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Best Lawyers in America® Names Don Philbin 2014 Mediation Lawyer of the Year

Donald R. Philbin, Jr., P.C. law firm also awarded Metropolitan Tier 1 Rankings for Arbitration and Mediation

SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Attorney-Mediator Don Philbin was recently selected as 2014 "Lawyer of the Year" for Mediation in the San Antonio area.

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Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year," making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer-review assessments.

Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity.

In addition to the Lawyer of the Year award for mediation, Donald R. Philbin, Jr. was also listed in the 2014 Best Lawyers in America for Arbitration. His law firm, Donald R. Philbin, Jr., P.C., was awarded Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings for both Arbitration and Mediation.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

Don Philbin, J.D., M.B.A., LL.M., is an AV-rated attorney-mediator, adjunct professor of law, curator of www.ADRtoolbox.com, and president of Picture It Settled®. Picture It Settled® is Moneyball for negotiation. The behavioral software has learned negotiating patterns from parties to thousands of litigated cases in a wide variety of jurisdictions and claim types.

Don was recognized as the 2011 Outstanding Lawyer in Mediation by the San Antonio Business Journal, is one of seven Texas mediators listed in The International Who's Who of Commercial Mediation, and is repeatedly listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, Texas Super Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in San Antonio, and the U.S. News and Best Lawyers "Best Law Firm" survey. He is an elected fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, the American Academy of Civil Trial Mediators, and the Texas Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.

Contact:

Donald R. Philbin, Jr., J.D., M.B.A., LL.M.
Dispute Resolution Expert, Adjunct Law Professor,
and President, Picture It Settled, LLC
210-212-7100
www.ADRtoolbox.com

www.PictureItSettled.com