109 Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys Recognized in 2026 Best Lawyers Report

The Best Lawyers in America® recognized 109 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys – nearly two-thirds of the firm – in its 2026 rankings for outstanding work in their respective practice areas. The rankings designated 74 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys as Best Lawyers, 35 attorneys as Ones to Watch, and nine attorneys as 2026 Charlotte or Raleigh Lawyers of the Year.

Robinson Bradshaw received multiple top listings within this year’s report. The firm had the most Best Lawyers in North Carolina ranked for antitrust, appellate practice, bet-the-company litigation and corporate law. Robinson Bradshaw had the most Best Lawyers in Charlotte in four areas: bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, employment law - management and mergers and acquisitions law. And, Robinson Bradshaw had the most attorneys overall in Chapel Hill ranked as Best Lawyers, as well as the most for corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law, securities/capital markets law and venture capital law.

Best Lawyers recognizes leaders with Lawyer of the Year designations for high-profile practice areas in communities across the United States. Only one lawyer per practice area is named Lawyer of the Year for each community. The nine Robinson Bradshaw attorneys recognized as Lawyers of the Year are:

• Glen E. Caplan – 2026 Raleigh Venture Capital Law Lawyer of the Year
• John H. Carmichael – 2026 Charlotte Litigation - Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year
• Nathan C. Chase Jr. – 2026 Charlotte Antitrust Law Lawyer of the Year
• Stephen D. Feldman – 2026 Raleigh Antitrust Law Lawyer of the Year
• Jeffrey C. Hart – 2026 Raleigh Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year
• Allen K. Robertson – 2026 Charlotte Public Finance Law Lawyer of the Year
• Matthew W. Sawchak – 2026 Raleigh Appellate Practice Lawyer of the Year and 2026 Raleigh Litigation - Antitrust Lawyer of the Year
• David M. Schilli – 2026 Charlotte Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law Lawyer of the Year
• David C. Wright III – 2026 Charlotte Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year

The firm’s 74 attorneys recognized as Best Lawyers are:

Charlotte

• Alice Pinckney Adams – Public Finance Law
• Nick Allmon – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
• Benjamin W. Baldwin – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
• Fitz E. Barringer – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Carl S. Beattie – Corporate Law
• Patrick S. Bryant – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
• Stokely G. Caldwell Jr. – Banking and Finance Law; Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television; Sports Law
• John H. Carmichael – Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation - Land Use and Zoning; Litigation - Real Estate
• Garland S. Cassada – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Nathan C. Chase Jr. – Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust
• Matthew S. Churchill – Corporate Law; Health Care Law
• Stephen M. Cox – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Employment Law - Management; Real Estate Law
• David W. Dabbs – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Cary B. Davis – Commercial Litigation
• R. Steven DeGeorge – Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Insurance Law; Litigation - Environmental
• Adam K. Doerr – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Securities
• W. Scott Dove – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Matt Efird – Corporate Law; Sports Law
• John W. Forneris – Nonprofit/Charities Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
• Robert W. Fuller – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
• Julie Zydron Griggs – Trusts and Estates
• Jessica Mering Hardin – Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
• Robert E. Harrington – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Laurie Helms – Health Care Law
• Edward F. Hennessey IV – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law
• Mark O. Henry – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
• Jeffrey A. Henson – Banking and Finance Law
• Susan M. Huber – Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Douglas M. Jarrell – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Charles E. Johnson – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Jon R. Jordan – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Corporate Law
• Jonathan C. Krisko – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance; Litigation - Insurance; Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Haynes P. Lea – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Nonprofit/Charities Law; Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law; Venture Capital Law
• Christopher W. Loeb – Real Estate Law
• Brandon M. Lofton – Banking and Finance Law; Public Finance Law
• Kelly Luongo Loving – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
• Stephen M. Lynch – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
• Richard L. Mack – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Kate Gordon Maynard – Commercial Litigation
• Kent J. McCready – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Andrew T. Miller – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
• Lawrence C. Moore III – Antitrust Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property
• William K. Packard – Commercial Transactions/UCC Law; Real Estate Law
• Henry H. Ralston – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Allen K. Robertson – Public Finance Law
• S. Graham Robinson – Banking and Finance Law
• Heather Heath Ryan – Employment Law - Management
• D. Blaine Sanders – Sports Law
• David M. Schilli – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Ty Shaffer – Commercial Litigation; Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation - Land Use and Zoning; Litigation - Real Estate; Real Estate Law
• Caroline Wannamaker Sink – Real Estate Law
• Gregory L. Skidmore – Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation
• Herman Spence III – Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Tax Law
• Andrew W.J. Tarr – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Brent A. Torstrick – Real Estate Law
• Angelique R. Vincent – Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Richard A. Vinroot – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction; Litigation - Land Use and Zoning; Litigation - Municipal
• John R. Wester – Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation - Securities
• Stephan J. Willen – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Richard C. Worf – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
• David C. Wright III – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Julian H. Wright Jr. – Commercial Litigation; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment

