(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP announced today that Business North Carolina magazine has named 12 Firm attorneys to its 2014 “Legal Elite.”

“Legal Elite” attorneys are selected through ballots sent to more than 20,000 attorneys who are active members of the North Carolina State Bar. Members of the Bar are asked to select the best lawyer in each field. Lawyers may not select themselves and can only vote for members of their own firms if they also chose someone outside their firms in the same category. With more weight given to outside votes, fewer than three-percent of the state’s lawyers were named to the list this year.

The 11 Parker Poe attorneys were named in seven legal categories. The complete list of the 2014 Parker Poe Legal Elite are:

ANTITRUST
John Graybeal, Raleigh
William L. Rikard, Jr., Charlotte

BANKRUPTCY
Brian D. Darer, Raleigh
Julia Wicker Lee, Raleigh
J. William Porter, Charlotte

BUSINESS
William G. Pappas, Raleigh

CONSTRUCTION
Russell B. Killen, Raleigh

ENVIRONMENTAL
Thomas N. Griffin III, Charlotte

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Christopher M. Thomas, Raleigh
Michael A. Tobin, Charlotte

LITIGATION
Alice C. Richey, Charlotte

TAX/ESTATE PLANNING
Andrea C. Chomakos, Charlotte
 
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