(Mobile, AL)— McDowell Knight Roedder & Sledge, LLC is pleased to announce that ten members are included in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. In addition, two McDowell Knight attorneys have been selected as Best Lawyers© 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” for the Mobile metropolitan area.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Over 79,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and Best Lawyers has received more than 12 million votes to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. Lawyers are not required to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

The “Lawyer of the Year” awards are presented annually by Best Lawyers to a single outstanding lawyer in a designated field of practice in a designated metropolitan area. The McDowell Knight attorneys selected as Best Lawyers 2020 “Lawyer of the Year,” for the Mobile metropolitan area include:

• Russel Myles: Litigation – Banking and Finance

• Brian P. McCarthy: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

McDowell Knight attorneys included in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America are:

• Jerry A. McDowell: Personal Injury Litigation Defendants / Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
• Michael D. Knight: Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants / Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
• William C. Roedder, Jr.: Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
• Edward S. Sledge, III: First Amendment Law / Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
• Forrest C. Wilson, III: Commercial Litigation / Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants / Railroad Law
• Russel Myles: Commercial Litigation / Litigation-Banking and Finance
• Brian P. McCarthy: Admiralty and Maritime Law / Commercial Litigation / Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants / Product Liability Litigation-Defendants / Railroad Law
• Walter T. Gilmer, Jr.: Commercial Litigation / Insurance Law / Litigation: Labor & Employment
• Archibald T. Reeves, IV: Commercial Litigation / Litigation-Antitrust /Litigation-Construction / Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
• Blair Newman : Commercial Litigation

Additionally, McDowell Knight was recognized with a “Top Listed” designation for 2020, awarded to firms with the most listed lawyers in a particular region and practice area. McDowell Knight was “Top Listed” by Best Lawyers in the following practice areas:

• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants in Mobile: 7 Lawyers

• Commercial Litigation in Mobile : 6 Lawyers

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