(CHARLOTTE, N.C.)—Seventy-two Parker Poe attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015. Attorneys from each of the firm’s five offices are represented in the publication’s just-released 21st edition.  

Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Charleston

• Robert C. Byrd, Bankruptcy Litigation
• Thomas C. Hildebrand, Jr., Construction Litigation

Charlotte

• Michael G. Adams, Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation
• John H. Beyer, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Andrea C. Chomakos, Tax Law, Trust & Estates
• P. Neal Cook, Banking & Finance Law
• Harvey L. Cosper, Jr., Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Eric H. Cottrell, Arbitration, Commercial Litigation
• Brian S. Cromwell, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Jonathan M. Crotty, Employment Law – Management, Labor & Employment Litigation
• Woodard E. Farmer, Jr., Real Estate Law
• Jami Jackson Farris, Commercial Litigation
• Kiah T. “Chip” Ford IV, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation
• Anthony Fox, Land Use & Zoning Law, Land Use & Zoning Litigation
• Richard S. Glaser, Jr., Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• James N. Greene III, Tax Law
• Thomas N. Griffin III, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation
• John R. Hairr III, Corporate Law
• Irvin W. Hankins III, Commercial Litigation
• R. Douglas Harmon, Mutual Funds Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
• Josephine H. Hicks, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law and Products Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Ashley L. Hogewood, Jr., Real Estate Law
• Chip Holmes, Insurance Law, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Joy M. Hord, Health Care Law
• Stephen R. Hunting, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Max E. Justice, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation
• Charles B. Lee, Jr., Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Law
• Scott E. Leo, Public Finance Law
• Craig T. Lynch, Real Estate Law, Commercial Litigation
• Brent M. Milgrom, Jr., Real Estate Law, Real Estate Litigation
• W. Edward Poe, Jr., Energy Law
• J. William Porter, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Thomas M. Quirk, Real Estate Law
• Alice C. Richey, Commercial Litigation
• William L. Rikard, Jr., Antitrust Law, Antitrust Litigation, Commercial Litigation
• Richard K. Schell, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Roy L. “Skip” Smart III, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Michael A. Tobin, Copyright Law, Information Technology Law, Patent Law, Technology Law, Trademark Law
• Donald P. Ubell, Public Finance Law
• S. Rogers Warner, Jr., Health Care Law
• Steven D. Weber, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation
• Keith M. Weddington, Employment Law – Management, Labor & Employment Litigation
• Edward W. Wellman, Jr., Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital Law
• Eric D. Welsh, Antitrust Litigation, Commercial Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Grant Whitney, Jr., Real Estate Law
• Stacy K. Wood, Arbitration, Labor Law – Management, Employment  Law – Management, Labor & Employment Litigation
• W. Samuel Woodard, Real Estate Law, Real Estate Litigation

Columbia

• Simpson Z. Fant, Real Estate Law
• Ray E. Jones, Economic Development Law, Public Finance Law
• David B. Summer, Jr., Administrative/Regulatory Law, Health Care Law
• James L. Werner, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Construction Litigation, Environmental Litigation

Raleigh

• Catharine Biggs Arrowood, Arbitration, Antitrust Law, Antitrust Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
• Jeffrey A. Bandini, Railroad Law, Real Estate Law
• John J. “Jay” Butler, Environmental Law
• Henry C. Campen, Jr., Administrative/Regulatory Law, Communications Law, Energy Law
• Kevin L. Chignell, Commercial Litigation
• Melanie Black Dubis, Antitrust Litigation, Commercial Litigation
• John F. Graybeal, Antitrust Law, Antitrust Litigation
• Russell B. Killen, Construction Law, Construction Litigation
• Steven B. Long, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law
• Charles C. Meeker, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Government Relations Practice
• Renee J. Montgomery, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Health Care Law
• William G. Pappas, Biotechnology Law, Corporate Law
• Jeffrey A. Poley, Public Finance Law
• Charles E. Raynal IV, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Law
• Todd M. Rubin, Immigration Law
• Frank E. Silber
• Robert W. Spearman, Antitrust Litigation, Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, First-Amendment Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
• R. Bruce Thompson II, Government Relations Practice, Land Use & Zoning Litigation
• Cynthia L. Wittmer, Antitrust Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation

Spartanburg

• Kevin A. Dunlap, Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation
• Debra E. Kleman, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

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