Oliver Maner LLP is pleased to announce that 16 lawyers have been named to the 2015 Edition of Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.

Best Lawyers has published their list for over three decades, earning 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 65 countries.

“Best Lawyers is the most effective tool in identifying critical legal expertise,” said President and Co-Founder Steven Naifeh. “Inclusion on this list shows that an attorney is respected by his or her peers for professional success.” 

Lawyers on the Best Lawyers in America list 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.

Oliver Maner LLP would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 2015 Best Lawyers in America list:

David Herschel Dickey, Tax Law and Trust Estates

William P. Franklin, Jr., Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Julian R. Friedman, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates

James P. Gerard, Real Estate Law

Douglas J. Giorgio III, Trusts and Estates

Douglas E. Herman, Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Real Estate

I. Gregory Hodges, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

William J. Hunter, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Alison Sawyer Kennickell, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Patrick T. O'Connor, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants, Litigation – Municipal and Mediation

Patricia Tanzer Paul, Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Christopher L. Ray, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants and Plaintiffs

Timothy D. Roberts, Commercial Litigation

Robert W. Schivera, Trusts and Estates

Lee A. Summerford, Trusts and Estates

Andrew M. Wilkes, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants