Eighteen Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys Included Among North Carolina’s 2012 ‘Legal Elite,’ ‘Legal Elite Hall of Fame’

Eleven attorneys from Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., one of the state’s leading corporate and commercial law firms, have been selected as the 2012 Legal Elite in categories identified by Business North Carolina for its annual listing of the state’s top lawyers. Graham D. Holding, the top vote-getter in North Carolina for Tax and Estate Planning for 2012, will also join eight other Robinson Bradshaw attorneys as a member of the publication’s Legal Elite Hall of Fame in 2013. Top-vote getters are subsequently included in the Hall following a one-year waiting period.

The magazine polls each member of the North Carolina Bar Association annually to determine the state’s top attorneys in a variety of 14 business-related categories. Less than 3 percent of attorneys in North Carolina are selected. Voters can only select other members of their firm for a category if out-of-firm selections, which are weighted more heavily, are also included.

The 10 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys selected among the 2012 Legal Elite are:

• Garland S. Cassada – Bankruptcy
• Robert W. Fuller – Litigation
• Edward F. Hennessey, IV – Construction
• Graham D. Holding – Tax and Estate Planning (Top vote-getter in N.C.)
• Charles E. Johnson – Employment
• Lawrence C. Moore, III – Antitrust
• Heidi E. Royal – Tax and Estate Planning
• David M. Schilli – Bankruptcy
• Andrew W.J. Tarr – Young Guns
• David C. Wright, III – Litigation

The eight Robinson Bradshaw attorneys included in the Legal Elite Hall of Fame are:

• Everett J. Bowman – Antitrust
• Peter C. Buck – Business
• Robin L. Hinson (1931-2008)
• Stephen M. Lynch – Business
• Mark W. Merritt – Antitrust
• Christy Eve Reid – Tax/Estate Planning
• Russell M. Robinson, II – Business/Corporate
• Brent A. Torstrick – Real Estate