77 Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys Named Best Lawyers, 12 Named Lawyers of the Year

The Best Lawyers in America recognized 77 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys – more than half the firm – as Best Lawyers in its 2021 rankings for outstanding work in their respective practice areas. Twelve Robinson Bradshaw attorneys were named 2021 Charlotte Lawyers of the Year, and six attorneys were designated Ones to Watch.

Robinson Bradshaw received multiple top listings within this year’s report. The firm had the most lawyers in North Carolina ranked for bet-the-company litigation, corporate governance law, corporate law and public finance law. Robinson Bradshaw had the most lawyers in Charlotte ranked for nine areas, including commercial litigation, employment law - management, litigation - employment and labor, mergers and acquisitions law, public finance law and securities/capital markets law. And, Robinson Bradshaw had the most lawyers in Chapel Hill ranked overall as Best Lawyers.

Best Lawyers recognizes leaders with Lawyer of the Year designations for high-profile practice areas in communities across the United States. Only one lawyer per practice area is named Lawyer of the Year for each community. The 12 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys recognized as Lawyers of the Year are:

Alice Pinckney Adams – 2021 Charlotte Public Finance Law Lawyer of the Year

Patrick S. Bryant – 2021 Charlotte Securities Regulation Lawyer of the Year

Peter C. Buck – 2021 Charlotte Corporate Governance Law Lawyer of the Year

John H. Carmichael – 2021 Charlotte Litigation - Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year

Robert W. Fuller – 2021 Charlotte Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year

Susan M. Huber – 2021 Charlotte Employment Law - Management Lawyer of the Year

Charles E. Johnson – 2021 Charlotte Labor Law - Management Lawyer of the Year

Haynes P. Lea – 2021 Charlotte Financial Services Regulation Law Lawyer of the Year

Stephen M. Lynch – 2021 Charlotte Securities/Capital Markets Law Lawyer of the Year

Lawrence C. Moore III – 2021 Charlotte Antitrust Law Lawyer of the Year

Richard A. Vinroot – 2021 Charlotte Litigation - Municipal Lawyer of the Year

David C. Wright III – 2021 Charlotte Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year

The firm’s 77 attorneys recognized as Best Lawyers are:

Charlotte

Alice Pinckney Adams – Public Finance Law

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

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

Lani Barnes Baxter – Copyright Law

Carl R. Boehm – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

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

Patrick S. Bryant – 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

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

Matthew B. Efird – Corporate Law

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

John B. Garver III – Corporate Law; Health Care Law

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

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

Julie Zydron Griggs – Trusts and Estates

Jessica Mering Hardin – Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates

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

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

Mark O. Henry – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

Jeffrey A. Henson – Banking and Finance Law

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

Graham D. Holding – Trusts and Estates

Pearlynn G. Houck – Commercial Litigation

Susan M. Huber – Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment

Jennifer Csik Hutchens – Health Care Law

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

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

Jon R. Jordan – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Jonathan C. Krisko – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance; Litigation - Insurance; Litigation - Intellectual Property

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

Brandon M. Lofton – Public Finance Law

Kelly Luongo Loving – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate 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

Kate Gordon Maynard – Commercial Litigation

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

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

William K. Packard – Real Estate Law

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

S. Graham Robinson – Banking and Finance Law

D. Blaine Sanders – Sports Law

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

Ty Shaffer – Real Estate Law

Emily S. Sherlock – Environmental Law

Caroline Wannamaker Sink – Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law

Robert C. Sink – Construction Law; Real Estate Law

Gregory L. Skidmore – Commercial Litigation

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

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

Andrew W.J. Tarr – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Bankruptcy

Brent A. Torstrick – Real Estate Law

Angelique R. Vincent-Hamacher – Employment Law - Management; 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

Richard C. Worf – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy

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

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

Research Triangle

Glen E. Caplan – Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law

Stephen D. Feldman – Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

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

J. Adam Martin – Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law

J. Dickson Phillips III – Commercial Litigation

Sean M. Sullivan – Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental

Erik R. Zimmerman – Commercial Litigation

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

David C. Kimball – Construction Law

“Ones to Watch” are recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. Robinson Bradshaw’s Ones to Watch winners are:

Charlotte

Fitz E. Barringer – Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment

John W. Forneris – Trusts and Estates

Brian J. Litwak – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Amanda Pickens Nitto – Commercial Litigation; Entertainment and Sports Law; Litigation - Labor and Employment

Jared B. Taylor – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law

Research Triangle

Elizabeth A. Tedford – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Mergers and Acquisitions Law