Shackelford, McKinley & Norton partners John Shackelford, David Norton, Martha Hofmeister and Jay Brown have been named to the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America legal guide.
Mr. Shackelford was honored for his transactional work. His practice focuses on the buying and selling of automobile dealerships and representing developers, non-profits and housing agencies in the affordable housing and tax credit industry.
Mr. Norton represents Fortune 50 businesses, high-net-worth individuals, aviation support businesses and individual pilots with regulatory, transactional, tax, commercial dispute resolution and general risk management issues.
Ms. Hofmeister was selected for her business litigation work representing plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts across myriad industries including professional service firms, real estate developers, manufacturers, health care companies and financial institutions.
Mr. Brown was selected to the list for a third consecutive year based on his insurance and commercial litigation work. He regularly represents clients in complex, high exposure litigation resulting from catastrophes, complex contracts, fraud, insurance bad faith, deceptive trade practices and major accidents.
Leading Lawyers is the original and most prestigious of the more than 20 practice group legal guides Lawdragon publishes each year. The honored attorneys are described by editors as “brilliant, impassioned, and dedicated to the law and its practice” who inspire and “will shape the law for decades to come.”
