SOUTH BEND – The law firm of Tuesley Hall Konopa LLP is pleased to announce that five of its partners were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016, with one also being named “Lawyer of the Year” in South Bend.

The Tuesley Hall Konopa attorneys named in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America include the following, listed with their cited practice areas: Malcolm Tuesley ‐ Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; Thomas Hall ‐ Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Robert Konopa ‐ Arbitration, Bet‐the‐Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Mediation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants and Plaintiffs; James Lewis ‐ Corporate Law; Greta Roemer Lewis ‐ Trusts and Estates.

In addition, James Lewis received the additional honor of being named the Best Lawyers’ 2016 Corporate Law “Lawyer of the Year” in his practice and geographic market, a recognition given to only a single lawyer in each category. Lewis is licensed to practice law in IN and MI. His practice areas also include business law, real estate, labor and employment law and commercial litigation.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers are compiled based on an exhaustive peerreview evaluation. Over 79,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and we have received more than 12 million votes to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2016 Edition Of the Best Lawyers in America, 6.7 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 55,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”