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Christy Jones of Butler Snow among finalists for Chambers Awards for Excellence in product liability

JACKSON, MS (June 25, 2007) – Christy D. Jones of Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC is one of the seven top product liability attorneys in the country, according to Chambers USA. Jones was among the finalists for the Chambers Awards for Excellence 2007, awarded for outstanding individual achievement in the profession.

Jones, chair of the firm’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Department, was among 500 other top attorneys honored at a recent awards dinner. The gala affair to acknowledge “the cream of the profession” was held at Cipriani in New York.

Chambers bases its awards and rankings on extensive interviews with clients and attorneys. Jones is also recognized in Chambers USA 2007 for national leadership in Product Liability.

Jones has extensive national experience in litigation involving prescription and over-the-counter medications, medical devices, vaccines and other biologicals, contraceptives, herbicides, pesticides, asbestos and plastics. She is named as a leading product liability lawyer in Who’s Who Legal – The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. The 2007 Guide to the World’s Leading Product Liability Lawyers named Jones one of the Top 10 product liability lawyers in the world. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. The Best Lawyers in America® 2007 named her in the categories of Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation.


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