Attorney Honors
American College Honors
American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers
American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers
American College of Employee Benefits
- James Daniel Charlotte – Fellow
- Diane J. Fuchs Washington DC - Charter Fellow
- Michael D. Gunter Winston-Salem - Charter Fellow
American College of Mortgage Attorneys
American College of Real Estate Attorneys
American College of Trial Lawyers
- H. Grady Barnhill Jr. Winston-Salem, Fellow
- James P. Cooney Charlotte, Fellow
- W. Andy Copenhaver Winston-Salem, Fellow
- Allan R. Gitter Winston-Salem, Fellow
- William C. Raper Charlotte, Fellow
- Keith W. Vaughan Winston-Salem, Fellow
- Dewey W. Wells Winston-Salem, Fellow
- William F. Womble, Jr. Winston-Salem, Fellow
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Best Lawyers in America
Atlanta
Steven S. Dunlevie, Banking Law
William M. Ragland, Jr., Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law
Michael J. Sullivan, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation
Richard H. Vincent, Health Care Law
Baltimore
* John Parker Sweeney, Product Liability Litigation
* T. Sky Woodward, Product Liability Litigation
Charlotte
Garza Baldwin III (10), Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Securities Law
G. Michael Barnhill, Administrative Law, Commercial Litigation
Cornelius W. Coghill III, Trusts and Estates
Jim D. Cooley, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Education Law
James P. Cooney III, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law, Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense, Personal Injury Litigation, White-Collar Criminal Defense
James E. Daniel, Employee Benefits Law
Bradford A. De Vore, Environmental Law
J. Carlton Fleming (20), Corporate Law
Debbie Weston Harden, Commercial Litigation
Jeffrey S. Hay, Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law
Mark J. Horoschak, Antitrust Law, Health Care Law
Cyrus M. Johnson, Jr., Corporate Law
Donald C. Lampe, Banking Law, Corporate Law
Richard E. Morton, Environmental Law
Thomas A. Price, Venture Capital Law
Richard L. Rainey, Labor and Employment Law
William C. Raper (20), Commercial Litigation
Raboteau T. Wilder, Jr., Health Care Law
Greensboro
* Frank W. Bullock, Jr., Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate Law
Randall A. Hanson, Mergers & Acquisition Law
Jack B. Hicks, Intellectual Property Law
James M. Powell (10), Labor and Employment Law
C. Robert Rhodes, Intellectual Property Law
Thomas S. Stukes (10), Health Care Law
Greenville
* Frank W. Bullock, Jr., Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate Law
Randall A. Hanson, Mergers & Acquisition Law
Jack B. Hicks, Intellectual Property Law
James M. Powell (10), Labor and Employment Law
C. Robert Rhodes, Intellectual Property Law
Thomas S. Stukes (10), Health Care Law
Raleigh
Paul H. Billow, Public Finance Law
Donald A. Donadio (10), Real Estate Law
Marilyn R. Forbes, Mass Tort Litigation
Garth A. Gersten, Insurance Law
G. Thomas Lee, Public Finance Law
Johnny M. Loper, Commercial Litigation
William C. Matthews, Jr., Real Estate Law
Pressly M. Millen, Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation
Burley B. Mitchell, Jr., Appellate Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
Frederick W. Rom, Product Liability Litigation
Research Triangle Park
Leslie E. Browder (20), Real Estate Law
Kenneth G. Carroll, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Kenneth N. Shelton, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Private Funds Law, Timber Law
Washington DC
Richard G. David, Real Estate Law
Diane J. Fuchs, Employee Benefits Law
John D. Hagner, Real Estate Law
Mark N. Poovey, Antitrust Law
Jeffrey L. Tarkenton, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Winston-Salem
Alfred G. Adams (20), Real Estate Law
Jean Taylor Adams, Trusts and Estates
Reid C. Adams, Jr., Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation
H. Grady Barnhill, Jr. (25), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation
Jimmy H. Barnhill (10), Family Law
Anthony H. Brett (10), Health Care Law
Peter S. Brunstetter, Corporate Law, Health Care Law
Karen E. Carey, Construction Law
Keith A. Clinard, Commercial Litigation
W. Andrew Copenhaver (10), Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation, First Amendment Law
Linwood L. Davis (25), Corporate Law, Non-Profit/Charities Law
Ronald R. Davis, Commercial Litigation
Michael L. Drye, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Charles A. Edwards, Labor and Employment Law
* Gusti W. Frankel, Municipal Law, Personal Injury Litigation
Allan R. Gitter (20), Personal Injury Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law
Murray C. Greason, Jr. (25), Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Ellen M. Gregg, Commercial Litigation
Michael D. Gunter (10), Corporate Law, Employee Benefits Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Hardin G. Halsey, Real Estate Law, Timber Law
Hada de Varona Haulsee, Product Liability Litigation
Winston-Salem Best Lawyers cont.
