.Founded in 1934, Stockwell Sievert is the largest law firm in Lake Charles, recognized for its high professional standards and ethics in the Martindale-Hubbell Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Recently 7 of its attorneys were selected by their professional peers for inclusion in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the new U.S. edition, more than 50% of the lawyers listed in Best Lawyers cast more than 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties. Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers, inclusion is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.