Five YMW Attorneys named Best Lawyers® in the U.S. News and World Report

RALEIGH, N.C. (November 6, 2012) ─ Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P., a Raleigh, North Carolina-based litigation firm, announces today that five firm partners are named Best Lawyers^® in the U.S. News & World Report Best Law Firm publication released November 1. Founding partners Dan McLamb and Barbara B. (Bonnie) Weyher, as well as litigation partners Barry Cobb, John Minier and Rod Pettey all made the list of Best Lawyers in America.

• McLamb is recognized as a Best Lawyer in three categories of defense law: medical malpractice, personal injury litigation and professional malpractice law
• Weyher is recognized as a Best Lawyer in 10 disciplines of insurance law
• Cobb and Minier are also recognized for medical malpractice defense law
• Pettey is recognized as a Best Lawyer in construction law defense

Best Lawyers is the most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. In 2009, Best Lawyers partnered with U.S. News & World Report, the leading rankings publication in the U.S., to rank law firms in the United States. This year’s publication is based on more than 4.3 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

About Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P.:
Formed in 1983, Yates, McLamb & Weyher represents civil litigation defendants in cases focusing on medical malpractice, professional and general liability, commercial and construction litigation, products liability, insurance coverage and auto negligence. Founding partners Dan J. McLamb and Barbara B. Weyher shared a vision and built a firm characterized by legal expertise and skill, tenacity in defense of their clients’ interests, and civility and professionalism in the practice of law. Today the firm has 30 lawyers.

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