Sixty-Four Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys Named 2014 North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Stars

Sixty-four attorneys from Robinson Bradshaw, one of the Carolinas’ leading corporate and commercial law firms, have been selected for inclusion in the North Carolina Super Lawyers and Rising Stars listing for 2014.

In addition, five shareholders – Robert W. Fuller III, Stephen M. Lynch, Mark W. Merritt, John R. Wester and David C. Wright III – have been named to the Top 100 listing of North Carolina Super Lawyers. Merritt was selected for a fourth consecutive year as one of the Top 10 North Carolina Super Lawyers. In addition, Christy Eve Reid was named to the Top 50 Female North Carolina Super Lawyers; she has received that designation since 2006.

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

The 45 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys selected among the 2014 North Carolina Super Lawyers are:

• Louis A. Bledsoe III – Business Litigation
• Heyward H. Bouknight III – Business Litigation
• Everett J. Bowman – Antitrust Litigation
• Martin L. Brackett Jr. – Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
• Peter C. Buck – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Stokely G. Caldwell Jr. – Entertainment & Sports
• Garland S. Cassada – Business Litigation
• R. Steven DeGeorge – Business Litigation
• John M. Fogg (Research Triangle office) – Securities & Corporate Finance
• Robert W. Fuller III – Business Litigation (Top 100)
• Karen A. Gledhill – Business/Corporate
• Julie Zydron Griggs – Estate Planning & Probate
• Robert E. Harrington – Business Litigation
• Edward F. Hennessey IV – Business Litigation
• Thomas P. Holderness – Business Litigation
• Graham D. Holding Jr. – Estate Planning & 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 (Top 100)
• Kent J. McCready – Mergers & Acquisitions
• A. Ward McKeithen – Business Litigation
• Mark W. Merritt – Business Litigation (Top 10)
• John R. Miller – International
• Lawrence C. Moore III – Antitrust Litigation
• J. Dickson Phillips III (Research Triangle office) – Business Litigation
• Jane S. Ratteree – Real Estate
• Christy Eve Reid – Estate Planning & Probate (Top 50 Female)
• 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
• Robert C. Sink – Real Estate
• Herman Spence III – Tax
• William W. Toole – Environmental
• Brent A. Torstrick – Real Estate
• Angelique Vincent-Hamacher – Employment & Labor
• John R. Wester – Business Litigation (Top 100)
• David C. Wright III – Business Litigation (Top 100)
• Julian H. Wright Jr. – Employment & Labor

The following 19 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys were named North Carolina Rising Stars for 2014:

• Carl S. Beattie – Health Care
• Justin A. Brittain – Mergers & Acquisitions
• James R. Cass – Banking
• Nathan C. Chase Jr. – Business Litigation
• Brian L. Church – Business Litigation
• Cary B. Davis – Business Litigation
• Matthew B. Efird – Entertainment & Sports
• Jessica Mering Hardin – Estate Planning & Probate
• Ashley C. Hedgecock – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Pearlynn G. Houck – Business Litigation
• Susan Miller Huber – Business Litigation
• Jennifer Csik Hutchens – Health Care
• Brandon M. Lofton – Government Finance
• Kate E. Payerle – Business Litigation
• Henry E. Riffe III – Business/Corporate
• Ty E. Shaffer – Business Litigation
• Emily S. Sherlock – Business/Corporate
• Andrew W. J. Tarr – Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Matthew F. Tilley – Business Litigation