Orr & Reno Places Twelve Attorneys Among “The Best Lawyers In America”

Twelve attorneys from the law firm of Orr & Reno have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. 

Peter F. Burger, Robert S. Carey, William L. Chapman, Jonathan M. Eck, Judith A. Fairclough, Susan S. Geiger, Margaret R. Kerouac, James F. Laboe, James E. Morris, Douglas L. Patch, George W. Roussos, and Lisa Snow Wade earned the distinction for a wide range of practice areas. This is the first year of recognition for Eck, Laboe and Wade while all other attorneys have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for multiple years.

Additionally, attorney Carey was selected as Concord’s “Lawyer of the Year” for Criminal Defense: General Practice.  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 is selected in the practice areas of commercial finance law, corporate law and real estate law. He has been listed since 2006.
• Carey is selected in the practice areas of commercial litigation, criminal defense (general practice), criminal defense (white collar), land use and zoning litigation and personal injury litigation (defendants). This is his second year of recognition.
• Chapman is selected in the practice areas of appellate practice, litigation and First Amendment law. He has been listed since 1991.
• Eck is selected in the practice area of litigation – insurance. This is his first year of recognition.
• Fairclough is selected in the practice area of family law. She has been listed since 2009.
• Geiger is selected in the practice area of energy law. She has been listed since 2007.
• Kerouac is selected in the practice areas of arbitration, collaborative law, family law and family law mediation. She has been listed since 2016.
• Laboe is selected in the area of litigation – labor and employment. This is his first year of recognition.
• Morris is selected in the practice areas of litigation and real estate law. He has been listed since 2005.
• Patch is selected in the practice area of energy law. He has been listed since 2006.
• Roussos is selected in the practice areas of administrative/regulatory law, government relations practice and insurance law. He has been listed since 2007.
• Wade is selected in the practice areas of litigation – health care, medical malpractice (defendants) and personal injury litigation (defendants). This is her first year of recognition.

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