Best Lawyers Named at Whitfield & Eddy

The following Whitfield & Eddy attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. 

Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Greg A. Naylor as the “Des Moines Best Lawyers Labor Law – Management Lawyer of the Year” for 2012.

David L. Phipps has been named as the “Des Moines Best Lawyers Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year” for 2012.

The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high survey ratings by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

Other Whitfield & Eddy lawyers selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® include:

John A. Templer in the practice area of Construction Law

Sally A. Reavely in the practice area of Health Care Law

Thomas H. Burke in the practice area of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Robert L. Fanter in the practice area of Commercial Litigation

Gary A. Norton in the practice areas of  Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy 

Jaki K. Samuelson in the practice areas of Employment Law – Individuals, Employment Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment

After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2012) is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.