Impressive Best Lawyers showing includes all six partners and two Lawyers of the Year

August 17, 2023   •   News

Impressive Best Lawyers showing includes all six partners and two Lawyers of the Year

The partners of Richardson Thomas made a clean sweep in the just-released 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America, with all six earning recognition in at least two practice areas each. All six also were honored for their skills as litigators.

The firm’s impressive showing also includes two Lawyers of the Year.

Brady Thomas is recognized as Lawyer of the Year in Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, while Dan Haltiwanger earned Lawyer of the Year honors in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs. It’s Thomas’ second consecutive Lawyer of the Year award.

Terry Richardson, who’s been listed in Best Lawyers for more than two decades, was cited in a total of seven practice areas.

The attorneys honored and their practice areas:

  • Terry Richardson – Barnwell: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Consumer Protection Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Professional Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, Qui Tam Law, and Railroad Law.
  • Brady Thomas – Columbia: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs – Lawyer of the Year, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs.
  • Dan Haltiwanger – Columbia: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs – Lawyer of the Year, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs.
  • Chris Moore – Florence: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs.
  • Will Lewis – Columbia: Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs, and Qui Tam Law.
  • Amy L.B. Hill – Columbia: Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Trusts and Estates.

About Best Lawyers

For more than 40 years, Best Lawyers has relied on peer review to compile its directory of leading attorneys in the nation. The multi-phase methodology begins when ballots of nominated attorneys are distributed to lawyers in the same practice areas and cities who were included in previous editions. They rate their peers based on several questions, such as “how likely would you be to refer a case to the nominee?” Next, the Best Lawyers staff conducts independent research.

Attorneys designated as Lawyers of the Year are those who receive the highest overall peer feedback from attorneys in the same practice areas and geographic regions.