Fifty-Five Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys Named 2012 North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Stars

Seven Shareholders Among State’s Top 100 Attorneys, Two in Top 10

Fifty-five attorneys from Robinson Bradshaw, one of the state’s leading corporate and commercial law firms, have been selected for inclusion in the North Carolina Super Lawyers and Rising Stars listing for 2012.

In addition, seven shareholders have been named to the Top 100 listing of North Carolina Super Lawyers, including Mark W. Merritt and John R. Wester, who were selected for a second consecutive year as among the Top 10 North Carolina Super Lawyers. Julie Zydron Griggs and Christy Eve Reid were also selected among the Top 50 Female North Carolina Super Lawyers; both have received that designation since 2006.

Super Lawyers is a rating service that recognizes the achievements of attorneys in more than 70 practice areas through independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

The 39 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys selected among the 2012 North Carolina Super Lawyers are:

• Louis A. Bledsoe III – Business Litigation
• Everett J. Bowman – Antitrust Litigation
• Martin L. Brackett Jr. – Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
• Peter C. Buck – Mergers & Acquisitions (Top 100)
• Stokely G. Caldwell Jr. – Entertainment & Sports
• Garland S. Cassada – Business Litigation
• R. Steven DeGeorge – Business Litigation
• Robert W. Fuller – Business Litigation (Top 100)
• Karen A. Gledhill – Business/Corporate
• Julie Zydron Griggs – Estate Planning & Probate (Top 50 Female)
• Robert E. Harrington – Business Litigation
• Edward F. Hennessey IV – Business Litigation
• Thomas P. Holderness – Business Litigation
• Graham D. Holding Jr. – Estate Planning & Probate
• Douglas M. Jarrell – Business Litigation
• Charles E. Johnson – Employment Litigation: Defense
• Haynes P. Lea – Business/Corporate
• Christopher W. Loeb – Real Estate
• Edwin F. Lucas III – Bonds/Government Finance
• Stephen M. Lynch – Securities & Corporate Finance (Top 100)
• Kent J. McCready – Mergers & Acquisitions
• A. Ward McKeithen – Business Litigation
• Mark W. Merritt – Business Litigation (Top 10)
• John R. Miller – International
• William K. Packard – Real Estate
• J. Dickson Phillips III (Research Triangle office) – Business Litigation
• Jane S. Ratteree – Real Estate
• Christy Eve Reid – Estate Planning & Probate (Top 50 Female)
• Allen K. Robertson – Banking
• Russell M. Robinson II – Business/Corporate
• D. Blaine Sanders – Business Litigation
• David M. Schilli – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Caroline Wannamaker Sink – Real Estate
• Robert C. Sink – Real Estate
• William W. Toole – Environmental
• Brent A. Torstrick – Real Estate (Top 100)
• John R. Wester – Business Litigation (Top 10)
• David C. Wright III – Business Litigation (Top 100)
• Julian H. Wright Jr. – Employment & Labor

The following 16 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys were named North Carolina Rising Stars for 2012:

• Nicholas G. Allmon – Securities & Corporate Finance
• Heyward H. Bouknight III – Business Litigation
• Danielle L. Conrad – Real Estate
• Adam K. Doerr – Business Litigation
• Richard C. Dunn – Banking
• Matthew B. Efird – Entertainment & Sports
• Ashley C. Hedgecock – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Jeffrey P. Kapp – Real Estate
• Jonathan C. Krisko – Business Litigation
• Brandon M. Lofton – Bonds/Government Finance
• Katherine Gordon Maynard – Business Litigation
• Neill G. (“Mac”) McBryde Jr. – Business/Corporate
• Silpa Myneni – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Heidi E. Royal – Estate Planning & Probate
• Andrew W. J. Tarr – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Richard C. Worf Jr. – Business Litigation