Ten Semmes Attorneys Recognized in 2026 Best Lawyers® Lists
Semmes is proud to announce that ten of the firm’s attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ lists.
The attorneys included in the 2026 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
- Stephen S. McCloskey – Transportation 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 2026 list are:
- Matthew J. McCloskey – Insurance Law, Litigation – Construction, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Richard Medoff – Insurance Law, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Zachary Schlein – Environmental Law, 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 184,000 industry-leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and Best Lawyers received more than 3.4 million confidential evaluations from nearly 30,000 participating lawyers. These evaluations were used to assess approximately 130,000 vetted nominees across 151 practice areas and over 200 geographic regions. 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.
The full methodology for The Best Lawyers in America® list and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list is available here.