ATLANTA (September 7, 2011) — Eleven Smith, Gambrell & Russell attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Because attorneys are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

SGR attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 are:

Thomas H. Asselin – Construction Law
Andrew J. Fawbush – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Stephen M. Forte – Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Banking & Finance
Patricia J. Hill – Labor Law-Management
J. Rodgers Lunsford III – Litigation-Intellectual Property, Trademark Law
James H. Morgan, Jr. – Trusts and Estates
Stephen E. O’Day – Environmental Law, Litigation-Environmental
Thomas W. Rhodes – Antitrust Law
Douglas W. Stein – Trusts and Estates
Kathryn M. Zickert – Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation-Land Use & Zoning