Best Lawyers Selects Attorneys as 2017 Lawyer of the Year

NEW ORLEANS, LA (August 15, 2016) – Chaffe McCall, LLP congratulates its attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2017. We are proud to be recognized by our peers for this prestigious ranking and in one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession.

Lawyer of the Year

We are also pleased to share that due to the high feedback provided to Best Lawyers, our peers have recognized Edward George, as the 2017 Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) “Lawyer of the Year” for New Orleans and Harold K. Watson as the 2017 Admiralty and Maritime Law “Lawyer of the Year” for Houston. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and community is honored with a “Lawyer of the Year” award. These attorneys received the highest ratings this year from their peers in a specific practice area and geographical location.

New this year

Philip B. Sherman of our New Orleans office was included in Best Lawyers in America® for the first time, increasing the total number of our firm’s listed lawyers to 21. Sherman’s 2017 listing recognizes his work in Real Estate Law. The number of Chaffe McCall attorneys named in Best Lawyers also increased in following five practice areas:

• Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
• Project Finance Law
• Corporate Compliance Law

Chaffe McCall  has ten lawyers who have been included in Best Lawyers® for at least five years, four lawyers who have been selected for Best Lawyers® for at least ten years, and one lawyer who has been ranked for 25 years. The full list of our attorneys selected includes: