Each year our firm selects lawyers who have done exceptional work during the year. This year Rhon Jones was selected as the firm’s Litigator of the Year. The annual recognition is presented each year to the lawyer who demonstrates exceptional professional skill throughout the course of the year and best represents the firm’s ideal of “helping those who need it most.”

In addition to selecting the overall “top lawyer,” the firm also recognized excellence in each of its sections, naming the Lawyer of the Year for each section. Honorees for 2011 are LaBarron N. Boone, Personal Injury Section Lawyer of the Year; H. Clay Barnett, Fraud Section Lawyer of the Year; Navan Ward, Jr., Mass Torts Section Lawyer of the Year; Chris Glover, Product Liability Section Lawyer of the Year; and Chris Boutwell, Toxic Torts Section Lawyer of the Year.

We are blessed to have lawyers in our firm who work hard for their clients and who always put their clients’ interest first. This has to be a priority in the firm for all of us. The lawyers who received the awards this year were recognized for exceptional performances in their respective areas of expertise. But each recognizes that their being honored could never have happened without lots of hard work by other lawyers and support staff in their section. I am proud and personally honored to be a part of the Beasley Allen team.