Peter T. Mott, Ronald B. Noren, Douglas R. Brown and James E. Rice were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 24th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© 2018.  Mr. Mott & Mr. Noren were selected in the field of Trusts and Estates; Mr. Brown was selected in the two fields of Litigation (Trusts and Estates) and Trusts and Estates; and Mr. Rice was selected in the field of Energy Law.  Best Lawyers® lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation.  For the 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 7.3 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in approximately 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.”  For more information, visit http://www.bestlawyers.com/about/MethodologyCT.aspx.