Fourteen Helmsing Leach attorneys were named to Best Lawyers in America for 2024. Best Lawyers is regarded as a leading publication in the legal field, with tens of thousands of lawyers confidentially ranking their peers each year.
The attorneys and their respective practice areas, year first recognized, and number of years named to Best Lawyers are below:
- Alan Alexander (2007) [15 years]
- Health Care Law
- Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Joe Babington (2007) [15 years]
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Environmental
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Russell Buffkin (2013) [10 years]
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Real Estate
- John Dukes (2019) [5 years]
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Real Estate Law
- Jeffery Hartley (2008) [15 years]
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Warren C. Herlong, Jr. (2006) [15 years]
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Litigation – Antitrust
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Karen Tucker (2023)
- Appellate Practice
- Jim Newman (2007) [15 years]
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Casey Pipes (2011) [10 years]
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Municipal Law
- Real Estate Law
- Robert Rouse (2007) [15 years]
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Win Stuardi (2009) [15 years]
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Construction
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Bill Watts (2009) [15 years]
- Appellate Practice
Jim Newman, Jeffrey Hartley, Casey Pipes, John Dukes, Joe Babington, Robert Rouse, Warren Herlong, and Bill Watts were given the publication’s highest distinction, Lawyer of the Year. There is only one Lawyer of the Year for each practice area and geographic location (Mobile, Ala.).
Additionally, two attorneys were named 2024 Lawyers to Watch:
- Philip D. Mahoney (*)
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- W. Kirkland Mattei (2021)
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants