74 Robinson Bradshaw Attorneys Named Best Lawyers, 41 Named Ones to Watch

The Best Lawyers in America® recognized 115 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys – two-thirds of the firm – in its 2025 rankings for outstanding work in their respective practice areas. The rankings designated 74 Robinson Bradshaw attorneys as Best Lawyers, 41 attorneys as Ones to Watch, and seven attorneys as 2025 Charlotte or Raleigh Lawyers of the Year.

Robinson Bradshaw received multiple top listings within this year’s report. The firm had the most Best Lawyers in North Carolina ranked for antitrust, appellate practice, bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation and corporate law. Robinson Bradshaw had the most Best Lawyers in Charlotte ranked for bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, employment law - management and litigation - labor and employment. And, Robinson Bradshaw had the most attorneys in Chapel Hill ranked overall as Best Lawyers, as well as the most for corporate law, securities/capital markets law and venture capital law.

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 seven Robinson Bradshaw attorneys recognized as Lawyers of the Year are:

• John H. Carmichael – 2025 Charlotte Land Use and Zoning Law Lawyer of the Year and 2025 Charlotte Litigation - Real Estate Lawyer of the Year
• Charles E. Johnson – 2025 Charlotte Employment Law - Management Lawyer of the Year
• Haynes P. Lea – 2025 Charlotte Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law Lawyer of the Year
• Henry H. Ralston – 2025 Charlotte Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year
• Matthew W. Sawchak – 2025 Raleigh Antitrust Law Lawyer of the Year
• Richard A. Vinroot – 2025 Charlotte Litigation - Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year
• John R. Wester – 2025 Charlotte Appellate Practice Lawyer of the Year and 2025 Charlotte Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year

The firm’s 74 attorneys recognized as Best Lawyers are:

Charlotte

• Alice Pinckney Adams – Public Finance Law
• Nick Allmon – Corporate Law
• Benjamin W. Baldwin – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
• Fitz E. Barringer – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Carl S. Beattie – Corporate Law
• Patrick S. Bryant – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
• 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
• Nathan C. Chase Jr. – Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation
• Matthew S. Churchill – Corporate Law; Health Care Law
• Stephen M. Cox – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Employment Law - Management; Real Estate Law
• David W. Dabbs – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Cary B. Davis – Commercial Litigation
• R. Steven DeGeorge – Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Insurance Law; Litigation - Environmental
• Adam K. Doerr – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Securities
• W. Scott Dove – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Matt Efird – Corporate Law
• Robert W. Fuller – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
• Julie Zydron Griggs – Trusts and Estates
• Jessica Mering Hardin – Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
• Robert E. Harrington – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Laurie Smith Helms – Health Care Law
• 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
• Graham D. Holding – Trusts and Estates
• Susan M. Huber – Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Douglas M. Jarrell – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Charles E. Johnson – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• 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; Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law; Venture Capital Law
• Christopher W. Loeb – Real Estate Law
• Brandon M. Lofton – Banking and Finance Law; Public Finance Law
• Kelly Luongo Loving – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate 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
• Andrew T. Miller – Real Estate Law
• Lawrence C. Moore III – Antitrust Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property
• William K. Packard – Commercial Transactions/UCC Law; Real Estate Law
• Henry H. Ralston – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Allen K. Robertson – Public Finance Law
• S. Graham Robinson – Banking and Finance Law
• Heather Heath Ryan – Employment Law - Management
• D. Blaine Sanders – Sports Law
• David M. Schilli – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Ty Shaffer – Commercial Litigation; Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation - Land Use and Zoning; Litigation - Real Estate; Real Estate Law
• Caroline Wannamaker Sink – Real Estate Law
• Gregory L. Skidmore – Commercial Litigation
• Herman Spence III – Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Tax 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 – 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

Raleigh

• Stephen D. Feldman – Antitrust Law; Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Matthew W. Sawchak – Antitrust Law; Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust

Research Triangle

• Glen E. Caplan – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
• John M. Fogg – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
• Jeffrey C. Hart – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
• Mark A. Hiller – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
• Matthew G. Lenora – Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
• J. Adam Martin – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Technology Law; Venture Capital Law
• J. Dickson Phillips III – Commercial Litigation
• Erik R. Zimmerman – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment

Rock Hill

• Benjamin A. Johnson – Commercial Litigation; Land Use and Zoning Law
• David C. Kimball – Construction Law

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

Charlotte

• Kirk P. Altman – Banking and Finance Law; Venture Capital Law
• Lucas A. Anderson – Corporate Law
• Amit Bhagwandass – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
• Brendan P. Biffany – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation
• Charles H. Bowyer – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Public Finance Law
• Kelsey H. Butler – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Scott Cogar – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law
• Kevin Crandall – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust
• Benjamin C. DeCelle – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction; Litigation - Real Estate
• John W. Forneris – Trusts and Estates
• Bernard C. Funk – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Miranda E. Goot – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Katherine A. Grant – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Megan Clemency Haynes – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Patrick H. Hill – Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
• Travis S. Hinman – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law - Management
• Alexis M. Iffert – Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Timothy P. Misner – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
• Amanda Pickens Nitto – Commercial Litigation; Entertainment and Sports Law; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Litigation - Securities
• Amanda Fannin Rautalahti – Health Care Law
• Melissa A. Romanzo – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Environmental
• Jazzmin S. Romero – Commercial Litigation
• Adrianna G. Sarrimanolis – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Anatoly Solo – Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Garrett A. Steadman – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
• Curtis C. Strubinger – Corporate Law; Tax Law
• Caitlin H. Sullivan – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Lauren M. Talboom – Real Estate Law
• Rosemary Chandler Wells – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Spencer T. Wiles – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction

Raleigh

• Preetha Suresh Rini – Antitrust Law; Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation

Research Triangle

• Adam A. Berkland – Corporate Law; Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law; Venture Capital Law
• Demi Lorant Bostian – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law
• H. Hunter Bruton – Appellate Practice
• Chelsea N. Evans – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Alexa M. Fleming – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Harrison B. Hull – Venture Capital Law
• Emma W. Perry – Commercial Litigation; Energy Law
• Elizabeth A. Tedford – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation; Venture Capital Law
• Andrew R. Wagner – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Environmental
• Sandra K. Wilburn – Corporate Law; Intellectual Property Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law