Sixteen Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys Awarded Lawyer of the Year, 67 Named Best Lawyers

Sixteen Robinson Bradshaw attorneys were named 2019 Charlotte Lawyers of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America®. The national study also recognized 67 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys in its 2019 Best Lawyers rankings for outstanding work in their respective practice areas.

Best Lawyers is an annual 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 per practice area is named "Lawyer of the Year" for each community.

The 16 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys recognized as "Lawyers of the Year" are:

Alice Pinckney Adams – 2019 Charlotte Public Finance Law Lawyer of the Year

Martin L. Brackett Jr. – 2019 Charlotte Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year

Patrick S. Bryant – 2019 Charlotte Securities Regulation Lawyer of the Year

Peter C. Buck – 2019 Charlotte Banking and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year

John H. Carmichael – 2019 Charlotte Litigation - Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year

Robert W. Fuller – 2019 Charlotte Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year

Robert E. Harrington – 2019 Charlotte Litigation - Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year

Edward F. Hennessey IV – 2019 Charlotte Construction Law Lawyer of the Year

John M. Herring – 2019 Charlotte Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law Lawyer of the Year

Charles E. Johnson – 2019 Charlotte Employment Law - Management Lawyer of the Year

Haynes P. Lea – 2019 Charlotte Financial Services Regulation Law Lawyer of the Year

Henry H. Ralston – 2019 Charlotte Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year

Herman Spence III – 2019 Charlotte Tax Law Lawyer of the Year

Brent A. Torstrick – 2019 Charlotte Real Estate Law Lawyer of the Year

Richard A. Vinroot – 2019 Charlotte Litigation - Municipal Lawyer of the Year

John R. Wester – 2019 Charlotte Litigation - Securities Lawyer of the Year

The firm's 67 attorneys recognized as 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

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

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

Richard W. Gibson Jr. – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Robert G. Griffin – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Julie Zydron Griggs – Trusts and Estates

Jessica Mering Hardin – Litigation - Trusts and Estates; 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

Graham D. Holding – Trusts and Estates

Susan M. Huber – Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment

Jennifer Csik Hutchens – Health Care Law

Douglas M. Jarrell – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment

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

Jonathan C. Krisko – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; 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

Brandon M. Lofton – Public Finance 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

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

William K. Packard – Real Estate Law

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

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 – Employment Law - Management; 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 – Corporate Law; 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

J. Dickson Phillips III – Commercial Litigation

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