Forty Parker Poe attorneys were selected by their peers to be included in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodard/White, Inc.
The Best Lawyers in America guide represents 78 law specialties in every state. The entirely peer-based research process consists of more than 2 million confidential evaluations and thousands of telephone interviews with leading attorneys across the country.
The lawyers ranked in the 2008 edition are:
Charleston
Matthew J. Norton - Real Estate Law
Susan Taylor Wall - Legal Malpractice Law
Charlotte
David Neal Allen - Mass Tort Litigation; Medical Malpractice Law; Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Litigation
Harvey L. Cosper, Jr. (10) - Medical Malpractice Law; Personal Injury Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law
Anthony Fox - Land Use & Zoning Law
Richard S. Glaser, Jr. - White-Collar Criminal Defense
Thomas N. Griffin III - Environmental Law
John E. Grupp - Product Liability Litigation
Irvin W. Hankins III - Commercial Litigation
R. Douglas Harmon - Mutual Funds Law; Securities Law
Josephine H. Hicks - Insurance Law
Ashley L. Hogewood, Jr. (20) - Real Estate Law
Joy M. Hord - Health Care Law
Max E. Justice (10) - Environmental Law
Scott E. Leo - Public Finance Law
Brent M. Milgrom, Jr. - Real Estate Law
W. Edward Poe, Jr. - Energy Law
J. William Porter - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
William L. Rikard, Jr. (10) - Commercial Litigation
Richard K. Schell - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Roy L. Smart III - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Donald P. Ubell - Public Finance Law
Keith M. Weddington - Labor and Employment Law
Edward W. Wellman, Jr. - Corporate Law
Stacy K. Wood - Alternative Dispute Resolution; Labor and Employment Law
W. Samuel Woodard (10) - Real Estate Law
Columbia
David B. Summer, Jr. - Administrative Law; Health Care Law
James L. Werner - Commercial Litigation; Construction Law
Raleigh
Catharine Biggs Arrowood - Alternative Dispute Resolution; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Jeffrey A. Bandini - Railroad Law
Henry C. Campen, Jr. - Communications Law
John F. Graybeal - Antitrust Law
Russell B. Killen - Construction Law
Charles C. Meeker - Administrative Law
Renee J. Montgomery - Administrative Law; Health Care Law
William G. Pappas - Corporate Law
Todd M. Rubin - Immigration Law
Robert W. Spearman (10) - Antitrust Law; Appellate Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Law; Professional Malpractice Law
R. Bruce Thompson II - Land Use & Zoning Law
Spartanburg
Kevin A. Dunlap - Commercial Litigation
Six Parker Poe attorneys have been named to the Best Lawyers list for more than 10 years, including Ashley L. Hogewood, Jr., who has been named to the list for more than 20 years.
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