Jon Pannell selected for 2012 Leadership Georgia class

Jon Pannell has been selected to be a member of the Leadership Georgia class of 2012. He and his wife, Kimberly, will participate beginning in January of 2012.
Leadership Georgia is one of the nation’s oldest and most successful leadership-training programs for young business, civic and community leaders with the desire and potential to work together for a better Georgia. Its primary purpose is to identify, train, and inspire a network of emerging young leaders. Affiliated with the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the organization has fielded numerous highly influential state and national leaders. Among the ranks of Leadership Georgia alumni there are leaders in business, not-for-profit organizations, and elected officials including U.S. Senators, U.S. Congressmen, State Legislators, and a Georgia Secretary of State. For more information, visit www.leadershipgeorgia.com.

Tom Gray named Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year

Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Thomas S. Gray, Jr. as the “Savannah Best Lawyers Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year” for 2012.
After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”
Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2012) is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in our surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.
Steven Naifeh, President of Best Lawyers, says, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. We would like to congratulate Thomas S. Gray, Jr. on being selected as the ‘Savannah Best Lawyers Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year’ for 2012.”

Jon Pannell installed in State Bar office

Jon Pannell was installed as the President-Elect of the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the State Bar of Georgia on June 3, 2010 during the State Bar annual meeting in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He was sworn in by Presiding Justice George Carley of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Pannell will be sworn in as the 66th President of the YLD in June of 2012.
The YLD has been strengthened over the years through guidance by the State Bar of Georgia, its Executive Committee and Board of Directors, the Supreme Court, and through dedicated service rendered by its members. In keeping with its motto of “working for the profession and the public,” the YLD has more than 25 hard-working committees that produce an array of projects and programs. Through the years, the YLD has also gained national recognition by winning several American Bar Association awards for its projects and publications.

2011 Super Lawyers

Tom Gray and Jim Pannell were both named as 2011 Super Lawyers by Atlanta Magazine.   Tom was named as a Super Lawyer in the practice areas of Bonds / Government Finance.  Jim was named as a Super Lawyer in the areas of  Bonds/Government Finance, General Litigation, and Business/Corporate law.  Both Tom and Jim have been named to the Super Lawyers list annually since it was first published in 2004.

Georgia’s Best Lawyers 2011

Tom Gray, Jim Pannell, and Marvin Fentress were each listed as Georgia’s Best Lawyers for 2011.  Tom Gray was listed as a best lawyer for Corporate Law, Jim Pannell was listed in the categories of Corporate Law and Public Finance Law, and Marvin Fentress was listed as a best lawyer for Real Estate Law.  The annual list is published as a special supplement to the Fulton Daily Report, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and can also be accessed at www.bestlawyers.com.