21 Sturgill Turner Attorneys Named 2021 Best Lawyers in America; Six are Lexington “Lawyer of the Year”

Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC is excited to announce that six of our attorneys have been named Lexington metropolitan area “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America®, one of the most respected legal peer-review guides worldwide. Only one lawyer in each practice from each community can be honored as the “Lawyer of the Year” in their practice area. Sturgill Turner’s are:

• Stephen L. Barker: Litigation - Labor and Employment

• Kevin G. Henry:  Litigation - Banking and Finance

• Donald P. “Pat” Moloney II: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

• M. Todd Osterloh: Utilities Law

• Kevin W. Weaver: Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

• Timothy C. Wills: Litigation - Construction

Fifteen (15) of our 28 attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2021 Best Lawyers in America list, with three making the list for the first time. Plus, six Sturgill Turner attorneys were named to the inaugural Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch” designation, for attorneys who have been in private practice fewer than 10 years. Our Best Lawyers, and the areas of practice for which they have been recognized, are:

• Stephen L. Barker: Employment Law – Management; Labor & Employment Litigation; Mediation
  (*Lexington Employment Lawyer of the Year: 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 & 2021)

• Bryan H. Beauman: Employment Law – Management

• Charles D. Cole: Municipal Law

• Andrew D. DeSimone: Health Care Litigation

• Jamie W. Dittert: Insurance Litigation

• Kevin G. Henry: Banking and Finance Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation; Labor & Employment Litigation; Trusts and Estates Litigation
  (*Lexington Bankruptcy Litigation Lawyer of the Year: 2016; Lexington Banking & Finance Litigation Lawyer of the Year: 2013 & 2021; Lexington Trusts & Estates Litigation Lawyer of the Year: 2012; Lexington Labor & Employment Litigation: 2019)

• Ernest H. “Hank” Jones, II: Insurance Law
  (*Lexington Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year:  2014 & 2020)

• Stan Lee: Insurance Litigation

• Donald P. “Pat” Moloney, II: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  (*Lexington Medical Malpractice Defense Lawyer of the Year: 2015 & 2021; Lexington Personal Injury Litigation Defense Lawyer of the Year: 2016)

• Phillip M. Moloney: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  (*Lexington Personal Injury Litigation – Defense Lawyer of the Year: 2018)

• M. Todd Osterloh: Utilities Law
  (*Lexington Utilities Law Lawyer of the Year: 2021)

• Doug Stephan: Health Care Law; Insurance Law
  (*Lexington Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year: 2017)

• Kevin W. Weaver: Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
  (*Lexington Workers’ Compensation Law Lawyer of the Year – Employers: 2014, 2017, 2019 & 2021)

• Timothy C. Wills: Construction Law; Construction Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Labor & Employment Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
  (*Lexington Construction Law Lawyer of the Year: 2014 & 2019; Lexington

  Construction Litigation Lawyer of the Year: 2021)

• Sarah Charles Wright: Health Care Law

 Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch”

•  Catherine E. “Katie” Bouvier: Insurance Law

• Janet Luo: Insurance Law; Municipal Law

• Donald C. Morgan: Administrative / Regulatory Law; Education Law; Labor and Employment Law – Management

• Jessica R. Stigall: Education Law; Labor and Employment Law – Management

• Langdon R. Worley: Insurance Law; Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

• Stephanie M. Wurdock:  Health Care Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

About The Best Lawyers in America®

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area. The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” were selected because they received particularly high ratings from their peers.

About Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC

For 60 years, Sturgill Turner has been serving businesses, public entities and individuals in Lexington, across the Commonwealth, and beyond. Our attorneys focus on business law, education law, employment law, health care law, insurance law, municipal and governmental law, utilities, trusts and estates, and alternative dispute resolution. For more information about the firm, please visit www.sturgillturner.com.