Firm Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers 2025

Aug 15, 2024

Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan, PLLC is pleased to announce that 14 lawyers have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

"For more than 40 years, the rigorous methodology of Best Lawyers has ensured the integrity and esteem of our legal recognitions," said Best Lawyers CEO Phillip Greer. "It is with great pleasure that we continue to provide potential clients with the pinnacle measurement of credibility through our Best Lawyers awards as they search for counsel."

Best Lawyers has earned the respect of the profession, the media and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Its first international list was published in 2006 and since then has grown to provide lists in more than 75 countries.

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan, PLLC would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to 2025 The Best Lawyers in America list:

• C. Christopher Brown - Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants and Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
• Thomas J. Dement II - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• C. Douglas Dooley - Construction Law, Insurance Law, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Health Care, Litigation - Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, and Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
• Alan B. Easterly - Insurance Law, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, and Transportation Law
• Brad A. Fraser - Construction Law and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Bruce Gill - Construction Law, Litigation - Construction, and Litigation - Insurance
• Andrew J. Godbold - Insurance Law
• William E. Godbold III - Insurance Law, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Gary S. Napolitan - Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, and Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
• Jeffrey E. Nicoson - Insurance Law, Litigation - Health Care, Litigation - Insurance, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, and Transportation Law
• David W. Noblit - Insurance Law, Mediation, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Anthony M. Noel - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Insurance, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Tracy A. Overstreet - Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Insurance, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Kenneth D. Veit - Employment Law - Management and Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Additionally, Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan, PLLC is pleased to announce that 2 lawyers have been included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

• Kathleen J. Lewis - Insurance Law, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, and Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
• Kate M. Patton - Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, and Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

The firm's "Lawyers of the Year" in the Chattanooga region included:

• Alan B. Easterly - Transportation Law
• Gary S. Napolitan - Insurance Law

 

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