Savannah Attorneys Added to 2012 Georgia Trend Legal Elite List

Jan. 24, 2013 - PRLog -- (SAVANNAH, GA) Bouhan Falligant, LLP is pleased to announce several additions to the 2012 Georgia Trend Legal Elite List. Attorneys Glen M. Darbyshire, Andrew H. Dekle, J. Daniel Falligant, Leamon R. Holliday III, Kathleen Horne and Susannah Rogers Pedigo have been listed in the magazine’s prestigious annual list. They join Todd M. Baiad, Carlton E. Joyce, Benjamin W. Karpf, John G. Lientz, John B. Manly, Melanie L. Marks and Gregory G. Sewell, who were also named Legal Elite by the magazine.

The attorneys were named to the Georgia Trend list prior to the January 1, 2013 merger of Bouhan, Williams & Levy and Inglesby, Falligant, Horne, Courington & Chisholm and are included on the list under their respective firms.

Georgia Trend magazine, a monthly publication highlighting business, politics and economic development in the state, sent out questionnaires to several thousand Georgia lawyers asking them to nominate the attorneys they consider best in 20 different practice categories. This is the 10th year the magazine has published the Legal Elite list.

Darbyshire is a partner at the firm and focuses his practice in the areas of commercial litigation and personal injury defense, particularly product liability and transportation law. He was recognized in the general practice/trial law category.

Dekle is an associate at the firm with interests in civil litigation, corporate law and estate planning. He was recognized in Georgia Trend’s appellate law category

Falligant, a partner at the firm, specializes in real estate and corporate law. He was recognized in the real estate category.

Holliday, a partner at the firm, has a diverse legal practice in the areas of education law, condemnation and eminent domain, public utility law, business and construction arbitration and litigation, and employment claims. He was recognized in the general practice/trial law category.

Horne, a partner at the firm, practices primarily in the areas of creditors’ rights and bankruptcy. She was recognized in the bankruptcy/creditors’ rights category.

Rogers Pedigo, a partner at the firm, specializes in family law. She was recognized in the magazine’s family law category.

About Bouhan Falligant, LLP

Bouhan Falligant, LLP, one of Savannah’s largest law firms, specializes in the areas of general corporate representation, trust and estate planning, real estate, admiralty, banking, education, intellectual property, employment, bankruptcy, professional malpractice, workers’ compensation, environmental, immigration, products liability, transportation, construction and family law. The firm provides services to a range of local, national and international clientele including major corporations, small businesses, professional entities, insurance companies, financial and lending institutions, non-profit corporations, individuals and public sector boards and authorities.

Bouhan Falligant, LLP was founded in 2013 when the prestigious firms of Bouhan, Williams & Levy, a well-known business and litigation firm tracing its Savannah roots back to 1886, and Inglesby, Falligant, Horne, Courington & Chisholm, a successful firm specializing in banking, real estate and bankruptcy law, merged. The firm is headquartered at The Armstrong House, located at 447 Bull St., just north of Forsyth Park.

Bouhan Falligant, LLP and its attorneys have consistently been named to prestigious groups such as the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Law Firms Rankings, Best Lawyers in America, Georgia Lawyers, Rising Stars, Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite and the American Trial Lawyers Association’s Top 100 Attorneys in Georgia, among others.

For more information on Bouhan Falligant, LLP, please call 912-232-7000 or visit http://www.bouhan.com