Orlando, FL (February 8, 2007) - C. Richard Newsome, managing partner of the Newsome Law Firm, has been selected for inclusion in the 2006-2007 edition of Best Lawyers in America for personal injury litigation. This is the third consecutive acknowledgement in the publication for Newsome.

Best Lawyers is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States and selection is based on an exhaustive peer review process in which 15,000 leading attorneys through the country cast more than half a million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties.

Newsome is highly published in his area of specialty, products liability law, and was recently named in Florida Trend Magazine as one of Florida's Legal Elite, and awarded an AV Rating, the highest rating an attorney can receive, by Martindale-Hubbell. He is currently President of the Central Florida Trial Lawyers Association, serves on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, and actively participates in several areas of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of America, including the Committee on Scientific and Medical Integrity and products liability section. He is a graduate of Florida State University and the University of Florida School of Law.

The Newsome Law Firm, is located in Orlando, Florida and represents consumers in personal injury and wrongful death cases with an emphasis on litigating products liability plaintiff's cases throughout the United States.

Newsome has been recognized as one of Florida's "Legal Elite" lawyers by Florida Trend Magazine as well as a "Florida Super Lawyer" by Florida Super Lawyers.

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