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ELEVEN SHAREHOLDERS OF WATKINS LUDLAM WINTER & STENNIS, P.A. HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR INCLUSION IN THE 2001-2002 EDITION OF THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA.

Jackson, MS- Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. shareholders Alveno N. Castilla, Thomas W. Crockett, Mark T. Davis, William E. Dossett, David B. Grishman, John H. Holloman, Craig N. Landrum, Keith R. Raulston, Thomas B. Shepherd III, Stanley Q. Smith and Jim B. Tohill have been selected for inclusion in the 2001-2002 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Since The Best Lawyers in America began publication in 1983, it has been internationally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. The listing has been featured in such national media as The New York Times, Forbes and The Washington Post. The Best Lawyers in America is based on a peer-review survey of 15,000 of the leading attorneys throughout the country, and inclusion is considered a singular honor.

Founded in 1903, and now having 60-plus attorneys, Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. is one of the oldest and largest firms in the state of Mississippi. Our lawyers, licensed in eight states and the District of Columbia, and graduates of thirty seven different law schools, colleges and universities, bring a diversity of talents and backgrounds to serve our clients' needs. We are a full-service firm, with offices in North, Central, and on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, and we are uniquely positioned to provide a one-stop legal shopping place for our clients.

To meet the complexity and intricacy of today's legal and business environments, our Firm has created four practice groups whose members are knowledgeable not only of the substantive law relating to various practice areas, but also of the business practices and litigation climate important to our clients. The practice groups are: Business Solutions, Education & Government Law, Insurance and Financial Institutions, and Litigation. We have also assembled subgroups, primarily organized along industry lines, in order to have available a critical mass of multi-disciplinary expertise in areas such as banking, business and estate planning, gaming, insurance, and technology.

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. is also a member of the highly respected State Capital Law Firm Group, an organization comprised of leading domestic and international law firms occupying leadership positions in their respective states and countries. Our membership in this organization enables us (by either referring to or associating a member firm), to assist our clients in having their legal matters competently handled throughout the United States and virtually anywhere in the world. (Member firms of the State Capital Law Firm Group practice independently and not in a relationship for the joint practice of law.)