 | | Porter Wright Naples Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 |
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| 8/24/2009 |
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Porter Wright attorneys W. Jeffrey Cecil, Mary Beth M. Clary, William H. Myers, and Robert J. Stommel have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010. In all, 87 Porter Wright attorneys working in 32 different practice areas have been named to the publication. Twenty-nine of those attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers for 10 or more years.
Mr. Cecil, Partner-in-Charge of the firm's Naples office, was recognized in the area of Real Estate Law. He has experience in the areas of real estate, business, probate and trust law, with an emphasis in real estate acquisition and development and real estate financing. Mr. Cecil transferred his practice to Naples in 1993, after having spent 14 years in Columbus. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and Ohio Northern University. In 2009, Mr. Cecil was named a Florida Super Lawyer® in the area of Real Estate law.
Ms. Clary was recognized in the areas of Corporate Law and Securities Law. She concentrates her practice in the areas of federal securities law, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and small business issues. She has extensive experience in corporate governance matters, public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, compliance with the reporting and proxy requirements of the federal securities laws, the acquisition and sale of businesses and general contract preparation and negotiation. She has been the lead attorney for the public offering of over $12 billion of medium term notes, euronotes, and trust preferred securities. Ms. Clary also serves as general counsel to many small businesses, advising them on a wide range of corporate and contract matters. In addition, she co-chairs the firm's Diversity Committee, has served on the firm's Nominating Committee since 2006, and served on the firm's Directing Partner Committee from 1996-2006. Ms. Clary was recently elected a Delegate to the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, which is the largest voluntary professional association in the world serving as the national voice of the legal profession. Ms. Clary graduated from St. Louis University School of Law and Xavier University.
Mr. Myers was recognized in the area of Trusts and Estates Law. He helps clients to preserve wealth, while still enjoying the fruits of their labor, and to plan for and implement sound financial legacies. In particular, he works with clients to develop tailored, yet flexible, strategies that minimize adverse tax consequences and is adept at structuring trusts that provide for both current and future family needs. In addition, Mr. Myers assists clients who have chosen to split their time between Florida's Gulf Coast and some other location to establish domicile in Florida and reap the benefits of Florida's favorable wealth management laws without severing key ties with other jurisdictions. Mr. Myers also works with clients to develop charitable giving plans that not only achieve tax savings but also further the efforts and reach of civic organizations that offer so much to those they serve. Mr. Myers draws on his years of experience in the trust banking field and in 30 years of private practice to advance client interests. For his efforts, he has been recognized as a Florida Super Lawyer® and has been Board Certified by The Florida Bar in the area of Estate Planning & Probate. Mr. Myers is a graduate of Drake University School of Law, Northwestern University, American Bankers Association, National Graduate Trust School, and the University of Iowa.
Mr. Stommel was also recognized in the area of Trusts and Estates Law. He has more than 16 years of experience in estate planning, trust and estate administration, fiduciary duties, and post mortem estate planning. He is admitted to practice in both Florida and Michigan and is Board Certified in the area of Wills, Trusts and Estates law by The Florida Bar. Mr. Stommel has been designated a Florida Super Lawyer® every year since 2006. He graduated from Thomas M. Cooley Law School and the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the new U.S. edition, more than 24,000 leading attorneys cast more than 2.8 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related practice areas. Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. |
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