FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 4, 2013

For Further Information Contact:

Katherine Fremin

Taylor Porter

P.O. Box 2471

Baton Rouge, LA70821-2471

(225) 214-0386 telephone

(225) 214-0459 fax

Twenty-Seven Taylor Porter Attorneys Named 2014 Best Lawyers

Taylor Porter is pleased to announce that 27 attorneys were named 2014 Best Lawyers.

W. Arthur Abercrombie, Jr. – Baton Rouge Personal Injury Litigation “Lawyer of the Year”

Robert W. Barton – Baton Rouge Commercial Litigation

Preston J. Castille, Jr. – Baton Rouge Insurance Law and Administrative / Regulatory Law

John S. Campbell, Jr. – Baton Rouge Corporate Law, Gaming Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law

John Stone Campbell III – Baton Rouge Litigation – Commercial

Robert L. Coco – Baton Rouge Litigation – Environmental

Anne J .Crochet – Baton Rouge Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental “Lawyer of the Year”

Vicki M. Crochet – Baton Rouge Employment Law – Individuals and Management and Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year”

Bonnie “Jeanne” Davis – Baton Rouge Patent Law and Litigation – Intellectual Property and Patent

Paul O. Dicharry – Baton Rouge Litigation – Environmental and Environmental Law
Nancy C. Dougherty – Baton Rouge Education Law

Richard B. Easterling – Baton Rouge Administrative / Regulatory and Government Relations Practice “Lawyer of the Year”

James L. Ellis – Baton Rouge Energy Law

Brett P. Furr – Baton Rouge Litigation – Real Estate and Real Estate Law “Lawyer of the Year”

Eugene R. Groves – Baton Rouge Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Construction, Real Estate and Trusts & Estates “Lawyer of the Year”

Ann M. Halphen – Baton Rouge Health Care Law “Lawyer of the Year”

Mary C. Hester – Baton Rouge Trusts and Estates

J.Clayton Johnson – Baton Rouge Oil & Gas Law

Amy C. Lambert – Baton Rouge Commercial Litigation

Amy Groves Lowe – Baton Rouge Education Law

W. Shelby McKenzie – Baton Rouge Insurance Law

John P. Murril – Baton Rouge Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action

J.Michael Parker – Baton Rouge Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action

Harry J. Philips, Jr. – Baton Rouge Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Banking & Finance

Patrick D. Seiter – Baton Rouge Health Care Law

Fredrick R. Tulley – Baton Rouge Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Banking & Finance and Bankruptcy

Gerald L. Walter, Jr. – Baton Rouge Litigation - Environmental

After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”
Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 19th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2013) is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in our surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

Taylor Porter

With seventy-seven (77) attorneys in Baton Rouge and a highly-capable technology infrastructure, the Firm is well-equipped to handle the most complex transactions and litigation, yet still serves its clients on a person-to-person basis. Our excellent reputation has been earned by providing our clients with the highest quality legal services for the past 100 years. Taylor Porter remains committed to providing our clients with excellent professional services at reasonable cost.

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