Tucker Ellis LLP is proud to announce that 34 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® for 2014 (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, SC). The number of Tucker Ellis attorneys honored represents a 30% increase over last year’s recognition. Five Tucker Ellis honorees are new to the list for 2014.

The attorneys and the practice areas in which they are recognized are:

• Henry E. Billingsley II – Admiralty & Maritime Law
• Jonathan R. Cooper – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Harry D. Cornett, Jr. – Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Richard A. Dean – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Gary L. Dinner – Trusts and Estates
• Stephen C. Ellis – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Robert J. Hanna – Commercial Litigation
• Michael F. Harris – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Jeffrey A. Healy – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Christopher J. Hewitt – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Curtiss L. Isler – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
•Irene C. Keyse-Walker – Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
• Eugene M. Killeen – Public Finance Law
• Joseph P. Koncelik – Environmental Law
• John Q. Lewis – Commercial Litigation
• Rita A. Maimbourg – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• John F. McCaffrey – Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar; Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Mark F. McCarthy – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Erica McGregor – Trusts and Estates
• Joseph J. Morford – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Matthew P. Moriarty – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Glenn E. Morrical – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Brian M. O’Neill – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
• Thomas W. Ostrowski – Banking and Finance Law
• Anthony R. Petruzzi – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
•Susan L. Racey – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
• Thomas Simmons – Employment Law – Management
• Hugh M. Stanley – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Edward E. Taber – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Robert C. Tucker – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• S. Peter Voudouris – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Jeffry L. Weiler – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
• Kevin M. Young – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction
• Michael C. Zellers – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

“We’re always pleased to be recognized for the exceptional work we do here at Tucker Ellis,” said Managing Partner Joe Morford. “Since our ultimate goal is provide a different and better legal experience for our clients, we’re especially proud that our peers have honored us on the Best Lawyers list.”