ORR & RENO ATTORNEYS LISTED AMONG “THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA” Eight Attorneys Recognized in Wide Range of Practice Areas; Kerouac Named “Lawyer of the Year”

by wpengine | August 17, 2017 12:30 pm

August 17, 2017

Eight attorneys from the Concord law firm of Orr & Reno have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Peter F. Burger, William L. Chapman, Judith A. Fairclough, Susan S. Geiger, Margaret Kerouac, James E. Morris, Douglas L. Patch and George W. Roussos earned the distinction for a wide range of practice areas. Each has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for multiple years.

Additionally, Kerouac was named Concord’s Family Law “Lawyer of the Year.” This distinction is awarded to just a single attorney in each practice area in the community.

The Best Lawyers in America is considered the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States and inclusion is based on a confidential peer-review study by tens of thousands of lawyers. Lawyers are not permitted to pay a fee to be included in the listings, which were first published in 1983.

• Burger was selected in the practice areas of commercial finance law, corporate law and real estate law. He has been listed since 2005.
• Chapman was selected in practice areas of appellate practice, litigation and First Amendment law. He has been listed since 1991.
• Fairclough was selected in the practice area of family law. She has been listed since 2009.
• Geiger was selected in the practice area of energy law. She has been listed since 2007.
• Kerouac was selected in the practice areas of arbitration, collaborative law, family law and family law mediation. She has been listed since 2016.
• Morris was selected in the practice areas of litigation and real estate law. He has been listed since 2005.
• Patch was selected in the practice area of energy law. He has been listed since 2005.
• Roussos was selected in the practice areas of administrative/regulatory law, government relations practice and insurance law. He has been listed since 2007.

Source URL: https://orr-reno.com/orr-kerouac-named-lawyer-year/

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