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Chhabra, Gibbs & Gustavis is pleased to announce that Raynetra Gustavis was named to the 33rd edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants. This is her first inclusion in a list built entirely on confidential votes cast by other lawyers who have watched her work a case from the inside.
At Chhabra, Gibbs & Gustavis, that kind of peer recognition isn’t the goal. It’s a byproduct of the work.
If you’re dealing with a denied or delayed claim right now, Chhabra, Gibbs & Gustavis offers free consultations for injured workers across Mississippi.
What Being Named to Best Lawyers Actually Means
Best Lawyers doesn’t sell its rankings, and it doesn’t count clicks or ad spend to decide who makes the list. The organization built its peer review methodology forty-five years ago, and every honoree is chosen through confidential evaluations submitted by other attorneys who practice in the same field. Fewer than 6% of lawyers in private practice globally earn a spot in any given edition, which is why the recognition tends to mean more inside a courtroom than a billboard ever could.
How the Peer Review Process Actually Works
Every Best Lawyers selection starts with lawyers rating other lawyers, not clients, not marketing firms, and not the honorees themselves. A pool of attorneys who practice workers’ compensation law across Mississippi gets asked, confidentially, who they would send a friend or family member to if that person got hurt on the job.
Who Gets to Vote
Best Lawyers pulls its voting pool from attorneys already listed in prior editions, plus additional lawyers nominated by those already on the list within the same practice area. That keeps the sample made up of people who actually try workers’ comp cases in Mississippi, not a general audience.
What Reviewers Are Asked
Reviewers rate peers on legal skill, case results, and courtroom judgment, not name recognition. A newly recognized attorney like Gustavis earns her spot from opposing counsel and co-counsel who have sat across the table from her in a Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission hearing in Jackson.
What a Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Attorney Actually Does for a Claimant
A workers’ compensation claim looks simple on paper, but it is not.
In practice, insurance carriers deny claims, dispute the severity of an injury, or argue the accident didn’t happen on the clock at all, and a claimant who doesn’t know the rules can lose benefits they’re legally owed.
A Mississippi workers’ compensation attorney gathers medical records, tracks down witnesses, calculates the average weekly wage correctly, and files a Petition to Controvert when an insurer refuses to pay voluntarily.
Several of Gustavis’s largest results also came from pursuing a separate third-party claim against a negligent contractor or equipment maker, which recovery workers’ comp alone doesn’t allow.
Attorney Gustavis has represented injured workers through settlements, trials, and appeals all the way to the Mississippi Supreme Court. Some of her notable achievements include a $1.7 million settlement for a truck driver injured in a forestry accident and a $5.8 million settlement in a construction accident. That kind of track record is what peer voters rate when they fill out a Best Lawyers ballot.
If you need a Mississippi workers’ compensation attorney who has actually sat in a Commission hearing room, Gustavis and her team offer free consultations for injured workers across the state.
Why This Recognition Matters More in a Field Like Workers’ Comp
Peer recognition carries extra weight in workers’ compensation law because so few people outside the field understand how contested it actually is. It isn’t glamorous litigation with headline verdicts. It’s a grind of contested medical opinions and insurance pushback, decided case by case in front of the same small group of commissioners and defense attorneys, in a state where contested workers’ comp cases play out the same way year after year. Being named by that specific audience says more about how Gustavis fights than a client testimonial ever could.
Chhabra, Gibbs & Gustavis: Your Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Law Firm
Raynetra Gustavis earned this recognition by showing up for clients through appeals when an insurer wouldn’t budge.
If you’re navigating a denied claim, a disputed injury, or you’re just not sure whether the offer on the table is fair, that’s exactly the kind of persistence you want on your side.
Chhabra, Gibbs & Gustavis represents injured workers across Jackson, Gulfport, and the rest of Mississippi, and the first conversation costs you nothing. Contact our firm today and let’s talk about what happened.
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