Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. is pleased to announce that 27 of its attorneys have been listed in 33 different areas of law among The Best Lawyers in America, 2008.

The following attorneys are included in the current edition in the practice areas noted:

Trudy B. Allen, Environment Law and Natural Resources Law; F. Hall Bailey, Personal Injury Litigation; Jeffrey R. Barber, Bankruptcy and Creditor - Debtor Rights Law; Alveno N. Castilla, Tax Law; Thomas W. Crockett, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Family Law, Family Law Mediation and Legal Malpractice Law; Mark T. Davis, Real Estate Law; William E. Dossett, Tax Law and Trusts & Estates; David B. Grishman, Administrative Law, Franchise Law, Tax Law and Trusts & Estates; Kathryn H. Hester, Land Use & Zoning Law and Natural Resources Law; Peyton S. Jr. Irby., Labor and Employment Law; Gina M. Jacobs, Corporate Law; Kristina M. Johnson, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law; Linda Bounds Keng, Employee Benefits Law, Trusts & Estates; Henry F. Laird, Jr., First Amendment Law and Commercial Litigation; Craig N. Landrum, Banking Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Robert S. Lazarus, Corporate Law, Project Finance Law and Public Finance Law; David L. Martin, Administrative Law, Banking Law, Insurance Law; Dennis W. Miller, Energy Law; Government Relations Law; L. Keith Parsons, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Securities Law; Keith R. Raulston, Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, Insurance law and Personal Injury Litigation; W. Whitaker Rayner, Information Technology Law and Intellectual Property Law; Thomas B. Shepherd III, Corporate Law and Gaming Law; Stanley Q. Smith, Communications Law and Energy Law; Zachary Taylor III, Corporate Law, Municipal Law, Project Finance Law, Public Finance Law and Structured Finance Law; Jim B. Tohill, Real Estate Law; Leonard D. Van Slyke, Jr., First Amendment Law, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates; Randall B. Wall, Corporate Law, Municipal Law and Project Finance Law.

Since its inception in 1983, The Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as a definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. The Best Lawyers in America is based on a peer-review survey and phone evaluation of the leading attorneys throughout the country, and inclusion is considered a high honor and can not be purchased.