The 15th edition of Best Law Firms® has been released, and Creed & Gowdy, P.A. has been ranked Regional Tier 1 in Jacksonville for Appellate Practice. Inclusion in Best Law Firms® is based on a rigorous evaluation of client feedback, peer recommendations, leadership interviews, and the depth of a firm's practice. Creed & Gowdy is honored to receive this recognition.

Bryan Gowdy will serve as the moderator for the Jacksonville Lawyers Chapter's virtual preview of the upcoming Supreme Court term. The preview will be conducted via Zoom, beginning at 12 noon on Monday, September 16, 2024. The panel features Sarah M. Harris, Deepak Gupta, and Henry C. Whitaker. This event will account for a 1-hour General CLE credit. Register here.

Creed & Gowdy's client won an appeal in a trucking accident case. This appeal concerned whether the client's lawsuit should have been dismissed because the accident occurred in South Carolina. The Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's decision to deny the defendants' motion to dismiss.

The 31st edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has been released, and three Creed & Gowdy, P.A. attorneys have been named. 

Rebecca Creed and Bryan Gowdy were named for the Appellate Practice category, while D. Gray Thomas, of counsel, was named for Appellate Practice, Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar.

Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based on a rigorous peer-review survey comprising more than 23 million confidential evaluations by top attorneys. Only the top 5% of all practicing lawyers in the U.S. were selected by their peers for inclusion.

After the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued its third decision in a class-action lawsuit against GoDaddy, Creed & Gowdy was retained to represent the lead Plaintiff-Appellee, Susan Drazen, for a possible petition for rehearing. Creed & Gowdy drafted and filed a petition for rehearing seeking limited relief, arguing that Judge Tjoflat's lead opinion was not fully joined by any other member of the panel and thus was not the opinion of the court, except for one part. The court withdrew its previous decision and issued a new unsigned opinion clarifying the holding and opinion of the court. Subscribe to Law360 and Bloomberg Law to read the published articles on the ruling.  See the Eleventh Circuit's opinion on rehearing here.