Best Lawyers’ Lawyers of the Year 2012

Thirteen Bryan Cave lawyers have been named “Lawyers of the Year 2012” by Best Lawyers, the oldest lawyer-rating publication in the U.S. Best Lawyers only names a single lawyer in each specialty in each community as Lawyer of the Year. Those being honored have received particularly outstanding ratings in the surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.

The Bryan Cave lawyers named Lawyers of the Year include:

William Perry Brandt - Kansas City-MO Litigation - Securities Lawyer of the Year

Laurence M. Frazen - Kansas City-MO Litigation - Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year

William Linkous, Jr. - Atlanta Litigation - Trusts & Estates Lawyer of the Year

Thomas R. McNeill - Atlanta Securities / Capital Markets Law Lawyer of the Year

Walter G. Moeling - Atlanta Financial Services Regulation Law Lawyer of the Year

Rebecca A.D. Nelson - St. Louis Antitrust Law Lawyer of the Year

James L. Nouss, Jr. - St. Louis Corporate Governance Law  Lawyer of the Year

Lloyd A. Palans - St. Louis Litigation - Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year

Lawrence G. Scarborough - Phoenix Mass Tort Litigation Lawyer of the Year

Steven G. Schaffer - Atlanta Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Lawyer of the Year

William F. Seabaugh - St. Louis Mergers & Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year

William Brown Shearer, Jr. - Atlanta Mergers & Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year

Thomas E. Wack - St. Louis Appellate Practice Lawyer of the Year