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Ausley McMullen Attorneys Awarded in 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.

August 15, 2024

Ausley McMullen is proud to announce that 23 lawyers have been awarded in the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.

J. Jeffry Wahlen received the Best Lawyers® 2025 Administrative Law/Regulatory Law “Lawyer of the Year” award in Tallahassee.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers recognitions are compiled based on an exhaustive Purely Peer Review® evaluation. More than 184,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received more than 25.8 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world.

For the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 23 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 80,000 leading lawyers included in the milestone 31st edition.

For the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, more than 4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 27,000 lawyers honored in the new edition.

"Lawyer of the Year" honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.

The following attorneys are included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 edition:

Administrative/Regulatory Law

Richard Doran

Stephen C. Emmanuel

Michael J. Glazer

Malcolm Means

J. Jeffry Wahlen

Appellate Practice

Erik Figlio

Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

James M. Donohue

Commercial Litigation

Kenneth Abele

DuBose Ausley

Robert N. Clarke, Jr.

J. Marshall Conrad

E. Dylan Rivers

Martin B. Sipple

Construction Law

E. Dylan Rivers

Corporate Law

DuBose Ausley

Energy Law

Malcolm Means

Family Law

Thomas J. Schulte, Jr.

Government Relations Practice

Richard Doran

Erik Figlio

Health Care Law

Michael J. Glazer

Land Use and Zoning

David J. Weiss

Litigation - Construction

Robert N. Clarke, Jr.

Real Estate Law

Benjamin B. Bush

Tax Law

Robert A. Pierce

Utilities Law

Virginia L. Ponder

The following attorneys are included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025 edition:

Administrative/Regulatory Law

Alexandra Akre 

Shannon Morris

Commercial Litigation

Alexandra Akre 

Jonathan Hayes

Construction Law

Patrick S. Bickford

Anthony D. Tilton

Health Care Law

Shannon Morris

Litigation – Construction

Anthony D. Tilton

About Ausley McMullen

Ausley McMullen, based in Florida’s state capital, is a full-service firm serving clients throughout Florida, or those with interests or issues in Florida.  The firm offers straightforward, reliable, practical, and proactive legal advice that clients can depend upon from the beginning of a matter to its end, and beyond. Attorneys are dedicated to building lasting relationships with clients and referral sources who know they are there whenever they need.  The firm takes great pride in its culture and offers a traditional, collegial, and confident work environment, where clients are its number one priority. For more information on the firm, visit www.ausley.com or connect with the firm on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.