PORTLAND — Twenty Preti Flaherty attorneys, including Michael Lane of Richmond, have been selected for inclusion in the 2012 Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers, the legal directory of leading attorneys and law firms in the United States.

Preti’s Energy & Natural Resources Practice Group earned the highest possible ranking for the third year in a row, while the firm also was recognized as a leading U.S. law firm with top rankings in five different practice areas, including Energy & Natural Resources, Litigation, Corporate/ M&A, Real Estate Law and Environmental Law.

The firm was commended for being “a highly organized and technically sophisticated firm.”