2018 Best Lawyers in America includes 10 Callison Tighe attorneys

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Ten Callison Tighe attorneys are included in the 2018 Best Lawyers in America, a record number of honorees for the firm.

The attorneys were honored across more than a dozen practice areas. Six attorneys were recognized in multiple practice areas, and two lawyers were included in three practice areas each.

Overall, four Callison Tighe attorneys were honored in real estate law, a major practice areas for the firm.  Three were recognized in insurance litigation, another significant practice area for the firm. Callison Tighe attorneys were included in a number of other practice areas as well, such as trusts and estates, workers’ compensation and banking and finance

The Callison Tighe attorneys included in the 2018 Best Lawyers in America are:

  • Edward D. “Butch” Barnhill: Real Estate Law; Commercial Transactions/UCC Law.
  • Bert Brannon: Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates.
  • Sherwood M. Cleveland: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law.
  • Richard C. Detwiler: Workers’ Compensation Law.
  • Andrew C. English, III: Real Estate Law.
  • Demetri “Jim” K. Koutrakos: Litigation – Insurance; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Real Estate.
  • Louis H. Lang: Litigation – Real Estate; Litigation – Insurance.
  • Ralph C. Robinson, Jr.: Real Estate Law.
  • Michael W. Tighe: Real Estate Law; Litigation – Real Estate.
  • Reece Williams III: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Litigation – Insurance.

Callison Tighe attorneys have an extensive history with Best Lawyers, dating back to Cleveland’s first award in 1993. Robinson and Brannon have been included over the past decade, while Tighe and Barnhill have been included over at least five years.

About Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers are selected on the basis of more than 5.5 million confidential evaluations by the country’s top attorneys.  Best Lawyers was first published in 1983, and it has been called “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

A companion publication The Best Law Firms in America will be released in November. Callison Tighe has been honored in the past seven editions.