The 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America includes a total of 16 GDHM attorneys recognized across multiple practice areas. In addition, Pete Kennedy was named “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of First Amendment litigation for the second time since 2017. Kate Davy and Marianne Nitsch were also recognized as “Ones to Watch.”
The full list of GDHM attorney recognitions includes:
Lawyer of the Year
Pete Kennedy – Litigation – First Amendment
Ones to Watch
Kate D. Davy – Real Estate Law
Marianne W. Nitsch – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Best Lawyers
Wm. Terry Bray – Real Estate Law
Patricia A. Campbell – Trusts and Estates
William Christian – Appellate
Susan G. Conway – Insurance law
Helen Currie Foster – Administrative/Regulatory Law | Environmental Law
R. Alan Haywood – Real Estate Law
James A. Hemphill – Litigation – First Amendment
Kevin Holcomb – Trusts and Estates
Mary A. Keeney – Administrative/Regulatory
Pete Kennedy – Commercial Litigation | Litigation – First Amendment | Litigation – Intellectual Property
William H. Locke – Real Estate Law
John B. McFarland – Bet-the-Company Litigation | Commercial Litigation | Litigation – Environmental |Natural Resources Law
Pete Schenkkan – Administrative/Regulatory Law | Appellate | Energy Law | Insurance Law
Ben F. Vaughan III – Appellate | Litigation – Environmental
Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer-review. The methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical region and legal practice area. Learn more about the 28th edition of the publication here.