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Mannion Prior, LLP Receives a Tier 1 Ranking in Trusts And Estates Law in the 2019 Edition of the "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers

MANNION PRIOR IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE FIRM HAS AGAIN BEEN NAMED AS PHILADELPHIA REGION'S PREEMINENT LAW FIRMS BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT AND BEST LAWYERS IN THE 2019 EDITION OF THE “BEST LAW FIRMS” RANKINGS. THE FIRM HAS RECEIVED TIER 1 RANKINGS IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA FOR: TRUSTS & ESTATES.

ACCORDING TO BEST LAWYERS, "FIRMS INCLUDED IN THE 2019 ‘BEST LAW FIRMS’ LIST ARE RECOGNIZED FOR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE WITH PERSISTENTLY IMPRESSIVE RATINGS FROM CLIENTS AND PEERS. THE ‘BEST LAW FIRMS’ RANKINGS ARE BASED ON A RIGOROUS EVALUATION PROCESS THAT INCLUDES THE COLLECTION OF CLIENT AND LAWYER EVALUATIONS, PEER REVIEW FROM LEADING ATTORNEYS IN THEIR FIELD, AND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY LAW FIRMS.”

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A BEST LAW FIRM’ RANKING, A LAW FIRM MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE LAWYER LISTED IN THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA FOR THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION AND PRACTICE AREA. MANNION PRIOR HAS FIVE ATTORNEYS LISTED IN THE MOST RECENT BEST LAWYERS RANKING.

BEST LAWYERS IS THE OLDEST AND MOST RESPECTED PEER-REVIEW PUBLICATION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION. A LISTING IN BEST LAWYERS IS WIDELY REGARDED BY BOTH CLIENTS AND LEGAL PROFESSIONALS AS A SIGNIFICANT HONOR, CONFERRED ON A LAWYER BY HIS OR HER PEERS. FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES, BEST LAWYERS LISTS HAVE EARNED THE RESPECT OF THE PROFESSION, THE MEDIA, AND THE PUBLIC, AS THE MOST RELIABLE, UNBIASED SOURCE OF LEGAL REFERRALS ANYWHERE.

MANNION PRIOR, LLP IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT FIVE OF OUR ATTORNEYS WERE INCLUDED IN THE 2019 EDITION OF THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA FOR PHILADELPHIA, PA. JAMES F. MANNIONKARL PRIOROBADIAH G. ENGLISHJENNIFER DIVETERANO GAYLE AND ADAM C. KACHURAK HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THEIR PEERS FOR THEIR WORK IN THE AREA OF LITIGATION - TRUSTS AND ESTATES. ACCORDING TO THEIR METHODOLOGY PROCESSBEST LAWYERS CONDUCTS LENGTHY PEER-REVIEW SURVEYS IN WHICH THOUSANDS OF ESTABLISHED ATTORNEYS CONFIDENTIALLY EVALUATE THEIR PEERS. BEST LAWYERS IS ONE OF THE TOP PEER-REVIEW PUBLICATIONS, AND INCLUSION IN BEST LAWYERS IS CONSIDERED A SIGNIFICANT HONOR IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY.

MANNION PRIOR, LLP IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT KARL PRIOR HAS BEEN NAMED A FELLOW IN THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUSTS AND ESTATES COUNSEL (ACTEC). ESTABLISHED IN 1949, ACTEC IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF APPROXIMATELY 2,600 LAWYERS PEER-ELECTED TO MEMBERSHIP BY DEMONSTRATING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INTEGRITY, COMMITMENT TO THE PROFESSION, COMPETENCE, AND EXPERIENCE AS TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSELORS. FELLOWS, ARE THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST IN THE TRUST AND ESTATE PRACTICE, WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE REPRESENTING AND ADVISING FAMILIES.

MANNION PRIOR, LLP IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT FIVE OF OUR ATTORNEYS WERE INCLUDED IN THE 2018 EDITION OF THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA FOR PHILADELPHIA, PA. JAMES F. MANNIONKARL PRIOROBADIAH G. ENGLISHJENNIFER DIVETERANO GAYLE AND ADAM C. KACHURAK HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THEIR PEERS FOR THEIR WORK IN THE AREA OF LITIGATION - TRUSTS AND ESTATES. ACCORDING TO THEIR METHODOLOGY PROCESS, BEST LAWYERS CONDUCTS LENGTHY PEER-REVIEW SURVEYS IN WHICH THOUSANDS OF ESTABLISHED ATTORNEYS CONFIDENTIALLY EVALUATE THEIR PEERS. BEST LAWYERS IS ONE OF THE TOP PEER-REVIEW PUBLICATIONS, AND INCLUSION IN BEST LAWYERS IS CONSIDERED A SIGNIFICANT HONOR IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY.

ADDITIONALLY, JAMES F. MANNION RECEIVED THE DISTINCTION FROM BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA AS A “LAWYER OF THE YEAR.” THIS DISTINCTION IS AWARDED TO INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEYS WITH THE HIGHEST OVERALL PEER-FEEDBACK FOR A SPECIFIC PRACTICE AREA AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. ONLY ONE LAWYER IS RECOGNIZED AS THE "LAWYER OF THE YEAR" FOR EACH SPECIALTY AND LOCATION.