Eight JAMS Panelists Named Best Lawyers’ “Lawyers of the Year;” 53 JAMS Panelists Recognized as 2018 Best Lawyers in America

Irvine, Calif. – JAMS, the largest private provider of mediation and arbitration services worldwide, is proud to announce that eight of its panelists were selected as Lawyers of the Year and 53 of its panelists were recognized by Best Lawyers as 2018 Best Lawyers in America.

• Philip L. Bruner, Esq. was named the Best Lawyers’ 2018 Minneapolis Construction Law “Lawyer of the Year;”
• Richard Chernick, Esq. was named the Best Lawyers’ 2018 Los Angeles Arbitration “Lawyer of the Year;”
• Terrence Lee Croft, Esq. was named the Best Lawyers’ 2018 Atlanta Arbitration “Lawyer of the Year;”
• Robert B. Davidson, Esq. was named the Best Lawyers’ 2018 New York Arbitration “Lawyer of the Year;”
• Bruce A. Edwards, Esq. was named Best Lawyers’ 2018 San Francisco Mediation “Lawyer of the Year;”
• Lawrence R. Mills, Esq. was named the Best Lawyers’ 2018 Seattle Arbitration “Lawyer of the Year;”
• Cecilia H. Morgan, Esq. was named Best Lawyers’ 2017 Arbitration Dallas/Fort Worth “Lawyer of the Year;” and
• Scott J. Silverman (Retired Judge, 11th Circuit) was named the Best Lawyers’ 2018 Miami Mediation “Lawyer of the Year.”

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive, peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.  Additional recognitions are also awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one attorney is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location. The 24th edition of The Best Lawyers in America includes more than 50,000 attorneys in nearly 150 practice areas, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and inclusion in the publication is based on more than 4.3 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

JAMS is honored that the legal community has recognized so many of our panelists. We are very proud of all the neutrals who made this year’s Best Lawyers list.

-Chris Poole, JAMS President and CEO

The following JAMS neutrals were recognized as 2018 Best Lawyers in America:

• James M. Amend, Esq.
• Hon. William L. Bettinelli (Ret.)
• Hon. Stanley F. Birch, Jr. (Ret.)
• Philip L. Bruner, Esq.
• Hon. Howard S. Chasanow (Ret.)*
• Richard Chernick, Esq.
• Zela G. Claiborne, Esq.
• Terrence Lee Croft, Esq.
• Robert B. Davidson, Esq., FCIArb
• Bruce A. Edwards, Esq.
• Sheldon H. Elsen, Esq.
• Hon. Norman S. Fletcher (Ret.)
• David Geronemus, Esq.
• Kenneth C. Gibbs, Esq.
• Patricia K. Gillette, Esq.
• Joan C. Grafstein, Esq.
• Hugh E. Hackney, Esq.
• John W. Hinchey, Esq.
• F. Carlton King, Jr., Esq.
• Eleissa C. Lavelle, Esq.
• Hon. Richard A. Levie (Ret.)
• Ralph B. Levy, Esq.
• Hon. Harlan A. Martin (Ret.)
• James E. McGuire, Esq.
• Lawrence R. Mills, Esq.
• Cecilia H. Morgan, Esq.
• William H. Needle, Esq.
• Hon. Stephen E. Neel (Ret.)
• Hon. Edward A. Panelli (Ret.)
• Albert M. Pearson III, Esq.
• Lawrence W. Pollack, Esq.
• Alexander S. Polsky, Esq.
• Clarence L. Pozza, Jr., Esq.
• Ronald B. Ravikoff, Esq.
• Hon. James Robertson (Ret.)
• Deborah Crandall Saxe, Esq.
• Hon. Scott Silverman, (Ret.)
• Linda R. Singer, Esq.
• Jerry Spolter, Esq.
• Hon. Steven J. Stone (Ret.)
• Hon. Dennis M. Sweeney (Ret.)
• Hon. Dickran M. Tevrizian (Ret.)
• Patricia H. Thompson, Esq.
• R. Wayne Thorpe, Esq.
• Hon. John K. Trotter, Jr. (Ret.)
• Eric E. Van Loon, Esq.
• Hon. Curtis E. von Kann (Ret.)
• Maria C. Walsh, Esq.
• Hon. James Ware (Ret.)
• Hon. Daniel Weinstein (Ret.)
• Hon. Diane M. Welsh (Ret.)
• Hon. Rebecca Westerfield (Ret.)
• Michael D. Young, Esq.

*Hon. Howard S. Chasanow (Ret.) – 1937-2017