert Barkoff) and one of only three Rising Stars listed for Criminal Defense: White Collar (Adria Perez).
Georgia Super Lawyers and Georgia Rising Stars are selected through a nomination process, peer evaluation and internal research conducted by Law & Politics. The result is a comprehensive and diverse listing of the top five percent (2.5% for Rising Stars) of Georgia attorneys.
The following names are the 2012 Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys recognized as Georgia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars:
Banking Richard R. Cheatham
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights Matthew W. Levin Alfred S. Lurey Dennis S. Meir Todd C. Meyers
Business Litigation James F. Bogan, III Steve Clay Audra A. Dial (Rising Star) Joseph H. Huff George L. Murphy, Jr. Matthew H. Patton Burleigh L. Singleton
Construction Litigation Randall F. Hafer Daniel B. Swaja (Rising Star) Neal J. Sweeney Chad V. Theriot (Rising Star)
Construction/ Surety Brian G. Corgan William E. Dorris William R. Poplin, Jr.
Criminal Defense: White Collar Scott L. Marrah Adria L. Perez (Rising Star)
Employee Benefits/ERISA Jennifer Stobie Schumacher William J. Vesely, Jr.
Employment & Labor Richard R. Boisseau Thomas H. Christopher James H. Coil, III Diane L. Prucino
Employment Litigation: Defense Susan W. Pangborn
Environmental Susan H. Richardson
Franchise/Dealership Rupert M. Barkoff
General Litigation Michael J. Breslin (Rising Star) David M. Zacks
Health Care Phillip H. Street
Information Technology/ Outsourcing James R. Paine (Rising Star) James D. Steinberg
Intellectual Property Miles J. Alexander Michael A. Bertelson (Rising Star) Theodore H. Davis, Jr. Kristin J. Doyle (Rising Star) James L. Ewing, IV Alex Fonoroff (Rising Star) Jamie L. Graham Brenda O. Holmes Alicia Grahn Jones (Rising Star) Wab P. Kadaba John K. McDonald Michael S. Pavento (Rising Star) Andrew S. Pequignot (Rising Star) John S. Pratt Lauren Sullins Ralls (Rising Star) Michael J. Turton Virginia S. Taylor James A. Trigg
Intellectual Property Litigation Renae Bailey (Rising Star) Joseph M. Beck William H. Boice William H. Brewster Susan A. Cahoon Candice C. Decaire Geoffrey K. Gavin (Rising Star) Catherine E. Hart (Rising Star) R. Charles Henn, Jr. (Rising Star) D. Clay Holloway (Rising Star) Charles H. Hooker III (Rising Star) Russell A. Korn (Rising Star) Mitchell G. Stockwell Jerre B. Swann Alyson L. Wooten (Rising Star)
Insurance Coverage Caroline W. Spangenberg
Mergers & Acquisitions William B. Barkley W. Stanley Blackburn Richard Cicchillo, Jr.
Real Estate Candace Oxendale Fowler M. Andrew Kauss Angela J. McCord (Rising Star) Mindy S. Planer Rex R. Veal
Securities & Corporate Finance W. Randy Eaddy David A. Stockton
Tax Charles E. Hodges, II Lynn E. Fowler
For more information about Kilpatrick Townsend, please visit: www.kilpatricktownsend.com.
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