Lori Privette Hinnant, Environmental Law
Jeffrey C. Howland (10), Corporate Law, Securities Law, Technology Law, Venture Capital Law
Jeffrey T. Lawyer, Tax Law
Christopher E. Leon, Banking Law
R. Michael Leonard, Mass Tort Litigation, Natural Resources Law
James R. Morgan, Jr., Labor and Employment Law
Kenneth A. Moser (10), Banking Law, Real Estate Law
Elizabeth L. Quick (20), Trusts and Estates
George A. Ragland (10), Trusts and Estates
Michael E. Ray, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law
Richard T. Rice (10), Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law
Greg L. Smith (10), Corporate Law, Health Care Law, Tax Law
William B. Sullivan (10), Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Keith W. Vaughan (10), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
William R. Whitehurst, Employee Benefits Law
C. Mark Wiley (10), Tax Law
Erna A. P. Womble, Product Liability Litigation
William F. Womble, Jr. (10), Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
Womble Carlyle's "Super Lawyers"
Includes Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, DC, and Maryland Super Lawyers
Atlanta
Steven S. Dunlevie, Banking
Clinton D. Richardson, Securities & Corporate
Richard T. Vincent, Health Care
Carolyn Saffold Wilson, Real Estate
Charlotte
Garza Baldwin, III, Mergers & Acquisitions
G. Michael Barnhill, Business Litigation
Robert P. Bryan, III****, Real Estate
Cornelius W. Coghill, III, Estate Planning & Probate
Jim D. Cooley, Business Litigation
James P. Cooney, III*, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice
James E. Daniel, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Debbie W. Harden**, Business Litigation
Jeffrey S. Hay, Business/Corporate
Matthew B. Homan****, Mergers & Acquisitions
Mark J. Horoschak, Antitrust Litigation
Cyrus M. Johnson, Jr., Business/Corporate
Ross H. Parr****, Securities & Corporate Finance
Thomas A. Price****, Securities & Corporate Finance
Richard L. Rainey, Employment & Labor
William C. Raper, Business Litigation
Raboteau T. Wilder, Jr., Business Litigation
Maryland
John Parker Sweeney, Class Action/Mass Torts
Greensboro
Jack B. Hicks, Intellectual Property
Donald C. Lampe, Banking
James M. Powell, Employment & Labor
Thomas S. Stukes, Health Care
Greenville
Larry Estridge, Real Estate
Allen Grumbine, Banking
Samuel Outten, Business Litigation, **Top 25 South CarolinaLindsay Smith, Real Estate
Rory Whelehan, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor
Raleigh
Donald A. Donadio, Bonds/Government Finance
Christopher W. Jones****, Business Litigation
Johnny M. Loper***, Business Litigation
William C. Matthews, Jr., Real Estate
Pressly M. Millen***, Business Litigation
Frederick Rom, Class Action/Mass Torts
M. Todd Sullivan, Employment & Labor
Research Triangle Park
David B. Baddour****, Business/Corporate
M. Christopher Bolen, Intellectual Property
Kenneth G. Carroll, Business/Corporate
Tysons Corner, VA
Daniel R. Mackesey, Real Estate
Gary H. Nunes, Intellectual Property Litigation, Corporate Counsel Edition
Thomas J. Sawyer, Employment & Labor, Corporate Counsel
Washington, DC
Diane J. Fuchs, Employee Benefits/ERISA, Corporate Counsel
John D. Hagner, Real Estate
Winston-Salem
Alfred G. Adams***, Real Estate
Jean T. Adams**, Estate Planning & Probate
Reid C. Adams, Jr., Insurance Coverage
Jimmy H. Barnhill, Family Law
Alison R. Bost****, Professional Liability: Defense
Anthony H. Brett, Health Care
W. Andrew Copenhaver***, Antitrust Litigation
Ronald R. Davis, Business Litigation
Charles A. Edwards, Employment & Labor
Allan R. Gitter, Civil Defense Litigation
Murray C. Greason, Jr., Closely Held Business
Michael D. Gunter, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Hardin G. Halsey, Real Estate
Christopher A. Kreiner****, Personal Injury Defense: Products
Jeffrey T. Lawyer***, Tax
Christopher E. Leon, Banking
Winston-Salem Super Lawyers cont.
