Law Weathers Attorneys Named Among The Best Lawyers in America© 2014 Two Attorneys Named Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year.”
Grand Rapids, MI, August 14, 2013 — Once again, Law Weathers had several attorneys selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014 (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). In addition, this year William R. Hineline was named Best Lawyers’ 2014 Grand Rapids Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law “Lawyer of the Year” and Kurt Yost was named Best Lawyers’ 2014 Grand Rapids Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law “Lawyer of the Year.”
One Law Weathers attorney was selected for the first time while others have been included for multiple years in their areas of practice. The 2014 selected attorneys include:
Robert Buchanan – shareholder and firm president - Municipal Law (*)
William R. Hineline – shareholder – “2014 Lawyer of the Year,” Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (1991**)
John M. Huff – shareholder and Personal Services team lead - Trusts and Estates (2007**)
Kurt Yost – shareholder – “2014 Lawyer of the Year,” Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Yost was also listed in Best Lawyers for Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law – (2013**)
*Listed for the first time in Best Lawyers
**Year the lawyer was first listed in Best Lawyers.
“We are proud of the level of expertise available to clients of Law Weathers, and recognition in Best Lawyers© reinforces our commitment to excellence,” says Bob Buchanan, firm president.
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
Law Weathers has provided practical and effective legal counsel and representation to businesses, individuals, and local governments since 1868, with attorneys focusing on creditor’s rights, business, employee benefits, environmental, estate planning, family law, health care, labor, litigation, municipal law, real estate and water law. For more information visit www.lawweathers.com or call 616.459.1171.