News - August 15, 2018

2019 Best Lawyers in America Names 16 Jones Foster Attorneys

Jones Foster is proud to announce that 16 attorneys, over half of its Shareholders, have been named in the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers in America, an honor that recognizes the top 4 percent of practicing attorneys in the nation. Notably, two of the Firm's Shareholders have also been named as "Lawyer of the Year" in West Palm Beach.

The publication has named Jones Foster’s attorneys in a wide variety of practice areas, highlighting the breadth of the Firm’s experience. Best Lawyers^® is the oldest peer review publication in the legal profession and their annual lists of outstanding attorneys are a result of exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers evaluate their professional peers.

The Firm’s Chairman, Larry Alexander, and Vice-Chair, Scott Hawkins, have received the 2019 Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" award for West Palm Beach in Real Estate Law and Environmental Litigation, respectively. The "Lawyer of the Year" honor is presented each year to a single outstanding lawyer by practice area and city.

Best Lawyers has named the following Jones Foster attorneys in these categories:

Ben Alexander

2019 Best Lawyers in America – Real Estate Law

Larry B. Alexander

2019 Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" West Palm Beach Real Estate Law

2019 Best Lawyers in America – Real Estate Law

David E. Bowers

2019 Best Lawyers in America – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law, Trust and Estates

H. Michael Easley

2019 Best Lawyers in America – Commercial Litigation

Scott G. Hawkins

2019 Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" West Palm Beach Environmental Litigation

2019 Best Lawyers in America – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Environmental Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Land Use and Zoning Litigation, Real Estate Litigation