Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Thomas M. Blumenthal as the "St. Louis Best Lawyers Arbitration Lawyer of the Year" for 2012.
Best Lawyers is designating "Lawyers of the Year" in high-profile areas of the law in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each area 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, 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2012) is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. Blumenthal has been listed in the Alternative Dispute Resolution section of Best Lawyers since 2007. In addition to Blumenthal, five other Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal Lawyers are honored as Best Lawyers in their respective categories in the 2012 edition.
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, President 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 Thomas M. Blumenthal on being selected as the 'St. Louis Best Lawyers Arbitration Lawyer of the Year' for 2012."
