Best Lawyers® Recognizes 68 Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys for 2016

Best Lawyers, a highly respected annual national peer review study, named 10 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys 2016 “Lawyers of the Year” in Charlotte for work in their respective practice areas. In addition, 68 attorneys from the firm were included in The Best Lawyers in America© 2016 rankings.

Best Lawyers is a peer-review publication for legal professionals and recognizes leaders with "Lawyer of the Year" designations for high-profile practice areas in communities across the U.S. Only one lawyer in each identified practice area is named “Lawyer of the Year” in each community.

The Robinson Bradshaw attorneys recognized as “Lawyers of the Year” are:

Peter C. Buck - 2016 Charlotte Corporate Governance Lawyer of the Year and 2016 Charlotte Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year

John H. Carmichael - 2016 Charlotte Land Use and Zoning Law Lawyer of the Year

Robert W. Fuller - 2016 Charlotte Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year

Robert E. Harrington - 2016 Charlotte Litigation – Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year

Charles E. Johnson - 2016 Charlotte Labor Law – Management Lawyer of the Year

Haynes P. Lea - 2016 Charlotte Venture Capital Law Lawyer of the Year

Stephen M. Lynch - 2016 Charlotte Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year

Mark W. Merritt - 2016 Charlotte Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year

Allen K. Robertson - 2016 Charlotte Public Finance Law Lawyer of the Year

Julian H. Wright Jr. - 2016 Charlotte Litigation – Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year

The 68 attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2016 are:

Charlotte
Alice Pinckney Adams - Public Finance Law

Allain C. Andry IV - Banking and Finance Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law

Benjamin W. Baldwin - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law

Carl R. Boehm - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Everett J. Bowman - Antitrust Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Litigation – Antitrust

Martin L. Brackett Jr. - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Robert M. Bryan - Litigation – Patent

Patrick S. Bryant - Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation

Peter C. Buck - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law

Stokely G. Caldwell Jr. - Banking and Finance Law; Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television; Sports Law

John H. Carmichael - Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning; Litigation – Real Estate

Garland S. Cassada - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Matthew S. Churchill - Corporate Governance Law

David W. Dabbs - Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

R. Steven DeGeorge - Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Insurance Law; Litigation – Environmental

W. Scott Dove - Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Robert W. Fuller - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions

John B. Garver III - Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Public Finance Law

T. Thomas Gates - Real Estate Law

Richard W. Gibson Jr. - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Robert G. Griffin - Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Julie Zydron Griggs - Trusts and Estates

Robert E. Harrington - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance

Edward F. Hennessey IV - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law

Jeffrey A. Henson - Banking and Finance Law

John M. Herring - Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law

Thomas P. Holderness - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Trusts and Estates

Graham D. Holding Jr. - Trusts and Estates

Jennifer Csik Hutchens - Health Care Law

Douglas M. Jarrell - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment

Charles E. Johnson - Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management

Jonathan Krisko - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance

Haynes P. Lea - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Venture Capital Law

Christopher W. Loeb - Real Estate Law

Kelly Luongo Loving - Banking and Finance Law

Edwin F. Lucas III - Public Finance Law

Stephen M. Lynch - Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation

Richard L. Mack - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law

Katherine Gordon Maynard - Commercial Litigation

Kent J. McCready - Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Mark W. Merritt - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation – Securities

Lawrence C. Moore III - Antitrust Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property

Henry H. Ralston - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Jane S. Ratteree - Real Estate Law

Allen K. Robertson - Public Finance Law

Russell M. Robinson II - Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

S. Graham Robinson - Banking and Finance Law

Heidi E. Royal - Trusts and Estates

D. Blaine Sanders - Sports Law

David M. Schilli - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Caroline Wannamaker Sink - Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law

Robert C. Sink - Construction Law; Real Estate Law

Herman Spence III - Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law

Richard S. Starling - Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law

Andrew Tarr - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy

William W. Toole - Environmental Law; Natural Resources Law

Brent A. Torstrick - Real Estate Law

Angelique R. Vincent-Hamacher - Litigation – Labor and Employment

Richard A. Vinroot - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning; Litigation – Municipal

John R. Wester - Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation – Securities

Stephan J. Willen - Mergers and Acquisitions Law

David C. Wright III - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Julian H. Wright Jr. - Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment

Rock Hill
Stephen M. Cox - Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Employment Law – Management; Real Estate Law

Benjamin A. Johnson - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment

Chapel Hill
Glen E. Caplan - Venture Capital Law

John M. Fogg - Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law

Jeffrey C. Hart - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law