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2005 Legal Elite

Who are the best business lawyers in the state? That’s what Business North Carolina sets out to determine each year. And who better to tell us than Tar Heel lawyers themselves? The magazine mailed 16,866 ballots last spring — one to every lawyer licensed by the State Bar and living in North Carolina. They were asked a simple question: “Of the North Carolina lawyers whose work you have observed firsthand, whom would you rate among the current best?” Ballots included spaces for names in 12 fields closely related to business. The only prohibitions: Voters could not pick themselves and could only select members of their own firms if they also voted for out-of-firm lawyers in the same categories. Past winners, inducted into the Legal Elite Hall of Fame, are ineligible to repeat. Nearly 1,600 lawyers received votes, with 442 getting enough to be named to this year’s Legal Elite. How elite is it? Only 2.6% of the state’s lawyers made it. Winners, listed with the firms they were with when the ballots went out, are on the pages that follow, along with profiles of those getting the most votes in each field.

Categories:

Antitrust
Bankruptcy
Business
Construction
Corporate counsel
Criminal defense
Employment
Environmental
Litigation
Patents/intellectual property
Real estate
Taxes/estate planning

Antitrust

Larry B. Sitton
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

Michael R. Abel
Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston PLLC, Greensboro

Noel Allen
Allen & Pinnix PA, Raleigh

Catharine B. Arrowood
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Raleigh

Everett J. Bowman
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Dan Clodfelter
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

J. Donald Cowan
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

Richard W. Ellis
Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh

Lisa Frye Garrison
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

John Graybeal
Pittsboro

Mark Horoschak
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Charlotte

Douglas W. Kenyon
Hunton & Williams LLP, Raleigh

George Little
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem

Mark W. Merritt
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Press Millen
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Raleigh

John Murchison Jr.
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Jeffrey Oleynik
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

Robert W. Spearman
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Raleigh

Bankruptcy

Richard M. Hutson II
Hutson Hughes & Powell PA, Durham

Rayford K. Adams
Hunter Higgins Miles Elam & Benjamin PLLC, Greensboro

Terra Atkinson
KMZ Rosenman, Charlotte

David Badger
David R. Badger PA, Charlotte

Garland S. Cassada
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Dan Clodfelter
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Langdon M. Cooper
Mullen Holland & Cooper PA, Gastonia

Albert F. Durham
Rayburn Cooper & Durham PA, Charlotte

David Eades
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

O. Max Gardner III
Law Offices of O. Max Gardner III, Shelby

David Gray
Westall Gray Connolly and Davis PA, Asheville

Kenneth Greene
Carruthers & Roth PA, Greensboro

Ben Hawfield
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

A. Lee Hogewood III
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Raleigh

H. Bryan Ives III
Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte

Jeb Jeutter
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Raleigh

Keith Johnson
Raleigh

Joseph B.C. Kluttz
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Travis W. Moon
Hamilton Gaskins Fay & Moon PLLC, Charlotte

Christine L. Myatt
Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier PLLC, Greensboro

John Northen
Northen Blue LLP, Chapel Hill

Jeffrey Oleynik
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

Mark A. Pinkston
Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes and Davis PA, Asheville

Walter W. Pitt Jr.
Bell Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem

Alan Pope
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

J. William Porter
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte

Bob Pryor
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC, Charlotte

C. Richard Rayburn
Rayburn Cooper & Durham PA, Charlotte

David M. Schilli
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

John Small
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

Albert L. Sneed Jr.
Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes and Davis PA, Asheville

Trawick Stubbs
Stubbs & Perdue PA, New Bern

Bill Sullivan
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem

Judy Thompson
Poyner & Spruill LLP, Charlotte

Scott Vaughn
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC, Charlotte

Thomas Waldrep
Bell Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem

Samuel T. Wyrick III
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh

Business

J. Norfleet Pruden III
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Michael R. Abel
Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston PLLC, Greensboro

Kent Auberry
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

John W. Babcock
Bell Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem

Frank M. Bell Jr.
Bell Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem

Carol Bowen
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Peter C. Buck
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Boyd Campbell
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC, Charlotte

Michael S. Colo
Poyner & Spruill LLP, Rocky Mount

Larry Dagenhart
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC, Charlotte

Walter Daniels
Daniels Daniels & Verdonik PA, Durham

William H. Davis II
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem

Steve Diab
Murchison Taylor, Wilmington

Paul S. Donohue
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte

Henry Flint
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

William M. Flynn
Hunton & Williams LLP, Raleigh

Kerry A. Friedman
Patla, Straus, Robinson & Moore PA, Asheville

Murray Greason Jr.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem

Kenneth Greene
Carruthers & Roth PA, Greensboro

Robin L. Hinson
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Steven Hockfield
Erdman and Hockfield LLP, Charlotte

Steve Hope
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Fred D. Hutchison
Hutchison & Mason PLLC, Raleigh

John L. Jernigan
Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh

Cyrus M. Johnson Jr.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Charlotte

Stephen M. Lynch
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

E. Lynwood Mallard
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Charlotte

Pender McElroy
James, McElroy & Diehl PA, Charlotte

John McIntosh
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

John R. Miller
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

William G. Pappas
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Raleigh

William P. Pinna
Pinna Johnston & Burwell PA, Raleigh

C. Richard Rayburn
Rayburn Cooper & Durham PA, Charlotte

Gerald F. Roach
Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh

Larry E. Robbins
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh

Braxton Schell
Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston PLLC, Greensboro

J. Troy Smith Jr.
Ward and Smith PA, New Bern

Albert L. Sneed Jr.
Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes and Davis PA, Asheville

Jim Verdonik
Daniels Daniels & Verdonik PA, Durham

Thomas C. Watkins
Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston PLLC, Greensboro

Reich Welborn
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Durham

Edward C. Winslow III
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

Michael G. Winters
Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh

Robert B. Womble
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Raleigh

James M. Yates Jr.
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh

Construction

Jeffrey J. Davis
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Greg C. Ahlum
Johnston Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte

Bruce Ashley
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

Dan Bryson
Lewis & Roberts PLLC, Raleigh

John Bugg
Bugg & Wolf PA, Durham

Robert L. Burchette
Johnston Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte

Karen Estelle Carey
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem

Keith A. Clinard
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem

S. Walter Coleman IV
Duke Energy Corp., Charlotte

Richard Conner
Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC, Greensboro

Neil Cooksey
Smith Cooksey & Vickstrom PLLC, Charlotte

Stephen M. Cox
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Allen Holt Gwyn
Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC, Greensboro

David B. Hamilton
Hamilton Gaskins Fay & Moon PLLC, Charlotte

R. Harper Heckman
Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier PLLC, Greensboro

Wayne P. Huckel
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Dudley Humphrey
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem

Gilbert C. Laite III
Maupin Taylor PA, Raleigh

Fred T. Lowrance
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte

John I. Mabe Jr.
Maupin Taylor PA, Raleigh

Bentford E. Martin
Hamilton Gaskins Fay & Moon PLLC, Charlotte

Michael D. Meeker
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

Roy H. Michaux Jr.
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Joseph H. Nanney Jr.
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh

Andy Penry
Taylor Penry Rash & Riemann PLLC, Raleigh

James S. Schenck IV
Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC, Raleigh

David A. Senter
Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier PLLC, Greensboro

John Shaw
Poyner & Spruill LLP, Raleigh

Robert W. Spearman
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Raleigh

James M. Tatum Jr.
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Durham

John B. Taylor
Taylor Penry Rash & Riemann PLLC, Charlotte

Scott Tyler
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Gary J. Welch
Johnston Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte

Michael L. Wilson
Johnston Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte

Steele B. “Al” Windle III
Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP, Charlotte

Corporate counsel

Douglas R. Edwards
Wachovia Corp., Charlotte

Michael R. Abel
Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston PLLC, Greensboro

Henry Babb
Standard Commercial Corp., Wilson

Chris Barnard
Clariant Corp., Charlotte

Robert M. Bisanar
Duke Energy Corp., Charlotte

Marc Bishop
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

Bill Bivens
DSM Pharmaceuticals Inc., Greenville

Charles Blixt
Reynolds American Corp., Winston-Salem

John Boswell
SAS Institute Inc., Cary

Adam Broome
Cree Inc., Cary

Peter C. Buck
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Charles L. Cain
Banner Pharmacaps Inc., High Point

Phil Carson
Adams Hendon Carson Crow & Saenger PA, Asheville

Steve Celestini
Salix Pharmaceuticals Inc., Raleigh

Kent F. Christison
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Raleigh

Stephen K. Coss
Sonic Automotive Inc., Charlotte

Larry Dagenhart
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC, Charlotte

Mike Delaney
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Murray Greason Jr.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem

B. Judd Hartman
Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc., Wilmington

Steve Hope
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Howard Hudson Jr.
BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem

Fred D. Hutchison
Hutchison & Mason PLLC, Raleigh

Bradley Ipema
Wachovia Corp., Charlotte

Cyrus M. Johnson Jr.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Charlotte

David King
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Burlington

Hal Levinson
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Stephen M. Lynch
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Richard L. Magee
EnPro Industries Inc., Charlotte

George Mahoney
Family Dollar Stores Inc., Charlotte

Timothy Mayopoulos
Bank of America Corp., Charlotte

R. William McCanless
Lowe’s Cos., Mooresville

Frank Murphy
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., Winston-Salem

Paul Newton
Duke Energy Corp., Charlotte

J. Norfleet Pruden III
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Donald R. Reynolds
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh

F. Alton Russell
The Title Company of North Carolina Inc., Raleigh

Braxton Schell
Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston PLLC, Greensboro

Roy L. Smart III
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte

Sterling Spainhour
Wachovia Corp., Charlotte

Michael Springs
Bank of America Corp., Charlotte

Meredith Stone
NAACO Materials Handling Group, Greenville

Keith Trent
Duke Energy Corp., Charlotte

Edward W. Wellman Jr.
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte

Edward C. Winslow III
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

James M. Yates Jr.
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh

Criminal

James F. Wyatt III
Wyatt & Blake LLP, Charlotte

Hill Allen
Tharrington Smith LLP, Raleigh

Bradley J. Bannon
Cheshire, Parker, Schneider, Bryan & Vitale, Raleigh

H. Gerald Beaver
Beaver Holt Sternlicht & Courie PA, Fayetteville

Martin Brackett
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Mark T. Calloway
Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte

Joseph Cheshire
Cheshire, Parker, Schneider, Bryan & Vitale, Raleigh

Locke T. Clifford
Clifford Clendenin O’Hale & Jones LLP, Greensboro

James P. Cooney III
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Charlotte

William K. Davis
Bell Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem

Sean P. Devereux
Sean P. Devereux PA, Asheville

William K. Diehl Jr.
James, McElroy & Diehl PA, Charlotte

Jay Ferguson
Thomas Ferguson & Mullins LLP, Durham

David Freedman
White & Crumpler, Winston-Salem

Richard T. Gammon
DeMent, Askew, Gammon & DeMent LLP, Raleigh

Michael Greene
Goodman, Carr, Laughrun, Levine & Murray PA, Charlotte

Edward T. Hinson Jr.
James, McElroy & Diehl PA, Charlotte

David Long
Poyner & Spruill LLP, Raleigh

Thomas C. Manning
Manning & Crouch, Raleigh

James P. McLoughlin Jr.
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Duncan McMillen
McMillen, Smith & Plyler, Raleigh

Davis North
Cahoon, Swisher, North, Cooke & Landreth, Greensboro

Joel Oakley
Joel Oakley, Attorney at Law, Greensboro

John O’Hale
Narron O’Hale & Whittington PA, Smithfield

Robert O’Hale
Clifford Clendenin O’Hale & Jones LLP, Greensboro

William L. Osteen Jr.
Adams & Osteen, Greensboro

E. Fitzgerald Parnell III
Poyner & Spruill LLP, Charlotte

Eben T. Rawls
Rawls, Dickinson & Scheer PA, Charlotte

David Rudolf
Rudolf Widenhouse and Fialko PA, Chapel Hill

Roger Smith
Tharrington Smith LLP, Raleigh

Employment

Jonathan R. Harkavy
Patterson Harkavy LLP, Greensboro

Randy Avram
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Raleigh

Brian Barger
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC, Charlotte

C. Daniel Barrett
Edwards Ballard and Barrett PA, Winston-Salem

Albert R. Bell Jr.
Ward and Smith PA, Raleigh

Ken Carlson
Constangy Brooks & Smith LLC, Winston-Salem

Woody Connette
Lesesne & Connette, Charlotte

Jonathan M. Crotty
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte

Louis W. Doherty
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem

John Doyle Jr.
Constangy Brooks & Smith LLC, Winston-Salem

Charles A. Edwards
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Raleigh

Robert M. “Hoppy” Elliot
Elliot Pishko Morgan PA, Winston-Salem

Tom Farr
Maupin Taylor PA, Raleigh

James Ferguson
Ferguson Stein Chambers Adkins Gresham & Sumner PA, Charlotte

Stewart W. Fisher
Glenn Mills & Fisher PA, Durham

Susanna K. Gibbons
Poyner & Spruill LLP, Raleigh

John W. Gresham
Ferguson Stein Chambers Adkins Gresham & Sumner PA, Charlotte

Cecil Harrison
Poyner & Spruill LLP, Raleigh

Patricia L. Holland
Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog PA, Raleigh

