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Joe Zeszotarski and Josh Howard were nominated for and awarded spots among the North Carolina Top 100 lawyers in the 2021 edition of North Carolina Super Lawyers. These rankings are decided through peer nominations and research by a third-party across twelve key legal categories. To see the complete article, please visit: https://www.superlawyers.com/north-carolina/toplists/top-100-2021-north-carolina-super-lawyers/3550284cdc2575eae68335f00870aaab
Link to article here:
https://www.agweb.com/article/evil-grain-wild-tale-historys-biggest-crop-insurance-scam
Joe Zeszotarski was named the Best Lawyers® 2020 Criminal Defense: General Practice "Lawyer of the Year" for the Raleigh area. Only a single lawyer in each practice area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year." Zeszotarski has been selected by his peers as a "Lawyer of the Year" in criminal defense in Raleigh for 5 of the last 6 years.
Josh Howard defended a bank president in a 5-week federal jury trial in the Middle District of North Carolina and won not guilty verdicts on all 28 counts.
Joe Zeszotarski was named the Best Lawyers® 2019 Criminal Defense: White Collar "Lawyer of the Year" for the Raleigh area. Only a single lawyer in each practice area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year."
Josh Howard and Joe Zeszotarski were recently recognized among the nation’s top lawyers in the 25th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Joe Zeszotarski was also recognized in the areas of Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: Bet-the-Company Litigation. Best Lawyers publishes its list of lawyers by geographic region and practice area, and lawyers are not able to pay a fee to be listed. Best Lawyers has been regarded - by both the profession and the public - as the most credible measure of legal integrity in the US.
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Joe Zeszotarski has been admitted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America. Founded in 1950, the College is composed of the best of the trial bar in North America and Canada. Fellowship in the College is extended by invitation only and only after careful investigation, to those experienced trial lawyers of diverse backgrounds, who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality. Lawyers must have a minimum of fifteen years trial experience before they can be considered for Fellowship. Membership in the College does not exceed one percent of the total lawyer population of any state of province.
The induction ceremony at which Joe became a Fellow took place before an audience of 900 persons during the 2017 Annual Meeting of the College in Montreal, Quebec.
Joe Zeszotarski was named the Best Lawyers® 2017 Criminal Defense: General Practice "Lawyer of the Year" for the Raleigh area. Only a single lawyer in each practice area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year."
Josh Howard and Joe Zeszotarski were both recently recognized among the nation’s top lawyers in the 23rd Edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Zeszotarski was also recognized in the areas of Criminal Defense: General Practice and Bet-the-Company Litigation. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.