Mr. Graves has annually received an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell which is the highest rating of legal ability and ethics awarded by the company. According to Martindale, “an AV certification mark is a significant rating accomplishment – a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.”  Since 2012, Mr. Graves has been repeatedly honored further by being recognized and included in the annual Best Lawyers, which is the oldest and most respected peer-reviewed publication in the legal profession.   The Best Lawyers lists of outstanding attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. If the votes for an attorney are positive enough for inclusion in Best Lawyers, that attorney must maintain those votes in subsequent polls to remain on the list for each edition. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be included on the list.  Mr. Graves was selected for inclusion in the 27th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for his work in Michigan Auto No-Fault Insurance Law.  Only a single lawyer in each practice area and community is honored with a "Lawyer of the Year" award. Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review and consensus opinion from the leading lawyers here in Michigan regarding the professional abilities of their colleagues. The attorney with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographical region is recognized as “Lawyer of the Year”, which is the highest recognition awarded by Best Lawyers.