Partners Peter S. Doody and William M. Low Earn “2022 Lawyer of the Year” Designation.

SAN DIEGO (August 19, 2021): Twenty-eight Higgs Fletcher & Mack (HFM) attorneys have been named to the 2022 list of “Best Lawyers® in America” and nine attorneys were named to the publication’s “Ones to Watch” list.  In addition, HFM Partner Peter S. Doody was named “2022 Lawyer of the Year” for Product Liability Litigation – Defendants and HFM Partner William M. Low was named “2022 Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants.

Best Lawyers® in America are designated through a peer-review process. Attorneys are divided by geographic region and practice areas and then reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise. Best Lawyers® also publishes a “Ones to Watch” list, recognizing lawyers who have been in private practice between five and ten years. According to the publication, the list highlights the most promising younger lawyers in the United States. The following HFM Attorneys were named to the 2022 Best Lawyers ® in America list:

• Roland H. Achtel – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Susan E. Basinger – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Steven J. Cologne – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Christine De Santis – Family Law
• Peter S. Doody – Insurance Law and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Mitchell B. Dubick – Tax Law
• Martin A. Eliopulos – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Michael R. Gibson – Litigation – Real Estate
• Jonathan A. Grissom – Nonprofit / Charities Law and Tax Law
• Alexis S. Gutierrez – Commercial Litigation
• Susan M. Hack – Insurance Law and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• James G. Harrigan – Corporate Law and Health Care Law
• Daniel C. Herbert – Family Law
• Kenneth C. Jones – Real Estate Law
• Regina Knoll – Immigration Law
• Paul J. Leeds – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• William M. Low – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Susan A. Mercure – Trusts and Estates
• John M. Morris – Appellate Practice
• Bruce M. O’Brien – Tax Law and Trusts and Estates
• James M. Peterson – Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Paul J. Pfingst – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Gregory Pyke – Real Estate Law
• John J. Rice – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Richard A. Shaw – Litigation and Controversy – Tax and Tax Law
• Donald K. Sheppard – Immigration Law
• Brian P. Tsu – Tax Law and Trusts and Estates
• Allen B. Walburn – Tax Law

This is the first time attorneys Michael R. Gibson, Regina Knoll, Gregory Pyke and Allen B. Walburn were named to the Best Lawyers®  list. The following HFM Attorneys were named to the 2022 Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” list:

• Nicholas D. Brauns – Commercial Litigation
• Zane A. Bryant – Immigration Law
• Julie M. Dewberry – Tax Law and Trusts and Estates
• Joshua P. Katz – Tax Law
• Kyle W. Nageotte – Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Jamie M. Ritterbeck – Commercial Litigation
• Jacob T. Spaid – Commercial Litigation
• Eric D. Tetrault – Tax Law
• Justine K. Wong – Intellectual Property Law

The “2022 Lawyer of the Year” honor is particularly significant, as only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area receives that designation, and the lawyers are selected because they have on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments.

“We are honored to have so many HFM attorneys recognized as Best Lawyers® and Ones to Watch for 2022,” said Steve Cologne, HFM’s Managing Partner, who was named to the Best Lawyers in America list. “This honor is particularly special, as it is based on a peer-to-peer review process. Congratulations to all of the talented attorneys named to the 2021 Best Lawyers in America and Ones to Watch lists, and congratulations to my partners Pete Doody and Bill Low for their well-deserved recognition.”

Best Lawyers® was founded in 1981 with a purpose of “highlighting the extraordinary accomplishments of those in the legal profession,” and the Best Lawyers in America list has been published for over three decades.