Ten Lawyers Included in Best Lawyers in America and Five Lawyers Listed as Ones to Watch

Aug 18, 2022

Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan, PLLC is pleased to announce that 10 lawyers have been included in the 2023 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.

"Best Lawyers was founded more than 40 years ago to recognize the exceptional accomplishments of top legal professionals," says Best Lawyers CEO Phil Greer. "We are proud to continue to present the most respected, unbiased legal awards worldwide."

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 over 75 countries. For the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, more than 12.2 million votes were analyzed to identify the top legal talent, as identified by their peers.

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 2023 The Best Lawyers in America list:

• C. Christopher Brown - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
• Thomas J. Dement II - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• C. Douglas Dooley - Construction Law, Insurance Law, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Insurance, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Alan B. Easterly - Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, and Transportation Law
• Brad A. Fraser - Construction Law and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• 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 - Litigation - Insurance, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• David W. Noblit - Insurance Law, Mediation, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Tracy A. Overstreet - Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Insurance, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

The firm is also pleased to announce that 5 lawyers have been included in the 2023 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.

"Best Lawyers was founded with the purpose of recognizing extraordinary lawyers in private practice through an exhaustive peer-review process," said CEO of Best Lawyers Phillip Greer. "More than 40 years later, we are proud to expand our scope, while maintaining the same methodology, to recognize a different demographic of talented and deserving lawyers with ‘Ones to Watch’ recognitions."

Lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of 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 recognized in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America:

• Terri L. Daugherty - Construction Law, Family Law, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, and Transportation Law
• Jennifer Dobbins Franklyn - Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, and Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
• Andrew J. Godbold - Construction Law, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, and Professional Malpractice Law
• William M. Leech III - Insurance Law
• M. Patrick O'Neal - Insurance Law