ATLANTA (December 1, 2008) — Smith, Gambrell & Russell is pleased to announce that eight of its lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite 2008. These lawyers are featured in the December 2008 issue of Georgia Trend magazine.

Barbara Ellis-Monro, Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights

Michael S. Haber, Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights

J. Rodgers Lunsford, III, Intellectual Property

James P. Monacell, Public Finance

James H. “Harry” Morgan, Jr., Taxes, Estates & Trusts

David W. Santi, Taxes, Estates & Trusts

Arthur Jay Schwartz, Business Law

Kathryn M. Zickert, Real Estate Law

Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite 2008 was compiled by votes from thousands of lawyers who are members of the Georgia State Bar and who practice in Georgia. Lawyers were asked to nominate the “most effective lawyers” in ten different practice areas.