Charles E. Johnson
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Ken Keller
Carruthers & Roth PA, Greensboro

Rosemary Gill Kenyon
Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh

Melissa Kidd
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC, Charlotte

Sarah J. Kromer
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

D. Beth Langley
Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier PLLC, Greensboro

Louis Lesesne
Lesesne & Connette, Charlotte

William C. Livingston
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

W. Randall Lofton Jr.
Constangy Brooks & Smith LLC, Winston-Salem

Margaret B. Maloney
Hamilton Gaskins Fay & Moon PLLC, Charlotte

M. Daniel McGinn
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

Karin McGinnis
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Michael Okun
Patterson Harkavy LLP, Raleigh

Randy Phillips
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

James M. Powell
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Greensboro

Richard Rainey
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Charlotte

Julianna Theall
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

L. Diane Tindall
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh

Hamlin Landis Wade Jr.
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC, Charlotte

Keith M. Weddington
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte

Stephen B. Williamson
Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes and Davis PA, Asheville

David C. Wright III
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Environmental

George W. House
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

Stanford D. Baird
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Raleigh

Steve Berlin
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem

Craig A. Bromby
Hunton & Williams LLP, Raleigh

William E. Burton III
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

William Clarke
Roberts & Stevens PA, Asheville

Amos Dawson III
Maupin Taylor PA, Raleigh

Stephen W. Earp
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

Richard E. Fay
Hamilton Gaskins Fay & Moon PLLC, Charlotte

Lisa Flowers
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Charlotte

David Fox
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Durham

Richard C. Gaskins Jr.
Hamilton Gaskins Fay & Moon PLLC, Charlotte

Martha W. Griffin
Clariant Corp., Charlotte

Thomas N. Griffin III
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte

Howard Grubbs
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Blowing Rock

Lori Hinnant
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem

Paula Hopper
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Benne C. Hutson
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC, Charlotte

Rick Kane
Poyner & Spruill LLP, Raleigh

Steve Levitas
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Raleigh

Alan McConnell
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Raleigh

Peter McGrath
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Richard E. Morgan
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem

Bill Raney
Wessell & Raney LLP, Wilmington

William G. Ross Jr.
Secretary of N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Raleigh

Erin Russell
Clariant Corp., Charlotte

Frank H. Sheffield Jr.
Ward and Smith PA, New Bern

Grady L. Shields
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh

William W. Toole
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Donnell Van Noppen III
Southern Environmental Law Center, Chapel Hill

Thompson Wright
Hill Evans Duncan Jordan & Beatty PLLC, Greensboro

Litigation

Gary S. Parsons
Bailey & Dixon LLP, Raleigh

David Neal Allen
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte

Catharine B. Arrowood
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Raleigh

Mark A. Ash
Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh

E. Osborne Ayscue Jr.
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC, Charlotte

H. Gerald Beaver
Beaver Holt Sternlicht & Courie PA, Fayetteville

Jonathan A. Berkelhammer
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

J. Daniel Bishop
Bishop Capitano & Abner PA, Charlotte

Martin L. Brackett Jr.
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Gordon Brown
Brown & Bunch PLLC, Chapel Hill

Charles Burgin
Dameron, Burgin & Parker PA, Marion

Robert M. Clay
Patterson, Dilthey, Clay, Bryson & Anderson LLP, Raleigh

James P. Cooney III
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Charlotte

George C. Covington
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

J. Donald Cowan
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

C. David Creech
Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby PA, New Bern

William K. Davis
Bell Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem

William K. Diehl Jr.
James, McElroy & Diehl PA, Charlotte

James K. Dorsett III
Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh

Richard W. Ellis
Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh

Doug Ey
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC, Charlotte

George K. Freeman Jr.
Ward and Smith PA, Wilmington

Robert W. Fuller
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Marshall A. Gallop Jr.
Battle, Winslow, Scott & Wiley PA, Rocky Mount

Alan Gitter
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem

Richard S. Gottlieb
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem

Chris Graebe
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Raleigh

David B. Hamilton
Hamilton Gaskins Fay & Moon PLLC, Charlotte

Gary Hemric
James, McElroy & Diehl PA, Charlotte

Edward T. Hinson Jr.
James, McElroy & Diehl PA, Charlotte

George W. House
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

Wayne P. Huckel
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

James H. Kelly Jr.
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem

David F. Kirby
Kirby & Holt LLP, Raleigh

Eddie Knox
Knox Brotherton Knox & Godfrey, Charlotte

Robert B. Long Jr.
Long Parker Warren & Jones PA, Asheville

A. Ward McKeithen
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Dan J. McLamb
Yates, McLamb & Weyher LLP, Raleigh

James P. McLoughlin Jr.
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

John B. McMillan
Manning Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh

Mark Merritt
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Press Millen
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Raleigh

William S. Mills
Glenn Mills & Fisher PA, Durham

Joseph W. Moss
Joseph W. Moss, Attorney at Law, Greensboro

Gregory Murphy
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Leslie O’Toole
Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh

Raymond E. Owens Jr.
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Jim W. Phillips Jr.
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

William L. Rikard Jr.
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte

S. Leigh Rodenbough
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

Amiel Rossabi
Forman Rossabi Black PA, Greensboro

John L. Sarratt
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Raleigh

Jon Sasser
Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh

Larry B. Sitton
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

Philip J. Smith
Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes and Davis PA, Asheville

William Benjamin Smith
Price Smith Hargett Petho & Anderson, Charlotte

Robert W. Spearman
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Raleigh

Mack Sperling
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

Dan Taylor
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem

Samuel G. Thompson
Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh

Benjamin N. Thompson
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh

Keith W. Vaughan
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem

John R. Wester
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Richard Wiggins
McCoy, Weaver, Wiggins, Cleveland & Raper PLLC, Fayetteville

Lonnie Williams
Marshall, Williams & Gorham LLP, Wilmington

John Williamson
Maupin Taylor PA, Raleigh

G. Gray Wilson
Wilson & Iseman LLP, Winston-Salem

Patents/intellectual property

Wesley Thaddeus Adams III
Adams Evans PA, Charlotte

William P. Andrews Jr.
Hunton & Williams LLP, Raleigh

John J. Barnhardt III
Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte

M. Christopher Bolen
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Durham

Robert M. Bryan
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Charles Calkins
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem

James R. Cannon
Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec PA, Raleigh

David M. Carter
Carter Schnedler & Monteith PA, Asheville

Larry L. Coats
Coats & Bennett PLLC, Cary

A. Jose Cortina
Daniels Daniels & Verdonik PA, Durham

Kevin Flynn
Daniels Daniels & Verdonik PA, Durham

John M. Fuscoe
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh

Steve Gardner
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem

Arlene Hanks
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Jack Hicks
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Greensboro

John P. Higgins
Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte

Richard E. Jenkins
Jenkins, Wilson & Taylor PA, Durham

William Mason
MacCord Mason PLLC, Wilmington

Arthur MacCord
MacCord Mason PLLC, Greensboro

Michael D. McCoy
Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte

James A. Medford
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

James D. Myers
Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec PA, Raleigh

Susan Freya Olive
Olive & Olive PA, Durham

Francis M. Pinckney
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

C. Robert Rhodes
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Greensboro

Michael P. Saber
Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh

F. Michael Sajovec
Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec PA, Raleigh

David W. Sar
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

Jeff Schwartz
Charlotte

Philip Summa
Summa & Allan PA, Charlotte

Maury M. Tepper III
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Raleigh

Real estate

Barry D. Mann
Manning, Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh

William P. Aycock II
Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston PLLC, Greensboro

Robert Brinkley
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC, Charlotte

Gordon Brown
Brown & Bunch PLLC, Chapel Hill

William W. Bunch III
Brown & Bunch PLLC, Raleigh

Barden W. Cooke
Cooke & Cooke LLP, Greensboro

Clayton S. Curry Jr.
Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes PA, Charlotte

M. Jay DeVaney
Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier PLLC, Greensboro

Charles O. DuBose
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Jeff Dunham
McCoy, Weaver, Wiggins, Cleveland & Raper PLLC, Fayetteville

