18 Partners from WWHGD Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2016

ATLANTA (August 17, 2015) --- Eighteen partners from Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn, & Dial were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America © 2016. 

 Among the honors, two Atlanta attorneys were named “Lawyer of the Year” - Billy Gunn, for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants and Tony Smith for Litigation – Construction.  And, the firm’s Appellate Practice was recognized for the first time, with Bob Marcovitch, receiving the Best Lawyers® award for his Appellate Practice.

Attorneys included in the 2016 list of The Best Lawyers in America are:

Litigation – Construction: Dave Dial, John Flynn, Michael Hornreich, Dave Larson, Lee Roberts, Tony Smith, Scott Witzigreuter

Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants: Billy Gunn, Skip Hudgins, Rick Sager, Bob Tanner, Kevin Williams

Construction Law: Ross Ginsberg, Michael Hornreich

Insurance Law: John Bonnie, Tom Strueber

Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants: Billy Gunn

Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants: Skip Hudgins, Bob Tanner

Commercial Litigation: Bob Tanner

Health Care Law: Carol Michel

Litigation – Municipal: Michael Hornreich

Litigation – Real Estate: Michael Hornreich

Since its inception in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.  Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 54,000 leading attorneys cast almost 6.2 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.  Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, and inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.  Corporate Counsel magazine has called The Best Lawyers in America “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”