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Capell & Howard Attorneys Earn Best Lawyer Awards

August 21, 2020

Capell & Howard Attorneys Earn Best Lawyer Awards

Capell & Howard, P.C. is pleased to announce that 22 of our lawyers have been recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Five of our attorneys (Shap Ashley, Brooke Lawson, Bob Meadows, Jimmy Walter, and Barbara Wells) were among the 9 Lawyers selected as “Lawyers of the Year” for the Montgomery area. Furthermore, we are pleased to announce that Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognized Blake Brookshire as an up and coming lawyer.

Since first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Almost 108,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received over 13 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 9.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 67,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

The Capell & Howard, P.C. attorneys included in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America are: 

  • Shap Ashley – Real Estate Law
  • Chad Bryan – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Bill Coleman – Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
  • Michael Dalton – Tax Law
  • Bruce Downey – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Carla Cole Gilmore – Employment Law – Individuals; Employment Law – Management
  • Lister Hubbard – Construction Law; Construction Litigation
  • David Hughes – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Real Estate Law
  • Hank Hutchinson – Corporate Law; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
  • Kyle Johnson – Corporate Law; Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
  • Brooke Lawson – Construction Law; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation
  • Frank McFadden (retired) – Arbitration; Litigation – Construction; Mediation
  • Bob Meadows – Commercial Litigation; Family Law
  • Bob Northcutt – Commercial Litigation
  • Bobby Rives – Real Estate Law
  • Allen Sheehan – Commercial Litigation
  • Palmer Smith – Real Estate Law
  • Debby Spain – Trusts and Estates; Tax law; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
  • Jimmy Walter – Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Securities; Mediation
  • Chris Weller – Appellate Practice; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Barbara Wells – Employment Law – Individuals; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Courtney Williams – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law

 

Capell & Howard, P.C. would like to congratulate the following attorneys named Lawyers of the Year for the Montgomery area:

 

 

Capell & Howard, P.C. would like to congratulate the following attorney included in the 2021 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

 

  • Blake Brookshire – Civil Rights Law; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment

 

The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch award is a recognition given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.