Turner Padget Graham & Laney P.A. announces that 24 of its attorneys have been included among Best Lawyers in America for 2019 and 7 of them have received the “Lawyer of the Year” award. As one of the oldest and most distinguished legal directories, Best Lawyers conducts peer-review surveys to compile its annual list of top attorneys across several practice areas.

The Turner Padget attorneys named among Best Lawyers in America and their respective practice areas for 2019 are:
 
Charleston

David S. Cobb – Construction Law; Insurance Law; Litigation: Construction; and Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants
Richard S. Dukes – Commercial Litigation
John S. Wilkerson – Professional Malpractice Law: Defendants
 
Columbia

R. Hawthorne Barrett – Insurance Law
Reginald W. Belcher – Litigation: Labor and Employment
J. Kenneth Carter, Jr. – Product Liability Litigation: Defendants
Michael E. Chase – Workers’ Compensation Law: Employers
Cynthia C. Dooley – Workers’ Compensation Law: Employers
Mark B. Goddard – Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants
Catherine H. Kennedy – Litigation: Trust and Estates; and Trusts and Estates
Lanneau Wm. Lambert, Jr. – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; and Real Estate Law
Edward W. Laney, IV – Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants
Ian D. McVey – Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
Charles F.  Moore – Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants
Thomas C. Salane – Appellate Practice; Insurance Law; and Product Liability Litigation: Defendants
Carmelo B. Sammataro – Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants
Frank G. Shuler, Jr. – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Employment Law: Management; Litigation: ERISA; Litigation: Labor and Employment; and Mediation
W. Duvall Spruill – Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Banking and Finance; Litigation: Construction; and Litigation: Real Estate
 
Florence

J. René Josey – Appellate Practice; Criminal Defense: General Practice; and Criminal Defense: White Collar
Arthur E. Justice, Jr. – Employment Law: Management; and Litigation: Labor and Employment
 
Greenville

David H. Keller – Workers’ Compensation Law: Employers
David L. Moore – Appellate Practice; Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation: Defendants
 
Myrtle Beach

R. Wayne Byrd – Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Banking and Finance; Litigation: Mergers and Acquisitions; and Litigation: Trusts and Estates
William E. Lawson – Litigation: Construction
 
The Turner Padget attorneys receiving the Best Lawyers in America “Lawyer of the Year” award for 2019 are:
 
Greenville

David L. Moore, Jr. – Product Liability Litigation: Defendants
 
Columbia

Franklin G. Shuler, Jr. – Mediation
Lanneau Wm. Lambert, Jr. – Real Estate Law
Thomas C. Salane – Appellate Practice
W. Duvall Spruill – Litigation: Banking and Finance
 
Florence

J. René Josey – Criminal Defense: General Practice
 
Myrtle Beach

R. Wayne Byrd – Litigation: Trusts and Estates