Nine Semmes Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Best Lawyers® Lists
Semmes is proud to announce that nine of the firm’s attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ lists.
The attorneys included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers® in America are:
- James W. Bartlett III – Admiralty and Maritime Law, Insurance Law
- Alan N. Gamse – Insurance Law
- Robert Hebb – Insurance Law
- Thomas V. McCarron – Insurance Law
- Cleaveland D. Miller – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Rudolph L. Rose – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list includes attorneys who are earlier in their careers and have demonstrated outstanding professional excellence in private practice. The attorneys included in the 2025 list are:
- Matthew J. McCloskey – Insurance Law, Litigation – Construction, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Richard Medoff – Insurance Law, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Zachary Schlein – Insurance Law
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. More than 116,000 industry-leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and Best Lawyers has received more than 17 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America is considered a singular honor.
Lawyers included in the Best Lawyers lists are divided by geographic region and practice area. They are reviewed by their peers and undergo an authentication process to ensure they are in current practice and in good standing.