12 LRW Attorneys were voted by their peers as “Top Attorneys” for 2026 per CityView Magazine. LRW Attorneys were recognized in seventeen (17) different categories, including receiving the “Golden Gavel” for highest votes in Banking Law (Oliver Adams), Contract Law (Oliver Adams), Franchise Law (Alexander Waters), Securities – Defense (Lee Popkin) and Securities – Plaintiff (W. Michael Baisley).

A full list of LRW “Top Attorneys” and their designations are listed below:

  1. David W. Long: Banking Law; Collections/Foreclosures; Real Estate Finance and Development; Securities – Defense
  2. Dennis B. Ragsdale: Banking Law; Business/Commercial Law; Real Estate Finance and Development
  3. Garrett P. Swartwood: Bankruptcy-Creditor; Securities – Defense; Securities – Plaintiff
  4. Lee A. Popkin: Aviation/Admiralty; Entertainment/Sports; Securities – Defense (Golden Gavel); Securities – Plaintiff; Taxation; Trust;  Wills/Probate
  5. W. Michael Baisley: Aviation/Admiralty; Business Litigation; Securities – Defense; Securities – Plaintiff (Golden Gavel)
  6. Taylor D. Forrester: Administrative Law; Banking Law
  7. Alexander O. Waters: Franchise Law (Golden Gavel)
  8. Oliver D. Adams: Banking Law (Golden Gavel); Bankruptcy – Creditor; Business Litigation; Business/Commercial Law; Collections/Foreclosures; Contract Law (Golden Gavel); Real Estate Finance and Development
  9. William D. Edwards: Aviation/Admiralty; Entertainment/Sports; Taxation; Trust; Wills/Probate
  10. Katherine Sanford Goodner: Income Tax/IRS Resolutions; Trust; Wills/Probate
  11. Brenden S. Moriarty: Wills/Probate
  12. Christopher A. Hall: Income Tax/IRS Resolutions; Trust; Wills/Probate