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February 02 2023
THE BAHAMAS, February 2, 2023 — For the third time in two years, Kenra Parris-Whittaker, Partner in the Bahamian law firm bearing her name, has been selected as a Lexology Legal Influencer in the category of Dispute Resolution.
Parris-Whittaker has previously won favorable verdicts and settlements valued in the millions of dollars. She regularly handles cases involving personal injury, commercial, probate, admiralty, and maritime law (in the latter instance, representing crew members, injured plaintiffs, shipyard owners, vessel repair shops, corporations, and executors for large estates).
Parris-Whittaker has pioneered a number of trends in the field of maritime law, and clients from all over the world, including Asia, the UK, Europe, and other regions, seek her counsel. Recently, she’s represented notable protection and indemnity (P&I) clubs as well as several well-known cruise lines.
Due to her experience handling high-profile cases, Parris-Whittaker was chosen as a Lexology Legal Influencer in the category of Cross-Border Dispute Resolution for the fourth quarter of 2022. Parris-Whittaker received a similar distinction from Lexology twice previously, in the third quarter of 2021 (Dispute Resolution for Central and South America) as well as the first quarter of 2022 (Cross-Border Dispute Resolution).
About Lexology and the Legal Influencers Program
The website Lexology provides the most thorough updates, research, and thoughts on international law. Every day, it publishes more than 500 articles in 25 languages and 50 different job areas from 900+ top law firms and legal service providers across the globe.
Every three months, the Lexology Legal Influencers program honors the most prominent thought leaders in the legal industry. These leaders have regularly given Lexology’s members important, perceptive legal analyses relevant to their specific work area grouping, region, or nation during the previous several months.
Lexology’s unique scoring methodology for the program, which takes into consideration the number of times an Influencer’s articles are read and the LexScore of each article every quarter, is used to choose experts, companies, and individuals. The best content on Lexology is ranked using a combination of these metrics. Readers can find the foremost authorities in each discipline by sorting the listed Influencers by location or profession on Lexology.com.
About Kenra Parris-Whittaker
Since 2012, Kenra Parris-Whittaker has held the position of Partner in the legal practice that bears her last name. Parris-Whittaker, who was raised in Nassau and educated in the UK and Canada, attended London’s famous Inns of Court School of Law and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the UK’s University of Buckingham in 2004. Parris-Whittaker joined the highly regarded law organization Callenders & Co. after passing the bar exam. She made a name for herself as a female litigator who handled maritime and probate disputes and was always well-prepared for her cases.
Parris-Whittaker is a superb strategist who works to stay one step ahead of her rivals. She’s developed a renown for being able to expedite cases, and judges are aware of her high regard for the legal system. Being youthful and active, she often manages many cases at once.
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