Corporate directors have selected Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP as one of the best law firms in Charlotte according to the results of the seventh annual Corporate Board Member magazine’s Legal Industry Research Study.  Parker Poe, which has been included among the top five firms in Charlotte since the study began in 2001, moved up to the third spot this year.

Corporate Board Member’s annual study identifies the top 20 national corporate law firms and the top five corporate law firms in 25 major metropolitan areas, according to directors serving on boards of publicly traded companies listed with the NYSE, NASDAQ or American Stock Exchange.

“Doing well in our survey has become a singular badge of honor, for the very reason that it doesn’t come from the law firms’ peers,” said William S. Rukeyser, editorial director of Corporate Board Member.  “It’s an accolade from their customers – the directors, executives and general counsel who hire them, pay their bills and thrive or suffer from their advice.”

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP currently has more than 200 lawyers in six offices across the Carolinas including Charlotte, Raleigh, Charleston, Columbia, Myrtle Beach and Spartanburg.  The firm provides a complete range of legal services and counsels domestic and international companies in antitrust and business disputes, banking and finance, bankruptcy, reorganization and creditors’ rights, commercial litigation, corporate and commercial law, employee benefits, employment, environmental, government and public policy, health care, immigration, intellectual property, international, mergers and acquisitions, public finance, real estate and commercial development, securities, tax, torts, trials and insurance. www.parkerpoe.com.

Corporate Board Member/FTI Consulting surveyed directors serving on boards of publicly traded companies listed with the NYSE, NASDAQ or American Stock Exchange.  The directors were divided into groups based on the location of their companies within metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs).  Directors in each of the 25 MSAs featured received a questionnaire specific to their location that included a list of 20 local firms and two write-in options.  To be included in the list, each firm had to practice business, corporate or commercial law and had to be one of the 20 largest in its area by number of attorneys.  Corporate Board Member/FTI Consulting compiled the lists of local law firms, from the list provided or as a write-in, they would most likely select to aid their companies on a broad range of corporate issues.  The top five law firms in each MSA are listed in the magazine based on the number of votes received. 

Corporate Board Member is a leading information resource for senior officers and directors of publicly traded corporations, large private companies, and Global 1000 firms. The bimonthly publication provides readers with decision-making tools to deal with the corporate governance challenges confronting their boards. Corporate Board Member further extends its governance leadership through an online resource center, conferences, director training programs, roundtables, and timely research. The magazine maintains the most comprehensive, up-to-date database of directors and officers serving on boards of publicly traded companies listed with the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ Stock Market, and American Stock Exchange. Headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., with editorial offices in New York, Corporate Board Member is published by Board Member Inc. and is the sister publication of Bank Director magazine, a leading information resource for officers and directors of financial institutions. For more information, visit www.boardmember.com.