Reed Armstrong attorneys named 'Leading Lawyers'

The Law Bulletin Publishing Company and its "Leading Lawyers" division announced that five attorneys at Edwardsville-based Reed Armstrong Mudge & Morrissey PC were named Leading Lawyers in the following areas:

Michael J. Bedesky:
- Civil Appellate Law
- Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law
- Personal Injury Defense Law: General
- Products Liability Defense Law

Martin K. Morrissey:
- Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law
- Personal Injury Defense Law: General
- Products Liability Defense Law

Stephen C. Mudge:
- Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law
- Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law
- Personal Injury Defense Law: General
- Products Liability Defense Law
- Transportation Defense Law: Including Aviation/FELA/Maritime

Bryan Lee Skelton:
- Products Liability Defense Law
- Toxic Torts Defense Law

William B. Starnes, II:
- Civil Appellate Law
- Personal Injury Defense Law: General
- Products Liability Defense

Also, Mudge was named to the Leading Lawyers list of the "Top 100 Downstate
Business Leaders" in Illinois. He also serves on the distinguished Advisory Board which helps vet the list.

Only those lawyers who were the very most often recommended by their peers in the
survey are invited to serve on the Advisory Board.

The firm’s two "Emerging Lawyers" are Dominique N. Seymoure and Tori Lynn Walls.

Seymoure is a partner who has practiced law since 2001.

Walls, an associate, joined the bar in 2003.

Emerging Lawyers are younger than age 40 or have practiced law for 10 or fewer years.