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"On many occasions I have had an opportunity to use Best Lawyers for co-counsel and client referral purposes in other jurisdictions and in other areas of the law, both for myself and for others in our 40-attorney boutique practice. Every one of these referrals has worked out well with competent counsel and service. Your publication has served us well for quite a while. Our experience with it exemplifies the quality of its content and of counsel listed. Thank you for a truly useful resource."
David S. Stallard
Counsel
Wood Herron & Evans LLP
Wood Herron & Evans LLP
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Jeffrey M. Smith
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig
Greenberg Traurig
"I always encourage my attorneys to put themselves or their colleagues in for consideration for Best Lawyers. I believe Best Lawyers is a cut above the other 'lists' and other attorneys often use the Best Lawyers site for information and referrals. This past year one of the founders of the firm and our president received the coveted letter announcing that he had been named. As soon as he shared the news with me I lobbied for our firm to take advantage of the link to Best Lawyers and we did so that day. I was pleasantly amazed and seriously delighted to learn the very next day that he had had a call directly from the Best Lawyer site and better yet, had landed a matter from that call. The client told him his attorney had a conflict and he knew he was on Best Lawyers so that is where he searched for a replacement. He chose our firm. I really can't ask for better than that."
Amy Smith-Pike
Former Marketing Director
Durrette Crump PLC.
Durrette Crump PLC.
"I often turn to 'Best Law Firms' when I don't otherwise have a referral or am in a jurisdiction where I have not appeared previously."
Julie M. Lewis
Deputy General Counsel
Carestream Health, Inc.
Carestream Health, Inc.
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Bernice B. Donald
Former U.S. District Court Judge,
United States District Court
Western District of Tennessee
United States District Court
Western District of Tennessee