Raleigh

• Stephen D. Feldman – Antitrust Law; Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Matthew W. Sawchak – Antitrust Law; Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust

Research Triangle

• Glen E. Caplan – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
• John M. Fogg – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
• Jeffrey C. Hart – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Commercial Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
• Mark A. Hiller – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
• Matthew G. Lenora – Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
• J. Adam Martin – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Technology Law; Venture Capital Law
• J. Dickson Phillips III – Commercial Litigation
• Erik R. Zimmerman – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment

Rock Hill

• Benjamin A. Johnson – Commercial Litigation; Land Use and Zoning Law
• David C. Kimball – Construction Law

“Ones to Watch” are recognitions for outstanding professional excellence given to attorneys who are earlier in their private practice careers in private practice. Robinson Bradshaw had the most Ones to Watch winners in both Charlotte and Chapel Hill. And, the firm was top-listed in North Carolina for the following Ones to Watch categories: appellate practice, corporate law, health care law and mergers and acquisitions law.

Robinson Bradshaw’s Ones to Watch winners are:

Charlotte

• Kirk P. Altman – Banking and Finance Law; Venture Capital Law
• Lucas Anderson – Corporate Law
• Brendan P. Biffany – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation
• Charles H. Bowyer – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Public Finance Law
• Bret M. Buckler – Corporate Law; Intellectual Property Law
• Kelsey Hendrickson Butler – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Scott Cogar – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Securities Regulation; Venture Capital Law
• Kevin R. Crandall – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust
• Benjamin C. DeCelle – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction; Litigation - Real Estate
• Miranda E. Goot – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Katherine A. Grant – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Megan Clemency Haynes – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Patrick H. Hill – Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
• Travis S. Hinman – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law - Management
• Caleb J. Holloway – Health Care Law; Labor and Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Alexis M. Iffert – Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Jonathan D. LeCompte – Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Real Estate Law
• Timothy P. Misner – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
• Amanda Fannin Rautalahti – Health Care Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
• Jazzmin S. Romero – Commercial Litigation
• Garrett A. Steadman – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
• Curtis C. Strubinger – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Tax Law
• Caitlin H. Sullivan – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Lauren M. Talboom – Real Estate Law
• Rosemary Chandler Wells – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Spencer T. Wiles – Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation - Construction

Raleigh

• Preetha Suresh Rini – Antitrust Law; Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation

Research Triangle

• Adam A. Berkland – Corporate Law; Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law; Venture Capital Law
• Demi Lorant Bostian – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Litigation - Securities
• Alexa M. Fleming – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Harrison B. Hull – Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Venture Capital Law
• Emma W. Perry – Commercial Litigation; Energy Law
• Elizabeth C. Smith – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Andrew R. Wagner – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
• Sandra K. Wilburn – Corporate Law; Intellectual Property Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law