3/24/2009 - Haskell Slaughter Attorneys Named to Chambers USA 2009 (Press Release)

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 HASKELL SLAUGHTER ATTORNEYS NAMED TO  CHAMBERS USA 2009  

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - March 24, 2009 -  William M. Slaughter, J. Michael Rediker and Jesse P. Evans III, attorneys with Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC, have been named as "Leaders in their Field" in Chambers USA 2009:  American's Leading Lawyers for Business.  Mr. Slaughter was recognized in the Banking and Finance:  Public Finance category; Mr. Rediker was recognized in the Litigation:  General Commercial category, and Mr. Evans was recognized in the Real Estate category.

Since 1990, Chambers has published the world's leading guides to the legal profession and has built a reputation for in-depth, objective research.  For more information, visit http://www.chambersandpartners.com/.

ABOUT WILLIAM M. SLAUGHTER

 Bill Slaughter is a founding member of Haskell Slaughter. His practice is concentrated in the areas of public finance, state and local government law, governmental relations and civil litigation. Mr. Slaughter has represented state and local government issuers and underwriters in some of the most complex financing transactions in the State of Alabama, and he also has extensive experience in litigation concerning significant constitutional and public law issues. His litigation practice has included successful appellate work in the United States Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Alabama. In addition, Mr. Slaughter has substantial experience in preparing legislation and assisting clients in the legislative process.  Mr. Slaughter served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1987-1990, and was a member of the Alabama Commission on Tax and Fiscal Policy formed by the Legislature in 1990.  He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Public Finance.  He has also been recognized in Alabama Super Lawyers and in Chambers USA.

ABOUT J. MICHAEL REDIKER

Mike Rediker has a litigation practice of national scope in the areas of securities, corporate governance, RICO, antitrust, bond issuances and bond defaults, products liability, fraud, corporate law and business torts, especially in the settings of derivative, class action, complex and multi-district litigation. Mr. Rediker has served both as defense counsel and as plaintiffs' counsel, and has tried cases in a wide variety of federal and state courts, including the United States Supreme Court, the United States Tax Court and numerous United States Courts of Appeals. He has represented clients in litigation in approximately half the states in the U.S.  In his practice, Mr. Rediker has represented institutional and individual investors of all types (including state pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds, financial institutions, and private retirement funds) as well as public and private corporations and governmental entities.  He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in both Commercial Litigation and Securities Law, and has been included in that publication for over 20 years.  Mr. Rediker has also been recognized in Alabama Super Lawyers and in Chambers USA.

ABOUT JESSE P. EVANS III

Jesse Evans has represented clients in a wide variety of real estate development, land use, eminent domain, title insurance and real estate litigation matters for over 25 years.  His practice encompasses the representation of real estate developers in litigation and non-litigation matters, the representation of title insurers in coverage issues and litigated disputes and the representation of landowners in eminent domain proceedings, among a variety of other real estate-related matters. Mr. Evans is the author of Alabama Property Rights and Remedies, one of the leading treatises on real property law in the state.  He has also served as a Professor of Law at Birmingham School of Law and currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Alabama School of Law.  He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, and Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, as well as in Alabama Super Lawyers and Chambers USA.

ABOUT HASKELL SLAUGHTER YOUNG & REDIKER, LLC

With offices in Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, Atlanta and New York City, Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC provides a full range of professional legal services to local, regional and national clients. The firm provides sophisticated advice and representation to clients in Alabama and across the country through its transactional and litigation practice groups.

For more information on Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC, please visit http://www.hsy.com/. To speak with Bill Slaughter, Mike Rediker or Jesse Evans, please contact Ruwena Healy at 205.655.0783.

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