Best Lawyers® 2017 Recognizes 68 Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys

Eight Attorneys Named "Lawyer of the Year"

The Best Lawyers in America® recognized 68 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys in its 2017 rankings for work in their respective practice areas. The highly respected annual national peer review study also named eight of the firm’s attorneys “Lawyer of the Year” in Charlotte for 2017.

Best Lawyers is a peer-review publication for legal professionals and recognizes leaders with "Lawyer of the Year" designations for high-profile practice areas in communities across the United States. Only one lawyer in each identified practice area is named “Lawyer of the Year” in each community.

The Robinson Bradshaw attorneys recognized as “Lawyers of the Year” are:

• Alice Pinckney Adams – 2017 Charlotte Public Finance Law Lawyer of the Year
• Patrick S. Bryant – 2017 Charlotte Securities Regulation Lawyer of the Year
• Peter C. Buck – 2017 Charlotte International Trade and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year
• John H. Carmichael – 2017 Charlotte Litigation - Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year
• Edward F. Hennessey IV – 2017 Charlotte Construction Law Lawyer of the Year
• Stephen M. Lynch – 2017 Charlotte Corporate Governance Law Lawyer of the Year
• Mark W. Merritt – 2017 Charlotte Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law Lawyer of the Year
• Julian H. Wright Jr. – 2017 Charlotte Labor Law - Management Lawyer of the Year

The 68 attorneys listed in Best Lawyers are:

Charlotte

• Alice Pinckney Adams – Public Finance Law
• Allain C. Andry – Banking and Finance Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Benjamin W. Baldwin – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
• Carl R. Boehm – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Martin L. Brackett Jr. – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Robert M. Bryan – Litigation - Patent
• Patrick S. Bryant – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
• Peter C. Buck – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
• 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
• Matthew S. Churchill – Corporate Governance Law
• David W. Dabbs – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• R. Steven DeGeorge – Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Insurance Law; Litigation - Environmental
• W. Scott Dove – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Robert W. Fuller – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
• John B. Garver III – Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Public Finance Law
• T. Thomas Gates – Real Estate Law
• Richard W. Gibson Jr. – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Robert G. Griffin – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Julie Zydron Griggs – Trusts and Estates
• Robert E. Harrington – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Edward F. Hennessey IV – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law
• Jeffrey A. Henson – Banking and Finance Law
• John M. Herring – Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law
• Thomas P. Holderness – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• Graham D. Holding Jr. – Trusts and Estates
• Jennifer Csik Hutchens – Health Care Law
• Douglas M. Jarrell – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Charles E. Johnson – Commercial Litigation; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management
• Jonathan C. Krisko – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance; Litigation - Insurance; Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Haynes P. Lea – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Venture Capital Law
• Christopher W. Loeb – Real Estate Law
• Kelly Luongo Loving – Banking and Finance Law
• Edwin F. Lucas III – Public Finance 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
• Katherine Gordon Maynard – Commercial Litigation
• Kent J. McCready – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Mark W. Merritt – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Litigation - Antitrust; Litigation - Securities
• Lawrence C. Moore III – Antitrust Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Henry H. Ralston – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Jane S. Ratteree – Real Estate Law
• Allen K. Robertson – Public Finance Law
• Russell M. Robinson II – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• S. Graham Robinson – Banking and Finance Law
• D. Blaine Sanders – Sports Law
• David M. Schilli – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Caroline Wannamaker Sink – Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law
• Robert C. Sink – Construction Law; Real Estate Law
• Herman Spence III – Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Tax Law
• Richard S. Starling – Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law
• Andrew W.J. Tarr – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Bankruptcy
• William W. Toole – Environmental Law; Natural Resources Law
• Brent A. Torstrick – Real Estate Law
• Angelique R. Vincent-Hamacher – 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
• 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

Research Triangle

• Glen E. Caplan – Venture Capital Law
• John M. Fogg – Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
• Jeffrey C. Hart – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
• J. Adam Martin – Venture Capital Law

Rock Hill

• Stephen M. Cox – Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Employment Law - Management; Real Estate Law
• Benjamin A. Johnson – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• David C. Kimball – Construction Law