
Insights: News Releases Best Lawyers in America® Names Kilpatrick Townsend Attorneys 2018 Lawyers of the Year August 16, 2017 ATLANTA (August 15) -- Kilpatrick Townsend announced today that Best Lawyers^®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named nine Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys as “2018 Lawyers of the Year” in their respective practice areas. Best Lawyers ^® notes that the lawyers being honored as "Lawyers of the Year" have received particularly high ratings in their surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” The following individuals are named Best Lawyers^®’ 2018 Lawyers of the Year along with the practice area and city for which they were chosen: Randall D. Avram - Raleigh Labor Law - Management “Lawyer of the Year” Stephen R. Berlin - Greensboro Environmental Law “Lawyer of the Year” Susan H. Boyles - Greensboro Litigation - Insurance “Lawyer of the Year” Charles W. Calkins - Greensboro Patent Law “Lawyer of the Year” Randall F. Hafer - Atlanta Litigation - Construction “Lawyer of the Year” Richard J. Keshian - Greensboro Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law “Lawyer of the Year” Tina W. McKeon - Atlanta Biotechnology Law “Lawyer of the Year” David E. Sipiora – Denver Litigation - Patent “Lawyer of the Year” Daniel R. Taylor, Jr. - Greensboro Litigation - Banking and Finance “Lawyer of the Year” Best Lawyers ^® compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America^® is based on more than 7.4 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. Follow the firm on Twitter: @KTS_Law. ### Related People Randall D. Avram Partner Raleigh, NC t 919.420.1812 ravram@kilpatricktownsend.com Stephen R. Berlin Partner Winston-Salem, NC t 336.607.7304 sberlin@kilpatricktownsend.com Susan H. Boyles Partner Winston-Salem, NC t 336.607.7417 sboyles@kilpatricktownsend.com Charles W. Calkins Partner Winston-Salem, NC t 336.607.7315 ccalkins@kilpatricktownsend.com Randall F. Hafer Partner Atlanta, GA t 404.815.6289 rhafer@kilpatricktownsend.com Richard J. Keshian Partner Winston-Salem, NC t 336.607.7322 rkeshian@kilpatricktownsend.com Tina Williams McKeon, Ph.D. Partner Atlanta, GA t 404.815.6103 tmckeon@kilpatricktownsend.com David E. Sipiora Retired Denver, CO t 303.405.8525 dsipiora@kilpatricktownsend.com

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Best Lawyers in America® Names Kilpatrick Townsend Attorneys 2018 Lawyers of the Year

August 16, 2017

ATLANTA (August 15) -- Kilpatrick Townsend announced today that Best Lawyers^®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named nine Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys as “2018 Lawyers of the Year” in their respective practice areas.

Best Lawyers ^® notes that the lawyers being honored as "Lawyers of the Year" have received particularly high ratings in their surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

The following individuals are named Best Lawyers^®’ 2018 Lawyers of the Year along with the practice area and city for which they were chosen:

Randall D. Avram - Raleigh Labor Law - Management “Lawyer of the Year”
Stephen R. Berlin - Greensboro Environmental Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Susan H. Boyles - Greensboro Litigation - Insurance “Lawyer of the Year”
Charles W. Calkins - Greensboro Patent Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Randall F. Hafer - Atlanta Litigation - Construction “Lawyer of the Year”
Richard J. Keshian - Greensboro Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Tina W. McKeon - Atlanta Biotechnology Law “Lawyer of the Year”
David E. Sipiora – Denver Litigation - Patent “Lawyer of the Year”
Daniel R. Taylor, Jr. - Greensboro Litigation - Banking and Finance “Lawyer of the Year”

Best Lawyers ^® compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America^® is based on more than 7.4 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

Follow the firm on Twitter: @KTS_Law.

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