Essex Richards, P.A. is pleased to announce that The Best Lawyers© in America has named 10 of its attorneys to the 2020 list in the publication’s newly released 26th edition – Norris Adams, Rob Blair, Jon Buchan, Woody Connette, Heather Culp, John Daniel, Rick Elkins, Lauren Lewis, Steve Morris, and Natalie Potter. Natalie Potter was included for the first time in this edition.
Additionally, Rob Blair was named “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Family Law Mediation, and Woody Connette was named “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law.
Best Lawyers© is based on a peer-review survey of over 50,000 attorneys in all 50 states and the District of Columbia and more than 7.3 million detailed evaluations of lawyers’ legal abilities by other lawyers in their practice areas. Attorneys are not permitted to pay any fee to participate or be included on the lists.
The complete list of the 2020 Essex Richards Best Lawyers© is as follows:
Norris A. Adams II (2018)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Litigation – ERISA
Robert S. Blair, Jr. (2011)
- Collaborative Law: Family Law
- Family Law
- Family Law Mediation
Jonathan Edward Buchan (1991)
- Commercial Litigation
- First Amendment Law
- Litigation – First Amendment
Edward G. Connette III (2007)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Individuals
- Litigation – ERISA
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Heather W. Culp (2017)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
John T. Daniel (2010)
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Construction
Rick Elkins (2019)
- Family Law
- Family Law Arbitration
- Family Law Mediation
Lauren V. Lewis (2019)
- Collaborative Law: Family Law
- Family Law
Stephen H. Morris (2016)
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Natalie Potter (*)
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
(Year) First
year the lawyer was listed in any practice area.
(*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers.