Our firm and our people named among the nation's best

Articles appearing in The Australian, today 3 September 2010, name Cornwall Stodart and four of our lawyers as among the nation's best.

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The article Mid-tier lawyers join the A-team (p 33) refers to a survey of leading general counsel, which identified 109 lawyers who were nominated by their clients as Australia's best.

Cornwall Stodart was acknowledged as walking among the giants of the legal industry, having four of the nation's top lawyers - John Hutchings, Louise Houlihan, Levent Shevki and Nicole Stevens-Warton. The results come from a survey conducted for the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association and the Corporate Lawyers Association of New Zealand, which asked 160 general counsel to nominate those lawyers who would be part of their 'ideal firm'.

With four lawyers ranked in the nation's top 109, Cornwall Stodart is placed ahead of some top-tier and/or international firms, such as Corrs Chambers Westgarth, DLA Phillips Fox and Baker & McKenzie.

In the article Level playing field as smaller firms push into top rankings, Ron Pol says that per-lawyer calculations of the survey results indicate that some mid-tier firms are at least as highly regarded as some of the mega-firms. He included Cornwall Stodart in this list of mid-tier firms.

Congratulations to all of our staff, who make Cornwall Stodart a top-quality firm. Special congratulations to John, Louise, Lev and Nicole, who each thoroughly deserve this wonderful achievement.