"Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition."
—Abraham Lincoln
"In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action."
—Aristotle
Boardman Attorneys Named
"Lawyers of the Year®"
Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Claude J. Covelli as the "Madison Best Lawyers Personal Injury Litigator of the Year", and Richard A. Lehmann as the "Madison Best Lawyers Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year" for 2010.
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, 16th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2010), is based on more than 2.8 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, Managing Editor 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 Claude Covelli and Richard Lehmann on being selected as Best Lawyers for 2010."