The Best Lawyers in America 2006 Edition includes 27, representing 53% of the Shareholder base, from Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. - Law Firm Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. Attorneys Jackson, Mississippi

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26 of the Best Lawyers in America can be found at Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. Twenty-six of the firm’s lawyers were selected for inclusion in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey that has been developed and refined for nearly 25 years. Listed lawyers are not allowed to pay a fee to be listed. Best Lawyers publishes an advertisement-free book each year to honor all those chosen – something that no other survey does. The current edition of Best Lawyers is based on 1.8 million confidential evaluations by only the top attorneys in the country. Best Lawyers also conducts thousands of extensive telephone interviews with leading attorneys throughout its balloting process. The attorneys from Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis are as follows:

Trudy B. Allen Environmental Law Natural Resource Law	F. Hall Bailey Personal Injury Litigation
Alveno N. Castilla(10) Tax Law	Thomas W. Crockett(10) Legal Malpractice Law Family Law Meditation Family Law Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mark T. Davis Real Estate Law	Kathryn H. Hester Natural Resources Law Land Use & Zoning Law
William E. Dossett(10) Tax Law Trust and Estates	David B. Grishman(10) Administrative Law Franchise Law Tax Law Trusts and Estates
Peyton S. Irby Jr.(10) Labor and Employment Law	Gina M. Jacobs Corporate Law
Kristina M. Johnson Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights	Linda Bounds Keng Employee Benefits Law
Henry F. Laird Jr. Commercial Litigation Law First Amendment Law	Craig N. Landrum(10) Banking Law Corporate Governance and Compliance
Robert S. Lazarus Corporate Law Project Finance Law Public Finance Law	David L. Martin Administrative Law Banking Law Insurance Law
Dennis W. Miller Energy Law	L. Keith Parsons Corporate Law Securities Law
Keith R. Raulston(10) Commercial Litigation Insurance Law Personal Injury Litigation	W. Whitaker Rayner Information Technology Law Intellectual Property Law
Thomas B. Shepherd III Corporate Law Gaming Law	Stanley Q. Smith Communications Law Energy Law
Zachary Taylor III Corporate Law Municipal Law Project Finance Law Public Finance Law Structured Finance Law	Jim B. Tohill(20) Real Estate Law
Leonard D. Van Slyke Jr.(10) First Amendment Law Tax Law Trusts & Estates	Randall B. Wall Corporate Law Municipal Law Project Finance Law Public Finance Law

(10) Denotes Listed for at least 10 Years

(20) Denotes Listed for at least 20 Years

*Listing in the previously mentioned areas of practice does not indicate any certificate of expertise therein.

2006

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. is pleased to announce that 27 attorneys, representing 53% of our Shareholder base, have been listed among The Best Lawyers in America 2006.

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

Trudy B. Allen Environmental Law	Alveno N. Castilla Tax Law
Mark T. Davis Real Estate Law	Mark D. Herbert Construction Law
Kathryn H. Hester Natural Resources Law	Peyton S. Irby, Jr. Labor and Employment Law
William E. Dossett Tax Law Trusts & Estates	Henry F. Laird, Jr. First Amendment Law Commercial Litigation
Thomas W. Crockett Alternative Dispute Resolution Family Law Legal Malpractice Law	David B. Grishman Franchise Law Tax Law Trusts & Estates
Keith R. Raulston Commercial Litigation Personal Injury Litigation Workers' Compensation Law	Leonard D. Van Slyke, Jr. First Amendment Law Tax Law Trusts & Estates
W. Whitaker Rayner Information Technology Law Intellectual Property Law	Thomas B. Shepherd III Corporate Law Gaming Law
David L. Martin Corporate Law Financial Institutions Law	Randall B. Wall Corporate Law Public Finance Law
Gina M. Jacobs Corporate Law	Kristina M. Johnson Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Linda Bounds Keng Employee Benefits Law	Craig N. Landrum Financial Institutions Law
Dennis W. Miller Energy Law (Public Utility)	L. Keith Parsons Corporate Law
Horace A. (Topper) Thompson III Labor and Employment Law	Jim B. Tohill Real Estate Law
Robert S. Lazarus Corporate Law Public Finance Law	Zachary Taylor III Corporate Law Public Finance Law
Stanley Q. Smith Energy Law (Public Utility)

The 2006 edition is the twelfth edition of The Best Lawyers in America. For more than two decades, Best Lawyers has been regarded - by both the legal profession and the public - as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. The Best Lawyers in America is based on a peer-review survey of 18,500 of the leading attorneys throughout the country, and inclusion is considered a high honor.