Stuart & Branigin LLP is proud to announce that 13 of its attorneys have been honored in the 32nd edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Best Lawyers® recognitions are compiled based on an exhaustive Purely Peer Review® evaluation. For the 2026 edition, more than 26 millions confidential peer evaluations were analyzed, resulting in 81,420 recognized lawyers from across the United States.

The 2026 edition recognizes Stuart & Branigin partners Jason Cottrell, William P. Kealey, David A. Locke, Barry L. Loftus, Kevin D. Nicoson, James F. Olds, and Thomas B. Parent as well as Senior Counsel Anthony S. Benton were recognized as attorneys whose dedication and skill set the standard for excellence in the legal profession for their respective practice areas.

The organization’ 6th edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America recognizes the top 2% of early career (less than 10 years in practice) lawyers who are demonstrating excellence in private practice. Stuart & Branigin associates Danielle K. Fortin, Ian D. Gammon, Matthew H. Humble, Caleb L. Nagel and Scotty N. Teal earned the Ones to Watch recognition based on peer evaluation of their exhibition of strong discipline, reputation and professional respect as they develop in their practice of law.

Since 1878, Stuart & Branigin has been proud to represent a diverse array of individual and corporate clients in a wide range of practice areas. We invite you to contact these attorneys or any of their colleagues in our Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, and Transportation practice groups.