Twenty-Five Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys, Eight Practice Areas Honored By Chambers USA

Chambers USA: America’s Top Leading Lawyers for Business, a highly respected national legal directory, has named 25 attorneys from Robinson Bradshaw as leaders in their respective fields. For the fourth straight year, the firm received more No. 1 practice area rankings and had more attorneys named to the annual ranking than any other firm in North Carolina.

Robinson Bradshaw received No. 1 rankings, which identify the firm as a leader in the state, for exceptional work in the following practice areas:

• Antitrust
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Corporate/M&A
• Litigation: General Commercial
• Real Estate

Chambers USA was launched in 2003 as a means of ranking attorneys and practice groups in tiers that serve as an annual comparison with other firms across North Carolina. Interviews with thousands of peers and clients are conducted across the country each year to compile the rankings.

Sources that were consulted to compile the 2012 rankings had the following to say about Robinson Bradshaw’s No. 1 ranked practice areas:

• Antitrust – “It is an extension of our leadership team and identifies our strategic concerns very quickly.”
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring – “It might not be a huge firm but it has broad expertise and has invested time in getting to know our people and our business. The lawyers keep me very informed about what's going on.”
• Corporate/M&A – “The attorneys typically have tremendous business sense in addition to legal acumen.”
• Litigation: General Commercial – “End-to-end the firm has an exceptional reputation. Nobody credible would say anything else. The litigation practice maintains this high quality.”
• Real Estate – “They are quick, precise, do their homework and are very responsive.”

Other practice areas were ranked, including:

• Banking & Finance (Band 2) – “A superb firm! One of the outstanding choices for sophisticated banking transactions.”
• Labor & Employment (Band 2) – “The firm is extremely well regarded in Charlotte. It is generally a conservative firm but it has class – that is the best way to put it.”
• Environment (Band 3) – “They have a very good reputation for navigating the various levels of bureaucracy, but back it up with excellent litigation support where needed.”

The complete list of attorneys listed in 2012 Chambers USA includes:

• Everett J. Bowman – Antitrust
• Peter C. Buck – Banking & Finance; Corporate/M&A
• Stokely G. Caldwell Jr. – Banking & Finance
• Garland S. Cassada – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Robert W. Fuller – Litigation: General Commercial
• T. Thomas Gates – Real Estate
• Charles E. Johnson – Labor & Employment
• Haynes P. Lea – Corporate/M&A
• Christopher W. Loeb – Real Estate
• Edwin F. Lucas – Banking & Finance
• Stephen M. Lynch – Corporate/M&A
• A. Ward McKeithen – Litigation: General Commercial (Senior Statesmen)
• Mark W. Merritt – Antitrust; Litigation: General Commercial
• Jane S. Ratteree – Real Estate
• Allen K. Robertson – Banking & Finance
• S. Graham Robinson – Banking & Finance
• Russell M. Robinson II – Corporate/M&A (Senior Statesmen)
• David M. Schilli – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Emily S. Sherlock – Environment
• Robert C. Sink – Real Estate
• William W. Toole – Environment
• Brent A. Torstrick – Real Estate
• John R. Wester – Labor & Employment; Litigation: General Commercial
• David C. Wright III – Litigation: General Commercial
• Julian H. Wright Jr. – Labor & Employment