James W. Beasley, Jr., managing partner of Beasley Kramer & Galardi, P.A. has been named “Lawyer of the Year” for 2014 in the practice area of Litigation-Mergers & Acquisitions in West Palm Beach, Fla. by Best Lawyers®. Only one lawyer in each practice area and metropolitan area holds this distinction. Beasley was also selected for inclusion in the latest edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the litigation practice areas of: Banking & Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities and Litigation, Trusts and Estates.

Beasley is among an elite group of only 1,000 lawyers across the country to be listed annually in Best Lawyers since the first edition published in 1983. Best Lawyers is a highly respected peer review guide to the legal profession worldwide.

Beasley has more than 40 years of litigation experience and is recognized as one of the leading financial and business litigation lawyers in Florida. He has tried cases and argued appeals in state and federal courts throughout Florida and in other states.

Beasley Kramer & Galardi, P.A. is a business and commercial litigation firm with extensive experience in a broad range of large, complex business and financial- related disputes. The firm’s attorneys are widely recognized as being among the premier lawyers in Florida in the areas of business and financial litigation, commercial litigation, corporate and partnership litigation, securities litigation, real estate litigation, healthcare business litigation, intellectual property litigation, trust and estate litigation and professional malpractice litigation. Beasley Kramer & Galardi provides representation in federal and state courts, at trial and on appeals and has extensive experience in AAA and other forms of arbitration.