Taylor Porter is pleased to announce that 27 of the firm's attorneys are included in the Best Lawyers in America® 2017 – an annual list compiled since 1983 and universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in which rankings are based on a peer-review survey in which more than 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.    

Taylor Porter's Best Lawyers 2017 honorees include:

Robert W. Barton
Commercial Litigation

John Stone Campbell III
Commercial Litigation

Preston J. Castille, Jr.
Insurance Law
Administrative/Regulatory Law

Robert L. Coco
Environmental Law
Litigation - Environmental

Anne J .Crochet
Environmental Law
Litigation - Environmental

Vicki M. Crochet
Employment Law - Management
Labor Law-Management

Bonnie “Jeanne” Davis
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Patent
Patent Law

Paul O. Dicharry
Environmental Law
Litigation - Environmental

Nancy C. Dougherty
Education Law

Richard B. Easterling
Administrative/Regulatory Law
Government Relations Practice

James L. Ellis
Energy Law

Brett P. Furr
Litigation - Real Estate
Real Estate Law

Eugene R. Groves
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Construction
Litigation - Real Estate
Litigation - Trusts and Estates

Ann M. Halphen
Health Care Law

Mary C. Hester
Trusts and Estates

Edward D. Hughes
Energy Regulatory Law

Amy C. Lambert
Commercial Litigation

Amy Groves Lowe
Education Law
Litigation - Insurance

John F. McDermott
Tax Law

W. Shelby McKenzie
Insurance Law

John P. Murrill
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants

J. Michael Parker
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants

Harry J. “Skip” Philips, Jr.
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Banking and Finance

John H. Runnels
Biotechnology Law

Patrick D. Seiter
Health Care Law

Fredrick R. Tulley
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Banking and Finance
Litigation-Bankruptcy

Michael S. Walsh
Criminal Defense: General Practice