Crowell & Moring Rated Leading Government Contracts Firm
Client Alert | 1 min read | 07.27.06
For the second year in a row, Chambers USA , in its annual publication rating law firm practice groups, has ranked Crowell & Moring No. 1 among Government Contracts groups nationwide (http://www.chambersandpartners.com/ usa/comment35.aspx?cid=618&pid=690&fid=2838&parentkey=2838), along with two other firms, stating "[y]et again, one of the discipline's original superstar firms impresses the market with its ' deep bench strength ' and ' uniformly good people who know their stuff. '" Based on interviews with clients and other practitioners in the practice area, Chambers named Stan Johnson, Terry Albertson, Tom Humphrey, and Kent Morrison as leading lawyers in the Government Contracts field.
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