ATLANTA (September 22, 2008) — Eleven lawyers from Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 (Copyright 2008 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Best Lawyers bases its listings on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey of the legal profession. Attorneys nationwide are asked to rate the top practitioners in their areas of practice in their jurisdictions. Because listings are based on the votes of other attorneys, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

Firm members included in Best Lawyers are:

Atlanta Office:

Thomas H. Asselin, Construction Law
Stephen M. Forte, Commercial Litigation
J. Rodgers Lunsford III, Intellectual Property Law
James H. Morgan, Jr., Trusts and Estates
Stephen E. O’Day, Environmental Law
Mark G. Pottorff, Timber Law
Thomas W. Rhodes, Antitrust Law
Robert C. Schwartz, Banking Law
Douglas W. Stein, Trusts and Estates
Kathryn M. Zickert, Land Use & Zoning Law

Jacksonville Office:

Douglas G. Stanford, Real Estate Law