McGuireWoods LLP announced today that 20 of the firm’s partners from six different offices have been named “Lawyers of the Year” for 2012 by Best Lawyers.
- Mark E. Anderson, Raleigh Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants Lawyer of the Year
- Arthur E. Anderson II, Richmond Public Finance Law Lawyer of the Year
- Ronald D. Aucutt, Washington, D.C., Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year
- Dennis I. Belcher, Richmond Litigation – Trusts & Estates Lawyer of the Year
- Craig D. Bell, Richmond Litigation & Controversy – Tax Lawyer of the Year
- William G. Broaddus, Richmond Appellate Practice Lawyer of the Year
- Boyd C. Campbell Jr., Charlotte Corporate Compliance Law Lawyer of the Year
- Larry J. Dagenhart, Charlotte Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year
- W. Birch Douglass III, Richmond Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year
- Douglas W. Ey Jr., Charlotte Mass Tort Litigation Lawyer of the Year
- Charles D. Fox IV, Charlottesville Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year
- Sally Doubet King, Chicago Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Lawyer of the Year
- Kurt J. Krueger, Charlottesville Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year
- Gary S. Marshall, Richmond Litigation – Labor & Employment Lawyer of the Year
- Rosewell Page III, Richmond Product Liability Litigation – Defendants Lawyer of the Year
- Robert H. Pryor, Charlotte Litigation – Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year
- R. Gordon Smith, Richmond Health Care Law Lawyer of the Year
- Anne Marie Whittemore, Richmond Commercial Litigation Lawyer of the Year
- R. Craig Wood, Charlottesville Employment Law – Management Lawyer of the Year
- W. Carter Younger, Richmond Labor Law – Management Lawyer of the Year
Best Lawyers designates “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal practices across several large cities. Only one lawyer in each community is recognized in each category. Those named received particularly high ratings in surveys by earning a high level of respect and positive feedback among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.
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 current, 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2012) is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.