Forty-Seven Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys Named 2011 North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Stars

Seven Shareholders Included Among State’s Top 100 Attorneys, Two in the Top 10

Forty-seven attorneys from Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., one of the state’s leading corporate and commercial law firms, have been selected for inclusion in the North Carolina Super Lawyers and Rising Stars listing for 2011.

In addition, seven shareholders have been named to the Top 100 listing of North Carolina Super Lawyers, including Mark W. Merritt and John R. Wester, who were selected among the Top 10 North Carolina Super Lawyers.

Karen A. Gledhill, Julie Zydron Griggs, Jane S. Ratteree and Christy Eve Reid were selected among the Top 50 Female North Carolina Super Lawyers. Reid also was selected among the Top 100.

Super Lawyers is a rating service that recognizes the achievements of lawyers in more than 70 practice areas through independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

The 35 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys selected among 2011 North Carolina Super Lawyers are:

• Louis A. Bledsoe, III – Business Litigation
• Everett J. Bowman – Antitrust Litigation
• Martin L. Brackett, Jr. – Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
• Peter C. Buck – Mergers & Acquisitions (Top 100)
• Stokely G. Caldwell, Jr. – Entertainment & Sports
• Garland S. Cassada – Business Litigation
• Robert W. Fuller – Business Litigation (Top 100)
• Karen A. Gledhill – Business/Corporate (Top 50 Female)
• Julie Zydron Griggs – Estate Planning & Probate (Top 50 Female)
• Robert E. Harrington – Business Litigation
• Thomas P. Holderness – Business Litigation
• Graham D. Holding, Jr. – Estate Planning & Probate
• Douglas M. Jarrell – Business Litigation
• Charles E. Johnson – Employment Litigation: Defense
• Haynes P. Lea – Business/Corporate
• Christopher W. Loeb – Real Estate
• Edwin F. Lucas, III – Bonds/Government Finance
• Stephen M. Lynch – Securities & Corporate Finance
• A. Ward McKeithen – Business Litigation
• Mark W. Merritt – Business Litigation (Top 10)
• John R. Miller – International
• William K. Packard – Real Estate
• Jane S. Ratteree – Real Estate (Top 50 Female)
• Christy Eve Reid – Estate Planning & Probate (Top 100, Top 50 Female)
• Allen K. Robertson – Banking
• Russell M. Robinson, II – Business/Corporate
• D. Blaine Sanders – Business Litigation
• David M. Schilli – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Caroline Wannamaker Sink – Real Estate
• Robert C. Sink – Real Estate
• William W. Toole – Environmental
• Brent A. Torstrick – Real Estate (Top 100)
• John R. Wester – Business Litigation (Top 10)
• David C. Wright, III – Business Litigation (Top 100)
• Julian H. Wright, Jr. – Employment & Labor

The following 12 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys were named North Carolina Rising Stars for 2011:

• Adam K. Doerr – Business Litigation
• Richard C. Dunn – Banking
• Jeffrey C. Hart – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Ashley C. Hedgecock – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Jeffrey P. Kapp – Real Estate
• Jonathan C. Krisko – Business Litigation
• Henry E. Riffe, III – Business/Corporate
• Heidi E. Royal – Estate Planning & Probate
• Richard S. Starling – Business/Corporate
• Andrew W. J. Tarr – Business Litigation
• Angelique R. Vincent – Employment & Labor
• Daniel B. Vorhaus – Mergers & Acquisitions