19 Dean Mead Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® in America

Published: August 17, 2023

(Orlando, FL) Dean Mead is proud to announce 19 attorneys, representing a cross-section of the firm’s Practice Areas and Industry Groups, have been selected for the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Recognitions are compiled based on an exhaustive Purely Peer Review® evaluation. More than 123,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote from around the world.

For the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 13.7 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 76,000 leading lawyers included in the milestone 30^th edition, including the following Dean Mead attorneys:

• Alexander L. Van Heyde
• Brian M. Malec
• Brian M. Stephens
• David J. Akins
• David P. Barker
• Gregory K. Lawrence
• Jane Callahan
• Jay Van Heyde
• Lauren Y. Detzel
• Marc D. Chapman
• Marc W. Dunbar
• Martha Edenfield
• Michael D. Minton
• Michael J. Furbush
• Miranda M. Weiss
• Robert W. Mead
• Stephen Looney
• Thomas P. Wert
• Vicki L. Berman

Best Lawyers “Lawyers of the Year” honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction. For 2024, Dean Mead attorneys recognized with this distinction include David J. Akins (Trusts and Estates in Orlando), Jane D. Callahan (Tax Law in Orlando), and Jay Van Heyde (Employee Benefits – ERISA – Law in Orlando).

For the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, more than 2.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 76,000 leading lawyers in this year’s edition. Brian M. Stephens has been recognized for this honor, joining colleagues Alexander L. Van Heyde (recognized in 2023) and Miranda M. Weiss (recognized in 2022).

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