Eight Firm Practice Groups, Fifteen Individuals Earn Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2010

June 15, 2010 - McGlinchey Stafford PLLC has been named by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2010 as one of the top law firms in the country, garnering distinction for fifteen of the firm’s attorneys and eight of its practice groups, including the highest level of recognition for the firm’s Louisiana real estate practice. Additionally, two individual attorneys were ranked highest in their fields: Bennet S. Koren (national consumer finance compliance) and Keith Colvin (Louisiana real estate).

Chambers USA recognized eight of the firm’s practice groups:

Louisiana Real Estate – Ranked 1
Louisiana Banking & Finance – Ranked 2
Louisiana Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Ranked 2
National Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance Compliance – Ranked 2
Louisiana Gaming & Licensing – Ranked 2
Louisiana Corporate/M&A – Ranked 3
Mississippi Commercial Litigation – Ranked 3
Louisiana Commercial Litigation – Ranked 4

Chambers USA also recognized fifteen McGlinchey Stafford attorneys as leaders in their fields:

Ranked 1 for Bennet S. Koren - Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance Compliance (National)
Ranked 1 for R. Keith Colvin - Real Estate (Louisiana)
Ranked 2 for Michael H. Rubin - Banking & Finance (Louisiana)
Ranked 2 for Richard A. Aguilar - Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Louisiana)
Ranked 2 for Rudy J. Cerone - Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Louisiana)
Ranked 2 for Marc J. Lifset - Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance Compliance (National)
Ranked 2 for Samuel A. Bacot - Real Estate (Louisiana)
Ranked 3 for Rodolfo J. Aguilar Jr. - Corporate/M&A (Louisiana)
Ranked 3 for Deborah Duplechin Harkins - Gaming & Licensing (Louisiana)
Ranked 3 for Stephen P. Beiser - Labor & Employment (Louisiana)
Ranked 3 for Katherine Conklin - Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Louisiana)
Ranked 3 for Christine Lipsey - Litigation: General Commercial (Louisiana)
Ranked 3 for Colvin Norwood Jr. - Litigation: General Commercial (Louisiana)
Ranked 3 for H. Hunter Twiford III - Litigation (Mississippi)
Ranked 4 for G. Dewey Hembree – Litigation (Mississippi)
Ranked 4 for Colvin Norwood Jr. - Products Liability (National)