Press Release
Fifty-Two Womble Carlyle Attorneys Named to 2012 North Carolina Super Lawyers
January 25, 2012
52 Womble Carlyle attorneys have been named to the 2012 lists of North Carolina Super Lawyers and North Carolina Rising Stars. The firm had four of the state’s Top 100 Attorneys and three of the Top 50 Women Attorneys.
Womble Carlyle attorneys honored by N.C. Super Lawyers are:
CHARLOTTE
Garza Baldwin, III—Securities & Corporate Finance
G. Michael (Mike) Barnhill—Business Litigation
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
Mark J. Horoschak—Antitrust Litigation
Cyrus M. Johnson, Jr.—Business/Corporate Law
William C. Matthews, Jr.—Real Estate
Meredith J. McKee***—Business Litigation
Richard E. Morton—Environmental Litigation
Richard L. Rainey—Employment & Labor
William C. Raper—Professional Liability: Defense
Sarah Motley Stone***—Business Litigation
Raboteau T. Wilder, Jr.—Business Litigation
GREENSBORO
Jack B. Hicks—Intellectual Property
James M. Powell—Employment & Labor
Thomas S. (Tom) Stukes—Health Care
RALEIGH
Julie B. Bradburn***—Government/Cities/Municipalities
Kenneth G. (Ken) Carroll—Business/Corporate Law
Donald A. Donadio—Bonds/Government Finance
Johnny M. Loper—Business Litigation
Jonathan T. Mize***—Bonds/Government Finance
Pressly M. Millen**—Business Litigation
M. Todd Sullivan—Employment & Labor
WINSTON-SALEM
Alfred G. Adams**—Real Estate
Jean T. Adams*—Estate Planning & Probate
Reid C. Adams, Jr.—Insurance Coverage
Mary Craven Adams—Business Litigation
Jimmy H. Barnhill—Family Law
W. Andrew Copenhaver—Antitrust Litigation
Ronald R. Davis—Business Litigation
Charles A. Edwards—Employment & Labor
Michael D. Gunter—Employee Benefits/ERISA
Hardin G. Halsey—Real Estate
Jeffrey C. Howland—Securities & Corporate Finance
Trent E. Jernigan***—Real Estate
Jeffrey T. Lawyer**—Tax Law
Christopher E. (Chris) Leon—Banking Law
Robert D. (D.J.) Mason, Jr.***—Intellectual Property Litigation
Kenneth A. (Ken) Moser—Real Estate
Ryan B. Opel***—Business/Corporate Law
Elizabeth L. (Betty) Quick*—Estate Planning & Probate
George A. Ragland—Estate Planning & Probate
Richard T. Rice—General Litigation
Kimberly H. Stogner*—Estate Planning & Probate
William B. (Bill) Sullivan—Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights
Keith W. Vaughan—Business Litigation
C. Mark Wiley—Tax Law
Erna A.P. Womble—Civil Litigation Defense
William F. Womble, Jr.—Personal Injury Defense: Products
* Denotes a Top 50 Women listing
** Denotes a Top 100 listing
***Denotes Rising Star
North Carolina Super Lawyers is a listing of the top five percent of lawyers in the state who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The multi-step process involved soliciting nominations from attorneys across the state (lawyers were not allowed to vote for themselves), followed by a thorough case-by-case review of each nominee. North Carolina Rising Stars recognizes outstanding attorneys who are 40 or under, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5% of North Carolina lawyers are named to this list.