Chris Searcy Again Ranked Number One by Florida Super Lawyers 2013

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA (Searcy Denney) is pleased to announce that President and CEO Chris Searcy was again ranked Number One by Florida Super Lawyers in its 2013 edition.

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Fourteen other Searcy Denney attorneys were all also named Florida Super Lawyers. They are Earl Denney, Jack Scarola, Greg Barnhart, John Shipley, Sia Baker-Barnes, Brian Denney, Brenda Fulmer, Jack Hill, Darryl Lewis, Karen Terry, Cal Warriner, and Mariano Garcia in the firm's West Palm Beach office, and Jim Gustafson and Bill Norton in the firm's Tallahassee office.

"It is a privilege to be honored by Super Lawyers and an even greater privilege to share this honor with so many of my colleagues at Searcy Denney," said Mr. Searcy.

The publication also included Searcy Denney attorney Karen Terry in "Florida's Top 50 Women Lawyers 2013" while the firm's Hardee Bass, Ed Ricci, Matt Schwencke, Brain Sullivan, Donald Ward, and Cameron Kennedy were all selected as "2013 Florida Rising Stars."

Jack Scarola was also named a "Florida Super Lawyer 2013" in the Super Lawyers Business Edition.

Super Lawyers uses a comprehensive selection process that recognizes lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The rating service is one of the few in the country to be granted a patent.

It includes a multiphase process involving three steps: creation of a candidate pool; evaluation of candidates by a research department; and peer evaluation within the candidates' practice areas based on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Candidates cannot nominate themselves.

For further information, contact Justin Wilson at 202.973.1324 or [email protected].

About Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, PA

A nationally recognized trial law firm, Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. is committed to protecting victims of negligence, defective products and corporate wrongdoing. Over the past 35 years, the firm has represented clients in courtrooms throughout Florida and across the nation.

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