Best Lawyers List Honors 25 Attorneys From Savannah’s Oliver Maner
25 attorneys are recognized as top lawyers in the country, as voted by fellow legal professionals and esteemed legal publication.

(SAVANNAH, Ga.) Oliver Maner, one of Savannah, Georgia’s most prominent law firms, bolstered its reputation with the recent announcement by Best Lawyers, an esteemed peer-review publication in the legal field. Best Lawyers has named 18 Oliver Maner lawyers to its 2023 Best Lawyers in America list and seven to its 2023 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list. This recognition is a significant honor, highly regarded by both clients and legal experts, bestowed on a lawyer by fellow professionals.

“We are honored by the recognition from Best Lawyers. We strive to exhibit professionalism, and an unwavering dedication to our clients. We are proud to acknowledge those deserving of this accolade,” said Patrick T. O’Connor, Managing Partner of Oliver Maner.

The Best Lawyers rating system is based entirely on peer review. The process is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area. Best Lawyers employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services. Nominees are submitted by anyone except the nominee, the information is peer reviewed and feedback is analyzed. If selected and all eligibility requirements are met, the results are published in print and online.

The Best Lawyers in America (2024 Edition)

  • Patrick T. O’Connor (1997)
    • Bet-the-Company Litigation
    • Civil Rights Law
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
    • Litigation – Municipal
    • Mediation
    • Municipal Law
  • Lee A. Summerford (2003)
    • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
    • Corporate Law
    • Tax Law
    • Trusts and Estates
  • Timothy D. Roberts (2010)
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Litigation – Real Estate
  • Patricia Tanzer Paul (2012)
    • Employment Law – Individuals
    • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
  • Andrew M. Wilkes (2013)
    • Family Law
    • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Benjamin Perkins (2023)
    • Land Use and Zoning Law
    • Litigation – Labor and Employment
    • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  • T. Lawrence Evans (2023)
    • Litigation – Construction
  • James P. Gerard (2013)
    • Litigation – Construction
    • Real Estate Law
  • Bryan A. Schivera (2023)
    • Litigation – Trusts and Estates
    • Tax Law
    • Trusts and Estates
  • William P. Franklin, Jr. (1997)
    • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • I. Gregory Hodges (2003)
    • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • William J. Hunter (2012)
    • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • R. Benjamin Lingle (2024)
    • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Paul H. Threlkeld (2023)
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
    • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • George T. Major, Jr. (2023)
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
    • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • David Herschel Dickey (1989)
    • Tax Law
    • Trusts and Estates
  • Douglas J. Giorgio III (2013)
    • Tax Law
    • Trusts and Estates
  • Robert W. Schivera (2005)
    • Trusts and Estates
The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch (2024 Edition)
  • Savannah, GA
    • David Bobo Mullens III (2021)
      • Commercial Litigation
      • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
    • Irving William Drought III (2021)
      • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
      • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
    • William C. Phillips (2024)
      • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
    • Jacob D. Massee (2024)
      • Municipal Law
      • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
    • Amelia C. Stevens (2024)
      • Municipal Law
    • Ryan Beasley (2023)
      • Tax Law

**The year in parenthesis is the first edition year the lawyer was recognized in the Best Lawyers list for any practice area.

ABOUT OLIVER MANER
With a history of over 125 years of representing clients in Georgia, South Carolina and throughout the United States, Oliver Maner LLP is a full-service law firm capable of handling a broad range of civil litigation and business law expertise. With a team of more than 30 of the highest-rated trial and transactional lawyers across the state, Oliver Maner possesses the resources and abilities to tackle complex legal problems, including personal injury, estate law, medical and legal malpractice, product liability, civil rights litigation, real estate, transportation and logistics litigation and more. The law firm is proud to have long-standing relationships with its clients, including nonprofit organizations, government entities, business owners and entrepreneurs. Oliver Maner’s office is located at 218 W. State St., Savannah, GA 31401. For more information, call (912) 236-3311 or visit www.olivermaner.com.

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