Eighteen Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys Included Among North Carolina’s 2014 ‘Legal Elite,’ ‘Legal Elite Hall of Fame’

Eighteen attorneys from Robinson Bradshaw, one of the Carolinas’ leading corporate and commercial law firms, have been selected as the 2014 Legal Elite in categories identified by Business North Carolina for its annual listing of the state’s top lawyers. In addition, nine attorneys have been included in the publication’s Legal Elite Hall of Fame.

The magazine polls each member of the North Carolina Bar Association annually to determine the state’s top attorneys in 14 business-related categories. Less than 3 percent of attorneys in North Carolina are selected. Voters can only select other members of their firm for a category if out-of-firm selections, which are weighted more heavily, are also included.

The nine Robinson Bradshaw attorneys selected among the 2014 Legal Elite are:

• Patrick S. Bryant – Business
• Pearlynn G. Houck – Young Guns
• Lawrence C. Moore III – Antitrust
• Heidi E. Royal – Young Guns
• David M. Schilli – Bankruptcy
• William W. Toole – Environmental
• John R. Wester – Litigation
• David C. Wright III – Litigation
• Julian H. Wright Jr. – Employment

The nine Robinson Bradshaw attorneys included in the Legal Elite Hall of Fame are:

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