Forty-Six Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys Named North Carolina Super Lawyers, North Carolina Rising Stars for 2010

Forty-six attorneys from Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, one of the state’s leading corporate and commercial law firms, have been selected for inclusion in the 2010 listings of North Carolina Super Lawyers and North Carolina Rising Stars.

In addition, eight 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 for consecutive years.

Julie Zydron Griggs and Christy Eve Reid were selected among the Top 50 Female North Carolina Super Lawyers for consecutive years. Reid also was selected among the Top 100.

The firm’s complete list of 2010 North Carolina Super Lawyers is:

• Louis A. Bledsoe, III – Business Litigation
• Everett J. Bowman – Antitrust Litigation
• Martin L. Brackett, Jr. – Personal Injury Plaintiff: General 
• Peter C. Buck – Business/Corporate (Top 100)
• Stokely G. Caldwell, Jr. – Entertainment & Sports
• Garland S. Cassada – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Robert W. Fuller – Business Litigation (Top 100)
• Karen A. Gledhill – Business/Corporate
• Julie Zydron Griggs – Estate Planning & Probate (Top 50 Female)
• Robert E. Harrington – Business Litigation
• Edward F. Hennessey, IV – Business Litigation
• Thomas P. Holderness – Business Litigation
• Graham D. Holding, Jr. – Estate Planning & Probate (Top 100)
• Douglas M. Jarrell – Business Litigation
• Charles E. Johnson – Employment Litigation: Defense
• Haynes P. Lea – Business/Corporate
• Christopher W. Loeb – Real Estate
• Stephen M. Lynch – Securities & Corporate Finance
• A. Ward McKeithen – Business Litigation
• Mark W. Merritt – Business Litigation (Top 10)
• John R. Miller – International
• Jane S. Ratteree – Real Estate
• 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
• 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 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys were named North Carolina Rising Stars for 2010:

• Alice Pinckney Adams – Bonds/Government Finance
• Dianne Chipps Bailey – Non-Profit
• Laura Considine Budzichowski – Mergers & Acquisitions
• W. Scott Dove – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mark O. Henry – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Jonathan C. Krisko – Business Litigation
• Kelly Luongo Loving – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Katherine Gordon Maynard – Business Litigation
• William K. Packard – Real Estate
• Heidi E. Royal – Estate Planning & Probate
• Richard S. Starling – Business/Corporate
• Andrew W. J. Tarr – Business Litigation
• Angelique R. Vincent – Employment & Labor