VOL. 126 | NO. 220 | Thursday, November 10, 2011
By Andy Meek
Updated 4:03PMA lot has been going on over the last few months at Glankler Brown PLLC ? one of the largest law firms in the city.
The firm has added a few new associates. Some of its attorneys have become Memphis Bar Foundation fellows. Some have been honored in peer-review publications and recognized in leading law industry guides, and one attorney was invited to join a prestigious legal council.
Separate from all that, Glankler Brown is hosting an open house at its office Dec. 1 at 6000 Poplar Ave., where Glankler began relocating late last year from Downtown?s One Commerce Square in what was one of the most significant commercial real estate deals inked last year.
Ryan Skertich is one of Glankler?s newest additions. He recently joined the firm as an associate and concentrates his practice mainly in the areas of commercial litigation, product liability, real estate, toxic tort and business law.
Glankler attorney John Houseal Jr. was invited recently to join the Council on Litigation Management, a nonpartisan group made up of thousands of insurance companies, corporations, corporate counsel, litigation and risk managers, claims professionals and attorneys. Select attorneys and law firms are extended membership into the group by invitation only.
Prior to joining Glankler, Houseal served as a judge advocate general captain in the U.S. Air Force. At Glankler, he concentrates his practice on litigation, including health care and construction. Other areas his practice touches on include health care compliance, antitrust compliance and false claims and related litigation.
Peer-review legal publication Best Lawyers has named Glankler attorney R. Grattan Brown Jr. the ?Memphis Best Lawyers Corporate Law ? Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year? and attorney Saul Belz as the ?Memphis Best Lawyer Litigation ? Securities Lawyer of the Year? for 2012.
?We continue to believe ? as we have believed for more than 25 years ? that recognition by one?s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession,? said Best Lawyers president Steven Naifeh in a statement about the honors. ?We would like to congratulate R. Grattan Brown Jr. and Saul Belz on being selected in their respective fields as the ?Memphis Best Lawyers ? Lawyer of the Year? for 2012.?
The 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2012) is the most current edition and is based on nearly 4 million evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
Meanwhile, Brown joins Glankler attorney Amy Dudek in being named Fellows of the Memphis Bar Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Memphis Bar Association.
The foundation?s work includes providing grants to support community programs and recognizing members of the bar through awards and the selection of fellows. At the foundation?s annual fellows reception several weeks ago, the group inducted 35 new fellows.
Brown?s practice focuses on corporate, banking and commercial law. Dudek represents clients in commercial, insurance and employment litigation cases.
In other Glankler news, Belz and Oscar Car III have been named litigation stars by Benchmark Litigation, a guide to the country?s leading business litigation firms and attorneys. Glankler Brown itself also was honored as a top litigation firm in the area.
Carr practices in the area of litigation, with an emphasis on business, construction, environmental and other civil litigation. Belz focuses on business litigation, commercial disputes, complex litigation, appeals and employment law.
Source: http://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2011/nov/10/distinctions-honors-roll-in-for-glankler-brown/
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