Nineteen Smith Anderson Lawyers Included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2006

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP (Smith Anderson) is pleased to announce that the recently released The Best Lawyers In America 2006includes nineteen Smith Anderson lawyers. Five Firm lawyers have received this recognition for 10 years or longer.

The 2006 list includes the following Smith Anderson lawyers:

• Mark A. Ash (Commercial Litigation)
• Francis C. Bagbey (Real Estate Law)
• James D. Blount, Jr. (Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation)
• Julian D. (Bo) Bobbitt, Jr. (Health Care Law)
• Christopher B. Capel (Corporate Law)
• James K. Dorsett III (Commercial Litigation)
• Michael W. Hubbard (Health Care Law)
• John L. Jernigan (Banking/Financial Institutions Law)
• Timothy P. Lehan (Personal Injury Litigation)
• C. Steven Mason (Real Estate Law)
• Henry A. Mitchell, Jr. (Corporate Law)
• R. Donavon (Don) Munford, Jr. (Tax Law; Trusts and Estates)
• William W. Nelson (Tax Law)
• Carl N. Patterson, Jr. (Commercial Litigation)
• Gerald F. Roach (Corporate Law)
• Walter R. Rogers, Jr. (Tax Law; Trusts and Estates)
• Samuel G. Thompson (Personal Injury Litigation)
• Donald H. Tucker, Jr. (Commercial Litigation)
• Kirk G. Warner (Commercial Litigation)

About The Best Lawyers in America
Published since 1983, The Best Lawyers in Americaincludes lawyers representing 57 specialties in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Publisher, Woodward/White Inc., compiles the list through a confidential peer-review process involving thousands of lawyers throughout the United States. Historically published biennially, the list will be published annually beginning in 2006.