Twenty-One Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys Named Among North Carolina’s ‘Legal Elite,’ ‘Legal Elite Hall of Fame’

Fourteen attorneys from Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., one of the state’s leading corporate and commercial law firms, have been selected among the 2011 Legal Elite in categories selected by Business North Carolina for the magazine’s annual listing of the state’s top legal representatives. Two of the fourteen – Stephen M. Lynch (Business) and Neill G. (“Mac”) McBryde, Jr. (Best Under 40) – were the leading vote-getters in their practice categories.

Top-vote getters are included in the publication’s Legal Elite Hall of Fame following a one-year waiting period. Mr. Lynch will join seven other Robinson Bradshaw attorneys as a member of the Hall in 2012. Robinson Bradshaw is the only North Carolina firm this year to have more than one attorney receive the most votes in a particular category.

The magazine has polled each member of the North Carolina Bar Association since 2002 to determine the state’s top attorneys in 14 business-related categories. Less than 3 percent of attorneys in North Carolina are selected, and voters are not permitted to select themselves.

The 14 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys selected among the 2011 Legal Elite are:

• Patrick S. Bryant – Business
• Robert W. Fuller – Litigation
• Edward F. Hennessey, IV – Construction
• Graham D. Holding – Tax/Estate Planning
• Jennifer Csik Hutchens – Best Under 40
• Charles E. Johnson – Employment
• Stephen M. Lynch – Business (Top vote-getter in N.C.)
• Neill G. (“Mac”) McBryde, Jr. – Best Under 40 (Top vote-getter in N.C.)
• Lawrence C. Moore, III – Antitrust
• David M. Schilli – Bankruptcy
• Robert C. Sink – Real Estate
• Andrew W.J. Tarr – Best Under 40
• John R. Wester – Litigation
• David C. Wright, III – Litigation

The seven Robinson Bradshaw attorneys named to the Legal Elite Hall of Fame are:

• Everett J. Bowman – Antitrust
• Peter C. Buck – Business
• Robin L. Hinson (1931-2008) – Business
• Mark W. Merritt – Litigation
• Christy Eve Reid – Tax/Estate Planning
• Russell M. Robinson, II – Business/Corporate
• Brent A. Torstrick – Real Estate