Lawyer of the Year: Attorney David deBruin Honored by Best Lawyers

David W. deBruin has been named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers for his work as a criminal defense attorney specializing in white collar cases.

Gawthrop Greenwood attorney David W. deBruin has been named Best Lawyers^™ 2021 Criminal Defense “Lawyer of the Year” in Wilmington.

This award from Best Lawyers recognizes individual lawyers with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location.

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. Almost 108,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote from around the world, and Best Lawyers has received more than 13 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas.

For the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America^©, 9.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 67,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.