Sixty-Nine Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys Named ‘2015 Best Lawyers in America’

Firm Topped North Carolina Rankings in Eight Practice Areas

Robinson Bradshaw has announced that 69 attorneys have been named Best Lawyers in America® for 2015. Robinson Bradshaw had more attorneys included than any other firm at each of its office locations – Charlotte, Chapel Hill and Rock Hill, South Carolina. Five of the firm’s attorneys included in the rankings are based in Chapel Hill and Rock Hill.

Best Lawyers compiles an annual listing of outstanding attorneys through confidential peer-review surveys. Rankings included in the current 21st edition are based on more than 5.5 million professional peer reviews.

Robinson Bradshaw also was the top-listed North Carolina firm in eight categories: Corporate Law (15 attorneys); Mergers and Acquisitions Law (13); Banking and Finance Law (12); Bet-the-Company Litigation (nine); Corporate Governance Law (six); Public Finance Law (five); International Trade and Finance Law (two); and Sports Law (two).

The 69 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys included in the 2015 rankings, and the first year in which they were included in the listing, are:

Alice Pinckney Adams (2009) - Public Finance Law

Allain C. Andry IV (2012) - Banking and Finance Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law

Benjamin W. Baldwin (2007) - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law

Carl R. Boehm (2010) - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Everett J. Bowman (2003) - Antitrust Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Litigation – Antitrust

Martin L. Brackett, Jr. (1993) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Robert M. Bryan (2011) - Litigation – Patent; Trademark Law

Patrick S. Bryant (2007) - Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation

Peter C. Buck (2001) - 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. (2003) - Banking and Finance Law; Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television; Sports Law

Glen E. Caplan, Chapel Hill (2013) - Venture Capital Law

John H. Carmichael (2007) - Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning; Litigation – Real Estate

Garland S. Cassada (2006) - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Matthew S. Churchill (2009) - Corporate Governance Law

Stephen M. Cox, Rock Hill (2010) - Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Real Estate Law

David W. Dabbs (2007) - Mergers and Acquisitions Law

R. Steven DeGeorge (2011) - Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Insurance Law; Litigation – Environmental

W. Scott Dove (2015) - Mergers and Acquisitions Law

John M. Fogg, Chapel Hill (2010) - Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law

Robert W. Fuller (2003) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions

John B. Garver III (2010) - Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Public Finance Law

T. Thomas Gates (2012) - Real Estate Law

Richard W. Gibson, Jr. (2003) - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Karen A. Gledhill (2003) - Health Care Law

Robert G. Griffin (2003) - Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Julie Zydron Griggs (1995) - Trusts and Estates

Robert E. Harrington (2010) - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance
Jeffrey C. Hart, Chapel Hill (2010) - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law

Edward F. Hennessey IV (2007) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law

Jeffrey A. Henson (2013) - Banking and Finance Law

John M. Herring (2010) - Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law

Thomas P. Holderness (2008) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Trusts and Estates

Graham D. Holding, Jr. (1995) - Trusts and Estates

Jennifer Csik Hutchens (2015) - Health Care Law

Douglas M. Jarrell (2009) - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Benjamin A. Johnson, Rock Hill (2008) - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment

Charles E. Johnson (2006) - Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management

Stuart H. Johnson (2011) - Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Haynes P. Lea (2003) - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Venture Capital Law

Christopher W. Loeb (2005) - Real Estate Law

Kelly Luongo Loving (2013) - Banking and Finance Law

Edwin F. Lucas III (2003) - Public Finance Law

Stephen M. Lynch (2003) - Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation

Richard L. Mack (2010) - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law

Katherine Gordon Maynard (2013) - Commercial Litigation

Kent J. McCready (2006) - Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

A. Ward McKeithen (1983) - Appellate Practice; Arbitration; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Mediation

Mark W. Merritt (1999) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation – Securities

Lawrence C. Moore III (2010) - Antitrust Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property

Henry H. Ralston (2006) - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Jane S. Ratteree (2006) - Real Estate Law

Allen K. Robertson (2003) - Public Finance Law

Russell M. Robinson II (1983) - Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

S. Graham Robinson (2007) - Banking and Finance Law

Heidi E. Royal (2013) - Trusts and Estates

D. Blaine Sanders (2006) - Sports Law

David M. Schilli (2009) - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Caroline Wannamaker Sink (2008) - Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law

Robert C. Sink (1991) - Construction Law; Real Estate Law

Herman Spence III (2007) - Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law

Richard S. Starling (2009) - Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law

William W. Toole (2006) - Environmental Law; Natural Resources Law

Brent A. Torstrick (2001) - Real Estate Law

Angelique R. Vincent-Hamacher (2013) - Litigation – Labor and Employment

Richard A. Vinroot (2007) - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning; Litigation – Municipal

John R. Wester (1993) - Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation – Securities

Stephan J. Willen (2013) - Mergers and Acquisitions Law

David C. Wright III (2006) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Julian H. Wright, Jr. (2007) - Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment