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Charles McFarland Named 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” in Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law for Houston

On Behalf of | Aug 15, 2019 | Uncategorized |

Best Lawyers®, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Charles McFarland as its 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” in Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law for Houston, Texas. The “Lawyer of the Year” honor is unique as only one lawyer in each legal specialty and in each designated metropolitan market is recognized for this honor.

This marks the 10th consecutive year Mr. McFarland has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© publication in the practice area of Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law and his first recognition as a “Lawyer of the Year.”

Best Lawyers® lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Lawyers are not allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© is considered a singular honor.

For more than two decades, Mr. McFarland has assisted property owners and businesses in securing just compensation when government takes private property for public use projects. Board-certified in Civil Trial Law, his experience has included advocating for owners impacted by roadway improvement projects, pipelines, electric transmission lines, and flood control projects. Mr. McFarland’s clients include private individuals as well as retail, commercial, and industrial landowners. In addition to his trial practice, he has handled appeals of condemnation cases and other matters in the First, Fourth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals and in the Texas Supreme Court.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers®has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. For the 2020 Edition of i>The Best Lawyers in America©, 8.3 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 62,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

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