Press Release

Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A. is pleased to announce that shareholders Gray T. Culbreath and T. David Rheney have been recognized as 2012 "Lawyers of the Year" in their respective practice areas by Best Lawyers, one of the most respected peer-reviewed publications in the legal profession.

Gray Culbreath, a shareholder whose practice focuses on complex litigation and business and commercial disputes, has been named the 2012 Lawyer of the Year in Columbia, South Carolina for "Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants" by Best Lawyers.  Culbreath, current President of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association, leads GWB's newly established Columbia office, along with partners John T. Lay, Johnston Cox, John Hudson, and Shelley Montague.

David Rheney, Immediate Past President of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association, has been named the 2012 Lawyer of the Year in Greenville, South Carolina for Insurance Law.  Rheney leads the firm's Insurance Practice Group.

Attorneys honored as "Lawyers of the Year" have received particularly high ratings by their peers. Only a single lawyer in each practice area in each community is given the annual recognition.

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-reviewed survey in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

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