Media Contact: Anne Louise Atkinson, 404.532.6898 Kilpatrick Stockton Earns Record-Breaking Recognition in Annual Best Lawyers in America 2010 Firm Ranked Number One in the Nation for Intellectual Property ATLANTA (August 4) A record-breaking ninety-three Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys have recently been honored by their peers in The Best Lawyers in America 2010. The firm was ranked number one in the nation in Intellectual Property with more ranked attorneys than any other firm in the U.S. Nearly 20% of the firm s attorneys earned recognition in this prestigious publication. Kilpatrick Stockton has a total of 16 areas of practice ranked in the top 10 nationally for the number of attorneys named, including, in the top 5: (#1) Intellectual Property; (#3) Advertising Law; (#4) Native American Law; (#5) Biotechnology and Structured Finance Law. Others in the top 10 include: ; Antitrust; Appellate; Construction; Employee Benefits; Entertainment; Franchise; Government Relations; Information Technology; Insurance Law; and. Additionally, in Georgia, the firm garnered #1 rankings for the total number of attorneys listed in Advertising Law,, Information Technology; Intellectual Property; Public Finance; and Structured Finance Law. In North Carolina, the firm achieved a #1 ranking in. Attorneys were selected for inclusion in this new edition of Best Lawyers based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey that has been developed and refined for nearly 25 years. Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys honored include: Atlanta Miles J. Alexander (25) Antitrust Law W. Benjamin Barkley Securities Law Rupert M. Barkoff (10) Franchise Law Joseph M. Beck (10) Entertainment Law Thomas J. Biafore
Structured Finance Law W. Stanley Blackburn James F. Bogan III William H. Boice Richard R. Boisseau (10) William H. Brewster (10) Advertising Law Christopher P. Bussert Franchise Law Susan A. Cahoon (10) Bet-the-Company Litigation Richard R. Cheatham (10) Banking Law Thomas H. Christopher (*) Richard Cicchillo, Jr. Gregory K. Cinnamon A. Stephens Clay IV (10) Bet-the-Company Litigation James H. Coil III Brian G. Corgan Theodore H. Davis, Jr. Scott M. Dayan Tax Law
William E. Dorris Stephen A. Edwards (*) Public Finance Law James L. Ewing IV (10) Candace L. Fowler Jamie L. Greene (10) Biotechnology Law Randall F. Hafer Justin B. Heineman (*) R. Charles Henn, Jr. (*) Richard A. Horder Hilary P. Jordan Banking Law Structured Finance Law Wab P. Kadaba (*) M. Andrew Kauss Laurel J. Lucey (*) Alfred S. Lurey (25) Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law John K. McDonald Dennis S. Meir (10) Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law Matthew H. Patton William R. Poplin, Jr. Judith A. Powell John S. Pratt (10)
Diane L. Prucino Susan H. Richardson Dean W. Russell (10) Jennifer Stobie Schumacher Caroline W. Spangenberg Insurance Law James D. Steinberg Information Technology Law David A. Stockton (10) Corporate Governance and Compliance Law Securities Law Mitchell G. Stockwell Phillip H. Street Health Care Law Jerre B. Swann (10) Advertising Law Neal J. Sweeney G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr. (10) Virginia S. Taylor (10) James A. Trigg (*) Rex R. Veal Banking Law Structured Finance Law William J. Vesely, Jr. Kathryn Wade (*) Biotechnology Law David M. Zacks (10) Health Care Law
Augusta Charlotte Raleigh Raymond G. Chadwick, Jr. Bet-the-Company Litigation Product Liability Litigation Perry R. Sentell III (*) W. Craig Smith (*) Health Care Law Robert T. Duffy Tax Law Randall D. Avram Jeffrey A. Benson Carl W. Hibbert (10) Trusts and Estates Gary K. Joyner William F. Lane Steven J. Levitas W. Christopher Matton (*) Alan H. McConnell Gregg E. McDougal Hayden J. Silver III Craig B. Wheaton (10) Washington Keith M. Harper Native American Law
Elliott H. Levitas Government Relations Law Constance K. Robinson (*) Antitrust Law Mark L. Stember (*) Mark D. Taylor Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law Mark D. Wincek Winston-Salem Stephen R. Berlin Susan H. Boyles Insurance Law Charles W. Calkins Adam H. Charnes Appellate Law Louis W. Doherty W. Randy Eaddy (10) Corporate Governance and Compliance Law Securities Law Steven Gardner Dudley Humphrey James H. Kelly, Jr. (10) Insurance Law Richard J. Keshian Product Liability Litigation George L. Little, Jr. (10) Antitrust Law
David C. Smith Daniel R. Taylor, Jr. (*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers. (10) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 10 years. (20) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 20 years. (25) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 25 years. About The Best Lawyers in America 2010 The 2010 edition of Best Lawyers in America is based on more than 24,126 leading attorneys, who cast more than 2.8 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties. Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey by the country s leading attorneys 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. For more information about Kilpatrick Stockton, please visit: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. ###