Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business

Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C. was included in the following sections of the most recent edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business:

• Iowa, Labor & Employment
• Iowa, General Commercial Litigation
• Iowa, Real Estate

In addition, the following Whitfield & Eddy attorneys were included in the most recent edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business:

• Robert L. Fanter, Iowa, General Commercial Litigation
• Mark R. Gray, Iowa, Real Estate
• Mark V. Hanson, Iowa, Real Estate
• Greg A. Naylor, Iowa, Labor & Employment
• David L. Phipps, Iowa, General Commercial Litigation
• Kevin M. Reynolds, Iowa, General Commercial Litigation
• Jaki K. Samuelson, Iowa, Labor & Employment

The Best Lawyers in America^®

The following Whitfield & Eddy attorneys were included in the most recent edition of The Best Lawyers in America® (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.):

• Robert L. Fanter, Commercial Litigation
• Gary A. Norton, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
• David L. Phipps, Commercial Litigation
• Sally A. Reavely, Health Care Law – Arbitration and Mediation
• Jaki K. Samuelson, Labor & Employment Law – Management
• John A. Templer, Jr., Construction Law

The current, 13th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2007), is based on more than two million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

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American Board of Trial Advocates

The following Whitfield & Eddy attorneys belong to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), which requires a minimum of 20 jury trials to verdict for membership:

• Robert L. Fanter, Advocate
• David L. Phipps, Diplomate

Click here to visit the ABOTA web site and learn more about this organization's mission to preserve the civil jury trial.

American College of Trial Lawyers

David L. Phipps is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL). Fellowship in the College is by invitation, extended only after careful investigation, to those experienced trial lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional skill as advocates and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism and civility.

Click here to visit the ACTL web site and learn more about the qualifications required for membership in this premier professional organization.

Pro Bono Awards

Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C. received an award for service to the Polk County Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Project at Iowa Legal Aid's Fourth Annual Equal Justice After Hours event on March 6, 2007. The award recognizes more than 500 hours of pro bono work donated by 18 Whitfield & Eddy attorneys who completed referrals from the Volunteer Lawyers Project in 2006. An article in the April 2007 issue of The Iowa Lawyer magazine referred to the firm as "a role model for how much assistance a large firm can provide to the community in terms of assistance to the clients of the program, as well as leadership for the program itself."