Roberts & Stevens announces 2016 "Best Lawyer" awards

Seventeen attorneys at Roberts & Stevens Law Firm have been honored by their peers in

The Best Lawyers in America® 2016:

• Vincent D. Childress, Jr. in Corporate Law and Health Care Law
• William Clarke in Environmental Law/Litigation and Natural Resources Law
• David L. English in Corporate Law and Real Estate Law
• Jacqueline D. Grant in Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Jackson D. Hamilton in Tax Law/Litigation and Controversy
• Kenneth R. Hunt in Insurance Law
• Gregory D. Hutchins in Corporate Law, Health Care Law and Trusts and Estates
• Phillip T. Jackson in Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Health Care Litigation, Insurance Litigation and Medical Malpractice Law-Defendants
• Mark C. Kurdys in Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Real Estate Litigation and Transportation Law
• Marjorie R. Mann in Arbitration, Banking and Finance Law/Litigation, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law/Litigation
• John W. Mason in Trusts and Estates Law/Litigation
• Marc S. Rudow  in Real Estate Law
• John S. Stevens  in Corporate Law
• Wyatt S. Stevens in Commercial Litigation, Trusts and Estates Litigation, and Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
• James W. Williams in Medical Malpractice Law-Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants
• Sheryl H. Williams in Real Estate Law/Litigation
• F. Lachicotte Zemp, Jr. in Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law and Transportation Law

Additionally, the following three attorneys from Roberts & Stevens have been named

Best Lawyers' 2016 Lawyers of the Year:

• John S. Stevens  in Corporate Law
• James W. Williams in Personal Injury- Defendants
• Sheryl H. Williams in Real Estate Law

The Roberts & Stevens Law Firm has been recognized as a Tier 1 Law Firm in Asheville in nine categories: 

·         Commercial Litigation

·         Corporate Law

·         Environmental Litigation

·         Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

·         Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

·         Real Estate Law

·         Real Estate Litigation

·         Tax Law

·         Trusts & Estates Litigation

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers^® has become regarded as a guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered an honor.

Firms included in the 2016 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.

The U.S. News – Best Lawyers^® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process.