Sixty-Nine Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys Named '2013 Best Lawyers in America'

Robinson Bradshaw, one of the state’s leading corporate and commercial law firms, has announced that 69 attorneys have been named Best Lawyers in America® for 2013.

Best Lawyers compiles an annual listing of outstanding attorneys through confidential peer-review surveys. Rankings included in the current 19th edition are based on nearly 4 million professional peer reviews.

Robinson Bradshaw had more attorneys included than any other firm at each of its office locations – Charlotte, Research Triangle and Rock Hill, South Carolina. Five of the firm’s attorneys included in the rankings are based in the Research Triangle and Rock Hill.

Robinson Bradshaw also was the top-listed North Carolina firm in 14 categories: Corporate Law (15 attorneys); Banking and Finance Law (10); Bet-the-Company Litigation (10); Corporate Governance Law (six); Public Finance Law (five); International Trade and Finance Law (two); Litigation – Land Use & Zoning (two*); Sports Law (two); Securities Regulation (two)*; Corporate Compliance Law (one*); Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures & Television (one*); Litigation – Municipal (one)*; Natural Resources Law (one)*; Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law (one)*. Each asterisk denotes a tie with one or more other firms.

The 69 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys included in the 2013 rankings, and the first year in which they were included in the listing, are:

Alice Pinckney Adams (2009) - Public Finance Law

Allain C. Andry IV (2012) - Banking and Finance Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law

Benjamin W. Baldwin (2007) - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law

Louis A. Bledsoe III (2007) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment

Carl R. Boehm (2010) - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Everett J. Bowman (2003) - Antitrust Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Litigation – Antitrust

Martin L. Brackett Jr. (1993) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Robert M. Bryan (2011) - Litigation – Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law

Patrick S. Bryant (2007) - Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation

Peter C. Buck (2001) - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law

Stokely G. Caldwell Jr. (2003) - Banking and Finance Law; Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures & Television; Sports Law

Glen E. Caplan, Chapel Hill (2013) - Venture Capital Law

John H. Carmichael (2007) - Land Use & Zoning Law; Litigation – Land Use & Zoning; Litigation – Real Estate

Garland S. Cassada (2006) - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Matthew S. Churchill (2009) - Corporate Governance Law

Stephen M. Cox, Rock Hill (2010) - Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Real Estate Law

R. Steven DeGeorge (2011) - Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Insurance Law; Litigation – Environmental

John M. Fogg, Chapel Hill (2010) - Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law

Robert W. Fuller (2003) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions

John B. Garver III (2010) - Corporate Law; Public Finance Law

T. Thomas Gates (2012) - Real Estate Law

Richard W. Gibson Jr. (2003) - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Karen A. Gledhill (2003) - Health Care Law

Robert G. Griffin (2003) - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Julie Zydron Griggs (1995) - Trusts and Estates

Robert E. Harrington (2010) - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking & Finance

Jeffrey C. Hart, Chapel Hill (2010) - Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law

Edward F. Hennessey IV (2007) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law

Jeffrey A. Henson (2013) - Banking and Finance Law

John M. Herring (2010) - Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law

Thomas P. Holderness (2008) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Trusts & Estates

Graham D. Holding Jr. (1995) - Trusts and Estates

Douglas M. Jarrell (2009) - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor & Employment

Benjamin A. Johnson, Rock Hill (2008) - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor & Employment

Charles E. Johnson (2006) - Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management

Stuart H. Johnson (2011) - Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Haynes P. Lea (2003) - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Venture Capital Law

Christopher W. Loeb (2005) - Real Estate Law

Kelly Luongo Loving (2013) - Banking and Finance Law

Edwin F. Lucas III (2003) - Public Finance Law

Stephen M. Lynch (2003) - Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation

Richard L. Mack (2010) - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law

Katherine Gordon Maynard (2013) - Commercial Litigation

Kent J. McCready (2006) - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law

A. Ward McKeithen (1983) - Appellate Practice; Arbitration; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Mediation

Mark W. Merritt (1999) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation – Securities

John R. Miller (2005) - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Lawrence C. Moore III (2010) - Antitrust Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property

Henry H. Ralston (2006) - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Jane S. Ratteree (2006) - Real Estate Law

Christy Eve Reid (1995) - Trusts and Estates

Allen K. Robertson (2003) - Public Finance Law

Russell M. Robinson II (1983) - Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law

S. Graham Robinson (2007) - Banking and Finance Law

Heidi E. Royal (2013) - Trusts and Estates

D. Blaine Sanders (2006) - Sports Law

David M. Schilli (2009) - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Caroline Wannamaker Sink (2008) - Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law

Robert C. Sink (1991) - Construction Law; Real Estate Law

Herman Spence III (2007) - Litigation & Controversy – Tax; Tax Law

Richard S. Starling (2009) - Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law

William W. Toole (2006) - Environmental Law; Natural Resources Law

Brent A. Torstrick (2001) - Real Estate Law

Angelique R. Vincent-Hamacher (2013) - Litigation – Labor & Employment

Richard A. Vinroot (2007) - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Land Use & Zoning; Litigation – Municipal

John R. Wester (1993) - Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Labor & Employment; Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions; Litigation – Securities

Stephan J. Willen (2013) - Mergers & Acquisitions Law

David C. Wright III (2006) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Julian H. Wright Jr. (2007) - Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment