Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, one of the state’s leading corporate and commercial law firms, has announced that 62 lawyers have been named Best Lawyers in America® for 2012.
Best Lawyers compiles an annual listing of outstanding lawyers through confidential peer-review surveys. The current 18th edition is based on more than 3 million professional peer reviews.
Robinson Bradshaw had more attorneys listed than any other firm in Charlotte, with 58. Four of the firm’s attorneys included in the rankings are based in Robinson Bradshaw’s Research Triangle and Rock Hill, S.C., offices. Robinson Bradshaw also was the top-listed firm in North Carolina in 10 categories: Banking and Finance Law (seven attorneys)*; Bet-the-Company Litigation (10); Corporate Compliance Law (one)*; Corporate Governance Law (six)*; Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures & Television (one)*; International Trade and Finance Law (two); Litigation – Land Use & Zoning Law (two*); Natural Resources Law (one)*; Public Finance Law (one); Sports Law (two). Asterisk denotes tie with one or more firms.
The 62 Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson attorneys included in the 2012 rankings, and the first year they were included in the listing, are:
Alice Pinckney Adams Public Finance Law (2009)
Allain C. Andry IV Securities/Capital Markets Law (2012)
Benjamin W. Baldwin Banking and Finance Law (2007); Corporate Law (2007)
Louis A. Bledsoe III Bet-the-Company Litigation (2007); Commercial Litigation (2007); Employment Law – Management (2007); Litigation – Labor & Employment (2007)
Carl R. Boehm Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2010)
Everett J. Bowman Antitrust Law (2003); Bet-the-Company Litigation (2003); Commercial Litigation (2003); Health Care Law (2003); Litigation – Antitrust (2003)
Martin L. Brackett, Jr. Bet-the-Company Litigation (1993); Commercial Litigation (1993); Criminal Defense: White-Collar (1993); Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs (1993)
Robert M. Bryan Litigation – Patent (2011); Patent Law (2011); Trademark Law (2011)
Patrick S. Bryant Corporate Compliance Law (2007); Corporate Governance Law (2007); Corporate Law (2007); Securities/Capital Markets Law (2007); Securities Regulation (2007)
Peter C. Buck Banking and Finance Law (2001); Corporate Governance Law (2001); Corporate Law (2001); International Trade and Finance Law (2001); Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (2001); Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2001); Securities/Capital Markets Law (2001)
Stokely G. Caldwell, Jr. Banking and Finance Law (2003); Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures & Television (2003); Sports Law (2003)
John H. Carmichael Land Use & Zoning Law (2007); Litigation – Land Use & Zoning (2007); Litigation – Real Estate (2007)
Garland S. Cassada Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2006)
Matthew S. Churchill Corporate Governance Law (2009)
Stephen M. Cox (Rock Hill, SC) Employment Law – Management (2010); Labor Law – Management (2010); Real Estate Law (2010)
R. Steven DeGeorge Environmental Law (2011); Litigation – Environmental (2011)
John M. Fogg (Chapel Hill) Securities/Capital Markets Law (2010); Venture Capital Law (2010)
Robert W. Fuller Bet-the-Company Litigation (2003); Commercial Litigation (2003) ; Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions (2003)
John B. Garver III Public Finance Law (2010)
T. Thomas Gates Real Estate Law (2012)
Richard W. Gibson, Jr. Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2003)
Karen A. Gledhill Health Care Law (2003)
Robert G. Griffin Corporate Law (2003); Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2003)
Julie Zydron Griggs Trusts and Estates (1995)
Robert E. Harrington Commercial Litigation (2010); Litigation – Banking & Finance (2010)
Jeffrey C. Hart (Chapel Hill) Venture Capital Law (2010)
Edward F. Hennessey IV Bet-the-Company Litigation (2007); Commercial Litigation (2007); Construction Law (2007)
John M. Herring Corporate Law (2010); Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2010); Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law (2010)
Thomas P. Holderness Bet-the-Company Litigation (2008); Commercial Litigation (2008); Litigation – Trusts & Estates (2008)
Graham D. Holding, Jr. Trusts and Estates (1995)
Douglas M. Jarrell Commercial Litigation (2009); Litigation – Labor & Employment (2009)
Benjamin A. Johnson (Rock Hill, SC) Commercial Litigation (2008); Litigation – Labor & Employment (2008)
Charles E. Johnson Commercial Litigation (2006); Employment Law – Management (2006); Labor Law – Management (2006)
Stuart H. Johnson Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2011)
Haynes P. Lea Banking and Finance Law (2003); Corporate Law (2003); Financial Services Regulation Law (2003); Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (2003); Venture Capital Law (2003)
Christopher W. Loeb Real Estate Law (2005)
Edwin F. Lucas Public Finance Law (2003)
Stephen M. Lynch Corporate Governance Law (2003); Corporate Law (2003); Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2003); Securities/Capital Markets Law (2003); Securities Regulation (2003)
Richard L. Mack Banking and Finance Law (2010)
Kent J. McCready Corporate Law (2006); Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2006)
A. Ward McKeithen Appellate Practice (1983); Arbitration (1983); Bet-the-Company Litigation (1983); Commercial Litigation (1983); Mediation (1983)
Mark W. Merritt Bet-the-Company Litigation (1999); Commercial Litigation (1999); Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law (1999); Litigation – Antitrust (1999)
John R. Miller Corporate Law (2005); Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2005)
Lawrence C. Moore III Antitrust Law (2010)
Henry H. Ralston Banking and Finance Law (2006); Corporate Governance Law (2006); Corporate Law (2006); Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2006)
Jane S. Ratteree Real Estate Law (2006)
Christy Eve Reid Trusts and Estates (1995)
Allen K. Robertson Public Finance Law (2003)
Russell M. Robinson II Corporate Governance Law (1983); Corporate Law (1983); International Trade and Finance Law (1983); Mergers & Acquisitions Law (1983)
S. Graham Robinson Banking and Finance Law (2007)
D. Blaine Sanders Sports Law (2006)
David M. Schilli Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2009)
Caroline Wannamaker Sink Public Finance Law (2008); Real Estate Law (2008)
Robert C. Sink Construction Law (1991); Real Estate Law (1991)
Herman Spence III Litigation & Controversy – Tax (2007); Tax Law (2007)
Richard S. Starling Venture Capital Law (2009)
William W. Toole Environmental Law (2006); Natural Resources Law (2006)
Brent A. Torstrick Real Estate Law (2001)
Richard A. Vinroot Commercial Litigation (2007); Litigation – Construction (2007); Litigation – Land Use & Zoning (2007); Litigation – Municipal (2007)
John R. Wester Appellate Practice (1993); Bet-the-Company Litigation (1993); Commercial Litigation (1993); Litigation – Intellectual Property (1993); Litigation – Labor & Employment (1993); Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions (1993); Litigation – Securities (1993)
David C. Wright III Bet-the-Company Litigation (2006); Commercial Litigation (2006); Employment Law – Management (2006); Labor Law – Management (2006); Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2006)
Julian H. Wright, Jr. Employment Law – Management (2007); Labor Law – Management (2007); Litigation – Labor & Employment (2007)