Twenty-Two Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys, Eight Practice Areas Honored by Chambers USA

Charlotte Firm Leads All Other N.C. Firms in Ranked Attorneys, No. 1 Practice Areas for Third-Straight Year

Chambers USA: America’s Top Leading Lawyers for Business, a highly respected national legal directory, has named 22 attorneys from Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson as leaders in their respective fields. For the third straight year, Robinson Bradshaw received more No. 1 practice area rankings and had more attorneys named to the annual ranking than any other firm in North Carolina.

Robinson Bradshaw received No. 1 rankings, which identify the firm as a leader in the state, for exceptional work in the following practice areas:

• Antitrust
• Banking & Finance
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Corporate/M&A
• Litigation: General Commercial
• Real Estate

Chambers USA was launched in 2003 as a means of ranking attorneys and practice groups in tiers that serve as an annual comparison with other firms across North Carolina. Interviews with thousands of peers and clients are conducted across the country each year to compile the rankings.

Sources that were consulted to compile the 2011 rankings had the following to say about Robinson Bradshaw’s No. 1 ranked practice areas:

• Antitrust – “They have a national understanding, even international. They're without a doubt the best at what they do and the rates are very attractive compared to the big city firms.”
• Banking & Finance – “An excellent firm all-around – you can trust them with anything.”
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring – “A terrific firm overall, with significant expertise in mass tort bankruptcies.”
• Corporate/M&A – “One of the region's best corporate groups. The firm has a broad, diverse practice and places a particular emphasis on securities, which it does very well.”
• Litigation: General Commercial – “An outstanding firm with a number of brilliant litigators who are particularly proficient in corporate and financial matters.”
• Real Estate – “This is a firm with integrity. It prides itself on the quality of its people – they are of the highest caliber and are very responsive to our needs.”

Other practice areas were ranked, including:

• Environment (Band 3) – “Above all, they are very approachable and incredibly responsive.”
• Labor & Employment (Band 3) – “A really wonderful corporate firm with a very solid employment group. Every single lawyer is impressive.”

The complete list of Robinson Bradshaw attorneys listed in 2011 Chambers USA includes:

• Everett J. Bowman – Antitrust
• Peter C. Buck – Corporate/M&A; Banking & Finance
• Stokely G. Caldwell Jr. – Banking & Finance
• Garland S. Cassada – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Robert W. Fuller – Litigation: General Commercial
• T. Thomas Gates – Real Estate
• Charles E. Johnson – Labor & Employment
• Haynes P. Lea – Corporate/M&A
• Christopher W. Loeb – Real Estate
• Edwin F. Lucas – Banking & Finance
• Stephen M. Lynch – Corporate/M&A
• A. Ward McKeithen – Litigation: General Commercial, Senior Statesman
• Mark W. Merritt – Antitrust; Litigation: General Commercial
• Allen K. Robertson – Banking & Finance
• S. Graham Robinson – Banking & Finance
• Russell M. Robinson II – Corporate/M&A, Senior Statesman
• David M. Schilli – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Robert C. Sink – Real Estate
• William W. Toole – Environment
• Brent A. Torstrick – Real Estate
• John R. Wester – Litigation: General Commercial; Labor & Employment
• Julian H. Wright Jr. – Labor & Employment