William Echols
Charlotte

Woody Efird
Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes PA, Charlotte

Brian P. Evans
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Edgar B. Fisher Jr.
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

Walter D. Fisher Jr.
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Adam Will Foodman
Foodman Hunter & Karres PLLC, Charlotte

Jeff Glenney
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Hardin Halsey
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem

Jeffrey J. Johnson
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh

Gary Joyner
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Raleigh

C. Steven Mason
Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh

William C. Matthews Jr.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Raleigh

B. Palmer McArthur Jr.
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Ralph McMillan
McMillan & Terry PA, Charlotte

Charles E. Melvin
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

Brent M. Milgrom Jr.
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte

Christopher Oates
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Samuel Oliver Jr.
Manning Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh

Bailey Patrick Jr.
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Alan H. Peterson
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Raleigh

Richard S. Poe
Charlotte

E. Allen Prichard
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Frank L. Schrimsher
Lindsey & Schrimsher PA, Charlotte

Robert C. Sink
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Gary W. Swindell
The Law Offices of Gary W. Swindell, Charlotte

Brent A. Torstrick
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Ed Urban
The Title Company of North Carolina Inc., Charlotte

Donald Von Cannon
Allman Spry Leggett & Crumpler PA, Winston-Salem

Eric A. Vernon
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh

Garrett E. Walker
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

Matt York
Troutman Sanders LLP, Raleigh

Charles Young
Young, Morphis, Bach & Taylor LLP, Hickory

Taxes/estate planning

Ray S. Farris
Johnston Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte

Michael R. Abel
Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston PLLC, Greensboro

Jean T. Adams
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem

John F. Baron
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte

Francis J. Blanchfield Jr.
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Charlotte

Carole Bruce
Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro

Madison E. Bullard Jr.
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh

Jean Gordon Carter
Hunton & Williams LLP, Raleigh

Andrea Chomakos
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Nat Clement
Nathaniel E. Clement PA, Chapel Hill

Michael A. Colombo
Colombo, Kitchin, Dunn & Ball LLP, Greenville

Thomas H. Cook Jr.
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh

Elizabeth Coss
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Charlotte

Jasper L. Cummings Jr.
Alston & Bird LLP, Raleigh

Charles Dixon
Patrick, Harper & Dixon LLP, Hickory

Stuart B. Dorsett
Ward and Smith PA, Raleigh

William F. Drew Jr.
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Mark Edwards
Poyner & Spruill LLP, Charlotte

Cynthia T. Fenninger
Orsbon & Fenninger LLP, Charlotte

Debra L. Foster
Essex Richards PA, Charlotte

Michael H. Godwin
Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston PLLC, Greensboro

Julie Zydron Griggs
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

Robert Haggard
Hendersonville

C. Wells Hall III
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Charlotte

James C. Hardin III
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Deborah Hildebran
Manning Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh

Graham D. Holding Jr.
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

H. Bryan Ives III
Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte

Warren P. Kean
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Barry B. Kempson
Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes and Davis PA, Asheville

Jennifer L.J. Koenig
Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston PLLC, Greensboro

Jeff Lawyer
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem

David Lewis
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Paul H. Livingston Jr.
Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston PLLC, Greensboro

Maria Lynch
Lynch & Eatman LLP, Raleigh

B. Palmer McArthur Jr.
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

Neill G. McBryde
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte

E. Graham McGoogan Jr.
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC, Charlotte

William G. McNairy
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro

James W. Narron
Narron O’Hale & Whittington PA, Smithfield

R. Anthony Orsbon
Orsbon & Fenninger LLP, Charlotte

William S. Patterson
Hunton & Williams LLP, Raleigh

Elizabeth Quick
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem

George A. Ragland
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem

Christy Eve Reid
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte

J. Darrell Shealy
Johnston Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte

Charles L. Steel IV
Maupin Taylor PA, Durham

Kimberly H. Stogner
Vaughan Perkinson Ehlinger Moxley & Stogner, Winston-Salem

Neil E. Tackabery
Blanco, Tackabery, Combs & Matamoros PA, Winston-Salem

Westray Veasey
Poyner & Spruill LLP, Raleigh

J. Michael Wilson
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP, Charlotte

Keith Wood
Carruthers & Roth PA, Greensboro