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McBrayer PLLC notches another year of exceptional client service with 50 attorneys honored in the 2027 editions of Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch®.

In the Lexington office, honorees include Stephen G. Amato, Kenton L. Ball, Jaron P. Blandford, James H. Frazier III, Mary Estes Haggin, Lisa English Hinkle, Jason R. Hollon, Douglas T. Logsdon, Anne-Tyler Morgan, Daniel Luke Morgan, W. Brent Rice, Luke A. Wingfield, Jon A. Woodall, Preston C. Worley, Brendan R. Yates, and Katherine K. Yunker.

In the Louisville office, recognition was given to Kevin Chlarson, Mitchel Denham, Cynthia L. Effinger, Mark S. Fenzel, Lee K. Garlove, Bill A. Hoback, Sherry Hurley, David J. Kellerman, Blaine Lewis, Alan Linker, Ed Monarch, Shane O’Bryan, Bruce B. Paul, Mari-Elise Paul, Alan D. Pauw, Ivan J. Schell, James C. Seiffert, Robert T. Watson, and Jack A. Wheat.

In our Frankfort office, Jason Bentley and David Guarnieri were honored. 

This year, no less that FOUR McBrayer attorneys earned the prestigious “Lawyer of the Year” distinction, reserved for a single attorney in each practice area and location: Mary Estes Haggin -"Real Estate Law" in Lexington; Douglas T. Logsdon - "Litigation - Bankruptcy" in Lexington; Preston C. Worley - "Land Use and Zoning Law" in Lexington; and Mitchel Denham - "Litigation - Labor and Employment" in Louisville.

For attorneys in their first decade of practice, Best Lawyers® highlights Ones to Watch. In Lexington, honorees include returning recipients Victoria Dickson, Katherine M. Donnelly, Emily Henshaw, T. Neal Morris, Emily D. Penn, and Scott Schuette. In Louisville, returning honorees are Trenton D. Adkins, William G. Carroll, Katy Harvey, R. Miles Lee III, Phillip A. Pearson, Peter Rosene, and Jack Seiffert.

McBrayer is honored to be Top-Listed in Lexington in Best Lawyers for Real Estate Law, with five attorneys recognized—the highest number of honorees in this practice area of any firm featured in Best Lawyers in America® in the region. McBrayer is also Top-Listed in Kentucky and Top-Listed in Lexington for Ones to Watch in Commercial Litigation, with 8 lawyers listed overall and 5 listed in Lexington.

In the 2027 edition, McBrayer attorneys were recognized across a wide range of practice areas, including Administrative / Regulatory Law, Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Civil Rights Law, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Defense, Education Law, Employment Law, Energy Law, Health Care Law, Intellectual Property Law, Labor and Employment, Land Use and Zoning, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Law, Natural Resources Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Tax Law, Trademark Law, Trusts and Estates, and Utilities Law.

Since its first publication in 1983, Best Lawyers in America® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Its annual lists are based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation, with more than 116,000 leading lawyers worldwide eligible to vote and over 17 million evaluations submitted on the legal abilities of their peers.