ATLANTA (August 19, 2014) – Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (SGR) is pleased to announce that 20 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2015. The list honored attorneys in SGR’s Atlanta and Jacksonville offices in 21 practice areas including: IP litigation, patent law, immigration law and environmental law.

The following SGR attorneys were selected in their respective practice areas for 2015:

Atlanta

Thomas H. Asselin (Construction Law)

Stephen M. Forte (Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance)

Romy Kapoor (Immigration Law)

W. Thomas King (Banking and Finance Law)

Gregory J. Kirsch (Patent Law)

Kristen M. Lewis (Trusts and Estates)

Dale Lischer (Litigation – Intellectual Property; Patent Law)

J. Rodgers Lunsford III (Litigation – Intellectual Property; Trademark Law)

James H. Morgan, Jr. (Trusts and Estates)

Stephen E. O’Day (Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental)

Mark G. Pottorff (Real Estate Law)

Thomas W. Rhodes (Antitrust Law)

John H. Spillman (Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)

Andrew M. Thompson (Environmental Law)

Dennis J. Webb, Jr. (Insurance Law)

Kathryn M. Zickert (Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning)

Jacksonville

Andrew J. Fawbush (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)

Karl B. Hanson, Jr. (Real Estate Law)

Patricia J. Hill (Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management)

James B. Porter (Real Estate Law)

About Best Lawyers
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers  has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. Over 52,000 leading attorneys cast more than 5.5 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore 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.”