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November 2004
Phelps Dunbar LLP Attorneys Named "The Best Lawyers in America® 2005-2006"
Twenty-four partners from Phelps Dunbar were recently named in the 2005-2006 issue of the bi-annual publication
The Best Lawyers in America. Selection is based on a year-long survey in which 16,000 leading attorneys through out the nation are asked to rate the top practitioners in their specialties in their jurisdictions. The new 2005-2006 edition marks the 21st year of the publication that has come to be regarded - by both the legal profession and the public - as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the U.S.
Phelps Dunbar partners listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2005-2006 include:
Baton Rouge
Thomas H. Kiggans - Labor and Employment Law
New Orleans
M. Nan Alessandra - Labor and Employment Law
Jane E. Armstrong - Employee Benefits Law
Brent B. Barriere - Business Litigation
Philip deV. Claverie - Financial Institutions and Transactions Law; Real Estate Law
Mark A. Fullmer - Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law
Harry Rosenberg - Business Litigation
James H. Roussel - Maritime Law
Mary Ellen Roy - First Amendment Law
James A. Stuckey - Financial Institutions and Transactions Law
Harvey D. Wagar III - Financial Institutions and Transactions Law
Jackson
Reuben V. Anderson - Alternative Dispute Resolution
Fred L. Banks, Jr. - Alternative Dispute Resolution
Ross F. Bass, Jr. - Business Litigation
Jerome C. Hafter - Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law
E. Clifton Hodge, Jr. - Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law; Financial Institutions and Transactions Law
C. Delbert Hosemann, Jr. - Employee Benefits Law
Dan M. McDaniel, Jr. - Gaming Law
Luther T. Munford - First Amendment Law
James W. O'Mara - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
W. Thomas Siler, Jr. - Labor and Employment Law
Frank W. Trapp - Criminal Defense
Michael B. Wallace - Business Litigation
Tupelo
F. M. Bush III - Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law; Trusts and Estates
Nationwide, only about 17,000 attorneys (less than 3% of all attorneys in the country) were selected for this honor. Because listings are based on the votes of other lawyers and cannot be bought, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
Phelps Dunbar is a regional law firm of more than 250 attorneys, with offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Tupelo, and Gulfport, Mississippi;
Houston, Texas; Tampa, Florida; and London, England.