Best Lawyers in America has named nine attorneys from Conrad O’Brien for inclusion in its 2017 edition. Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. As described by the Best Lawyers website, Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded within the legal professional as a prestigious honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For more than three decades, Best Lawyers lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere.
Additionally, three attorneys received the distinction from Best Lawyers in America as a “Lawyer of the Year.” This distinction is awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific Practice Area and geographic location. Only one lawyer is recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year" for each specialty and location.
The following Conrad O’Brien attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2017 Edition of Best Lawyers in America for Philadelphia, PA:
Louis C. Bechtle (2009):
Nicholas M. Centrella (2010):
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Louis W. Fryman (2006):
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
Nancy J. Gellman (1999):
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Litigation - Antitrust
John A. Guernsey (2010):
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Patricia M. Hamill (2010):
Kevin Dooley Kent (2016):
Howard M. Klein (2007):
- Commercial Litigation
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
James J. Rohn (2006):
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
* Denotes the first year the attorney was listed in Best Lawyers of America
The following three Conrad O’Brien attorneys have been selected as 2017 “Lawyers of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America:
Louis C. Bechtle – Arbitration
John A. Guernsey – Litigation, Trusts and Estates
James J. Rohn – Personal Injury Litigation, Defendants