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Forty-two McGlinchey Stafford Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020; Six Named “Lawyer of the Year”
Read Time: 3 minsMcGlinchey Stafford PLLC is pleased to announce that 42 attorneys (up from 39 in 2019) have been recognized in 36 practice areas across seven states in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Four attorneys were newly-added to the list in 2020, earning the firm recognition in two new practice areas: Tax Law and Admiralty and Maritime Law.
The firm is top-listed in Baton Rouge in the area of Insurance Law, reflecting the number of McGlinchey Stafford attorneys listed and the firm’s depth in that practice areas.
Six McGlinchey Stafford attorneys representing six practice areas and three offices received recognition as “Lawyer of the Year,” up from four attorneys in 2019. Only one attorney in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as a “Lawyer of the Year,” and those recognized with this honor are selected based on voting averages received during peer-review assessments for The Best Lawyers in America® for their legal acumen, professionalism, and integrity.
McGlinchey Stafford attorneys receiving this designation for 2020 include:
BATON ROUGE, LA
- Rudy Aguilar, Jr., Corporate Law “Lawyer of the Year”
- Mary Terrell Joseph, Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year”
- R. Andrew “Drew” Patty II, Trademark Law “Lawyer of the Year”
- Anthony Rollo, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year”
BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Michael B. Odom, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning “Lawyer of the Year”
NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Stephen P. Beiser, Employment Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year”
McGlinchey Stafford attorneys listed in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® include:
ALBANY, NY
- Marc J. Lifset, Financial Services Regulation Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance
BATON ROUGE, LA
- Rodolfo “Rudy” J. Aguilar, Jr., Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Insurance Law, Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions
- Samuel A. Bacot, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate Law
- Richard A. Curry, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental
- Michael D. Ferachi, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
- Jon Ann Giblin, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Marshall Grodner, Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, Equipment Finance Law
- Ronnie L. Johnson, Insurance Law
- Mary Terrell Joseph, Banking and Finance Law
- Christine Lipsey, Commercial Litigation
- R. Andrew “Drew” Patty II, Copyright Law, Patent Law, Trademark Law
- Jean-Paul Perrault, Insurance Law
- Anthony Rollo, Banking and Finance Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Michael H. Rubin, Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance
BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Christopher Bottcher, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Environmental
- Paul S. Leonard*, Tax Law
- Michael B. Odom, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, Litigation – Real Estate
CLEVELAND, OH
- Mark S. Edelman, Financial Services Regulation Law
- David Waxman*, Real Estate Law
JACKSON, MS
- G. Dewey Hembree III, Commercial Litigation
- Stephen Masley*, Commercial Litigation
- H. Hunter Twiford III, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Municipal, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
NEW ORLEANS, LA
- J. Patrick Beauchamp, Banking and Finance Law
- Stephen P. Beiser, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Magdalen Blessey Bickford, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Mark N. Bodin, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Rudy J. Cerone, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Katherine Conklin, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Kathleen A. Manning, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Deirdre C. McGlinchey, Litigation – Insurance
- Colvin “Woody” Norwood, Jr., Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Stephen W. Rider, Commercial Litigation
- Benjamin O. Schupp*, Admiralty and Maritime Law
* 4 attorneys listed for the first time in The Best Lawyers in America®
Of the 42 attorneys recognized, two have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for more than 25 years; nine for more than 15 years; and 14 for more than ten years.
For more than three decades, Best Lawyers® has published lists of attorneys divided by geographic region and practice areas. Honorees are included in The Best Lawyers in America® following a peer-review ranking process in which attorneys are evaluated by their peers on the basis of their professional knowledge.