25 Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers
August 17, 2023
Capell & Howard, P.C. is proud to have 25 lawyers recognized in the 2024 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. In addition, four of the firm’s attorneys were named the Best Lawyers® 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” in Montgomery for four different practice areas.
Courtney Williams, Attorney and Managing Director of Capell & Howard, said, “We are pleased to share this recognition by Best Lawyers for 2024 and proud to have 25 of our attorneys selected by their peers for these honors.”
THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA
According to Best Lawyers, only the top 5% of all practicing lawyers in the country were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 30th edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Listed below are attorneys at Capell & Howard who are recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America:
- Shapard D. Ashley (Of Counsel) – Real Estate Law
- Michael P. Dalton – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Tax Law
- Bruce J. Downey, III (Of Counsel) – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Ashley H. Freeman – Litigation – Insurance
- Richard Hill, Jr. – Administrative / Regulatory Law; Litigation – Insurance
- Lister Hubbard – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
- David B. Hughes – Real Estate Law
- Henry H. Hutchinson (Of Counsel) – Corporate Law; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
- Mai Lan F. Isler – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Kyle Johnson – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Brooke Lawson, III – Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
- William K. Martin (Of Counsel) – Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
- Robert T. Meadows, III (Of Counsel) – Commercial Litigation; Family Law
- Robert F. Northcutt – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
- Carla Cole Penton – Employment Law – Individuals; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Caty H. Richardson – Trusts and Estates
- Robert D. Rives – Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
- Lee M. Russell – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Real Estate Law
- William Allen Sheehan – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Insurance
- Palmer Smith (Of Counsel) – Real Estate Law
- Debra D. Spain – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- James N. Walter, Jr. – Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Insurance; Litigation – Securities; Mediation
- Christopher W. Weller, Sr. – Appellate Practice; Civil Rights Law; Employment Law – Individuals; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Courtney Williams – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
BEST LAWYERS 2024 “LAWYER OF THE YEAR” IN MONTGOMERY
Capell & Howard, P.C. would also like to congratulate four of its attorneys who were recognized by Best Lawyers for the 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” in Montgomery in four practice areas. “Lawyer of the Year” honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction. According to a recent press release submitted by Best Lawyers, “only 5,392 lawyers were bestowed the ‘Lawyer of the Year’ distinction, representative of only 0.4% of those in private practice in America.”
The four attorneys with Capell & Howard who were recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” award winners in Montgomery for their respective practice areas are as follows:
- Carla Cole Penton – Employment Law – Individuals
- James N. Walter, Jr. – Arbitration
- Christopher W. Weller, Sr. – Labor Law – Management
- Palmer Smith – Real Estate Law
BEST LAWYERS: ONES TO WATCH IN AMERICA
Capell & Howard would also like to congratulate associate attorney W. Jackson Britton, who is included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for his work in Insurance Law, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Appellate Practice and Civil Rights Law. According to Best Lawyers, more than 2.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 25,000 lawyers honored in the new edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.
BEST LAWYERS METHODOLOGY
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers honors and celebrates the professional accomplishments of the top legal talent in the country who were selected by their peers through Best Lawyers’ exhaustive peer-review survey and selection process. For the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, more than 19.7 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in just over 76,000 leading lawyers honored in the new edition. Lawyers are not required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
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