Sixty Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys Named 2016 North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Stars 

Sixty Robinson Bradshaw attorneys have been named 2016 North Carolina Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. This accounts for almost half the attorneys at the firm.

The firm’s additional 2016 Super Lawyers accolades include:

• Mark W. Merritt was named in the Top 10 North Carolina Super Lawyers for the 10th consecutive year.
• Robinson Bradshaw had more attorneys than any other firm included in the Top 25 Charlotte Super Lawyers; honorees are Robert W. Fuller, Robert E. Harrington, Merritt, John R. Wester and David C. Wright III.
• Caroline Wannamaker Sink was named to the Top 50 Women listing of North Carolina Super Lawyers.
• Fuller, Harrington, Merritt, Wester and Wright were also named to the Top 100 North Carolina Super Lawyers.

Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Lawyers are selected through independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

The 40 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys selected as 2016 North Carolina Super Lawyers are:

Heyward H. Bouknight III – Business Litigation

Everett J. Bowman – Antitrust Litigation

Martin L. Brackett Jr. – Criminal Defense: White Collar

Patrick S. Bryant – Securities & Corporate Finance

Peter C. Buck – Mergers & Acquisitions

Stokely G. Caldwell Jr. – Entertainment & Sports

Garland S. Cassada – Business Litigation

R. Steven DeGeorge – Insurance Coverage

John M. Fogg – Securities & Corporate Finance

Robert W. Fuller – Business Litigation (Top 25 in Charlotte)

John B. Garver III – Health Care

Julie Zydron Griggs – Estate & Probate

Robert E. Harrington – Business Litigation (Top 25 in Charlotte)

Edward F. Hennessey IV – Business Litigation

Thomas P. Holderness – Business Litigation

Graham D. Holding Jr. – Estate & Probate

Douglas M. Jarrell – Business Litigation

Charles E. Johnson – Employment & Labor

Jonathan C. Krisko –Business Litigation

Haynes P. Lea – Business/Corporate

Christopher W. Loeb – Real Estate

Edwin F. Lucas III – Government Finance

Stephen M. Lynch – Securities & Corporate Finance

Mark W. Merritt – Business Litigation (Top 10 in North Carolina)

Lawrence C. Moore III – Antitrust Litigation

J. Dickson Phillips III – Business Litigation

Jane S. Ratteree – Real Estate

Allen K. Robertson – Government Finance

Russell M. Robinson II – Business/Corporate

S. Graham Robinson – Banking

D. Blaine Sanders – Business Litigation

David M. Schilli – Bankruptcy: Business

Caroline Wannamaker Sink – Real Estate (Top 50 Women in North Carolina)

Herman Spence III – Tax

William W. Toole – Environmental

Brent A. Torstrick – Real Estate

Angelique Vincent-Hamacher – Employment & Labor

John R. Wester – Business Litigation (Top 25 in Charlotte)

David C. Wright III – Business Litigation (Top 25 in Charlotte)

Julian H. Wright Jr. – Employment & Labor

The following 20 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys were named North Carolina Rising Stars for 2016, which recognizes top up-and-coming lawyers who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing 10 or fewer years. No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are recognized.

Glen E. Caplan – Business/Corporate

James R. Cass – Banking

Nathan C. Chase Jr. – Business Litigation

Brian L. Church – Business Litigation

Cary B. Davis – Business Litigation

Ashley C. Durbin – Mergers & Acquisitions

Matthew B. Efird – Entertainment & Sports

Jessica Mering Hardin – Estate & Probate

Pearlynn G. Houck – Business Litigation

Susan Miller Huber – Business Litigation

Jennifer Csik Hutchens – Health Care

Kelly A. Koeninger – Health Care

Brandon M. Lofton – Government Finance

Kate E. Payerle – Business Litigation

Henry E. Riffe III – Business/Corporate

Heidi E. Royal – Estate & Probate

Ty E. Shaffer – Business Litigation

Emily S. Sherlock – Environmental

Andrew W.J. Tarr – Creditor Debtor Rights

Matthew F. Tilley – Business Litigation