John F. Morrow, Jr.****, Intellectual Property Litigation
Kenneth A. Moser, Real Estate
Mark N. Poovey, Antitrust Litigation
John E. Pueschel****, Employment & Labor
Elizabeth L. Quick** and ***, Estate Planning & Probate
George A. Ragland, Estate Planning & Probate
Kimberly H. Stogner**, Estate Planning & Probate
William B. Sullivan, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Keith W. Vaughan, Business Litigation
William R. Whitehurst, Employee Benefits/ERISA
C. Mark Wiley, Tax
Erna A.P. Womble, Civil Defense Litigation
William F. Womble, Jr., Personal Injury Defense: Products
Other Honors
Chambers U.S.A. - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
Atlanta
- Steven S. Dunlevie, Banking & Finance
Charlotte
- Garza Baldwin III, Corporate/M&A
- Jim D. Cooley, Litigation
- * James P. Cooney III, Litigation
- Bradford A. De Vore, Environment
- * Mark. J. Horoschak, Antitrust and Healthcare Litigation
- Donald C. Lampe, Banking & Finance
- Richard E. Morton, Environment
- Richard L. Rainey, Labor & Employment
- William C. Raper, Litigation
Greenville
- * Larry D. Estridge, Real Estate
- R. Howard Grubbs, Environment
- D. Allen Grumbine, Corporate/M&A
- W. Lindsay Smith, Real Estate
- Elizabeth O. Temple, Corporate/M&A
Raleigh
- Donald A. Donadio, Real Estate
- Pressly M. Millen, Litigation
- Burley B. Mitchell Jr., Litigation
Chambers U.S.A. - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business cont.
Tysons Corner
- Thomas J. Sawyer, Labor & Employment
Washington, D.C.
- Richard G. David, Real Estate
- John D. Hagner, Real Estate
- *** Jennifer Kashatus, Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
- Pamela V. Rothenberg, Real Estate
Wilmington, Del.
- Steven K. Kortanek, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Frank A. Monaco Jr., Bankrupcty/Restructuring
Winston-Salem
- * Alfred G. Adams, Real Estate
- ** W. Andrew Copenhaver, Antitrust & Litigation
- Charles A. Edwards, Labor & Employment
- * Christopher E. Leon, Banking & Finance and Corporate/M&A
- Kenneth A. Moser, Banking & Finance
- Keith W. Vaughan, Litigation
* Attorneys who were ranked #1 in their respective practice areas.
** Attorney ranked #1 in Antitrust.
*** Attorney named Up and Coming Lawyer by Chambers USA
Marquis Who's Who in America
- W. Andrew Copenhaver
- Charles A. Edwards (American Law, South & Southwest, America, World)
- Allan R. Gitter (American Law, South & Southwest, National Registry of Who's Who, World)
- Murray C. Greason
- R. Howard Grubbs (American Law)
- Michael D. Gunter
- Burley B. Mitchell, Jr.
- Ken Moser (American Law)
- William F. Womble, Jr., (International Who's Who of Business Lawyers)
North Carolina Legal Elite
- Jim Cooney, Criminal and Litigation
- Mark Horoschak, Antitrust
- Cy Johnson, Business
- *Ric Morton, Environmental
Greensboro
- Jack Hicks, Patents/Intellectual Property
- James Powell, Labor and Employment
- Robert Rhodes, Patents/Intellectual Property
Raleigh
- Johnny Loper, Business Litigation
- William Matthews, Jr., Real Estate
- Press Millen, Antitrust and Litigation
Research Triangle Park
- Ken Carroll, Business
Winston-Salem
- Lori Hinnant, Environmental
- Jeffrey Lawyer, Tax/Estate Planning
- George Ragland, Tax/Estate Planning
*denotes those lawyers who have appeared on every list since its 2001 inception
