Best Lawyers named Long, Ragsdale and Waters, P.C. as a “Best Law Firm” and “Tier 1” Law Firm in Knoxville in seven categories, namely Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Commercial Finance Law, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate Law, and Trusts and Estates.

Additionally, 12 LRW Attorneys were honored by Best Lawyers either as “Best Lawyers” or “Ones to Watch”. A full list of the individual Best Lawyer recognitions are below:

“2027 Best Lawyers”

  1. David W. Long: Banking and Finance Law; Litigation – Real Estate; and Real Estate Law
  2. Dennis B. Ragsdale: Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Finance Law; Project Finance Law; and Real Estate Law
  3. John B. Waters III: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; and Real Estate Law
  4. J. Michael Ivens: Real Estate Law
  5. Garrett P. Swartwood: Litigation – Construction; Real Estate Law
  6. Lee A. Popkin: Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Tax Law; and Trusts and Estates
  7. W. Michael Baisley: Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  8. Taylor D. Forrester: Real Estate Law
  9. Oliver D. Adams: Commercial Finance Law; Banking and Finance Law; and Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  10. William D. Edwards: Tax Law; and Trusts and Estates
  11. C. Paul Harrison: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; and Litigation – Real Estate
  12. Christopher A. Hall: Tax Law

“2027 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch”

  1. Alexander O. Waters: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; and Real Estate Law

Per the “Best Lawyers” website, Best Lawyers is “the oldest and most respected peer-review publication company in the legal profession” and its “lists of outstanding lawyers are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. If the votes for a lawyer are positive enough for recognition by Best Lawyers, that lawyer must maintain those votes in subsequent polls to remain in each edition. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be recognized by Best Lawyers.”