The attorneys honored with the Lawyer of the Year designations are:
William M Backstrom Jr. (tax law, New Orleans)
John C. Blackman IV (trust and estates, Baton Rouge)
Mark Cunningham (antitrust law, New Orleans)
J. Kelly Duncan (gaming law, New Orleans)
David F. Edwards (trust and estates, New Orleans)
Curtis R. Hearn (corporate law, New Orleans)
Best Lawyers designates “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal practices in specific legal markets. Only a single lawyer in each recognized practice area in that specific legal market is so honored. The attorneys being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” received high ratings in the surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities.
“These rankings reflect the respect these attorneys have earned based on their legal acumen, strength of character, and depth of knowledge in their respective fields of practice,” said Jones Walker Managing Partner William H. Hines. “We are pleased as a firm to have our attorneys recognized by their peers for these achievements.”
Best Lawyers, established in 1983, is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers ratings are based on peer-review surveys in which thousands of attorneys cast more than two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.
Jones Walker has more than 300 attorneys with offices in Alabama, Arizona, Washington D.C., Florida, Louisiana and Texas.