Nine Gentry Locke Lawyers Named to Best in America List

Nine Gentry Locke Lawyers Named to Best in America List

ROANOKE (March 1, 2004) — Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP is pleased to announce that nine of its lawyers have been named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2003-2004.  They include:

W. William Gust, Tax Law

Bruce C. Stockburger, Tax Law, Trust and Estates

Howard J. Beck, Jr., Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights

Eugene Derryberry, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights, Financial Institutions and Transactions Law

Guy M. Harbert, III, Criminal Law

William R. Rakes, Antitrust Law, Business Litigation, Corporate/Securities Law

S.D. Roberts Moore, Personal Injury Litigation

W. David Paxton, Labor/Employment Law

G. Michael Pace, Jr., Real Estate Law, Financial Institution and Transaction Law, and Corporate/Securities Law.

Published biennially since 1983, The Best Lawyers in America is widely regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. The Best Lawyers lists, representing 30 specialties in all 50 states and Washington, DC, are compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the U.S. confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 10th edition of Best Lawyers (2003-2004), is based on more than 350,000 detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.