Gurley & Associates Earns Top Ranking for Construction Law by Best Lawyers in America

Online, November 4, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Gurley & Associates, a Sarasota law firm specializing in the practice areas of construction law, surety law, commercial litigation, and local and governmental law, has been selected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The firm achieved a first tier ranking for the Tampa area in the categories of Construction Law and Litigation-Construction.

Best Lawyers collaborated with U.S. News & World Report to rank attorneys nationwide based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey comprising nearly 4 million confidential evaluations by the top attorneys in the country. No fee or purchase is required to be listed, and the annual, advertisement-free publication is regarded by The American Lawyer as "The most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

David E. Gurley, the founding member of Gurley & Associates, has more than 25 years of experience as legal counsel on many of Florida's major development projects. The firm effectively and efficiently represents its clients in all state and federal courts of Florida and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The firm also holds the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory's highest attainable rating for legal services and ethics.

About Gurley & Associates

Gurley & Associates was founded with a focused philosophy toward the delivery of legal services: Identify an issue and then solve it as quickly and efficiently as possible. Every associate of the firm is Florida Bar Board Certified. David Gurley, founding member and president, is an expert in Construction Law and has been a principle of the firm since its inception in 2002. For more information, visit www.GurleyAssociates.com.

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