Return homeWL Legal InsightsJames F. Woods, Esq. of Woods Lonergan PLLC Awarded Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Rating for Highest Legal and Professional Ethical Excellence Honored by Industry Peers.
James F. Woods, Esq. of Woods Lonergan PLLC Awarded Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Rating for Highest Legal and Professional Ethical Excellence Honored by Industry Peers.
NEW YORK, NY – October 27, 2025 Woods Lonergan PLLC is pleased to announce that Founding Partner James F. Woods has been awarded the prestigious AV Preeminent® Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. This is the highest recognition a lawyer can receive, signifying an unparalleled level of professional excellence in the legal field, honoring both outstanding legal skill and an unwavering commitment to ethical standards.
The rating is generated from extensive, confidential evaluations by other members of the bar and the judiciary across the U.S.
For over 130 years, the Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent™ Rating has distinguished the country’s elite attorneys. This achievement reflects Mr. Woods’s long-standing dedication to integrity and excellence in his legal career. You can view his profile here:James F. Woods’s Martindale Profile.
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Annie E. Causey is a Partner at Woods Lonergan, where she litigates complex commercial and real estate disputes in New York state and federal courts. She represents closely held companies, partnerships, joint ventures, property owners, and commercial landlords, along with the owners and principals behind them. She appears in the New York Commercial Division, the federal district courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Appellate Division, First and Second Departments.Her commercial work covers breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, tortious interference, and trade secret claims arising out of business dealings, as well as partnership and shareholder disputes, derivative actions, and dissolution proceedings. Her real estate work focuses on high-value ownership and investment disputes, including conflicts among family members and partners over jointly held property, real estate joint venture and investment disputes, commercial lease and guaranty enforcement, and development and land use disputes. She also handles executive compensation and employment matters, and counsels companies and their owners on the agreements and governing documents their businesses are built on.Annie has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2016 through 2024, and has been quoted in Law360. Her articles appear in the New York Real Estate Journal. Woods Lonergan is ranked in Chambers USA: Spotlight New York for Litigation: General Commercial and Real Estate. She is admitted in New York and to practice before the federal courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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