Charlotte, NC – Parker Poe is pleased to announce that 76 of its attorneys have been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America©, whose rankings are among the highest standard in the legal industry. In addition, nine Parker Poe attorneys were named “Lawyer of the Year” for their practice areas and geographic locations.
Best Lawyers is the oldest peer review publication in the legal profession. For more than 30 years, it has relied on exhaustive peer review surveys to compile its rankings. The surveys go out to tens of thousands of leading lawyers, who then confidentially evaluate their peers. Attorneys are not allowed to pay any fee to participate or be listed. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
All seven of Parker Poe’s offices had at least one attorney recognized, and nine attorneys were listed for the first time. Below are Parker Poe’s recognized attorneys and the practice areas in which they are ranked.
Atlanta, Georgia
Charleston, South Carolina
- Robert C. Byrd
- Thomas C. Hildebrand Jr.
- Construction Law
- Litigation - Construction
Columbia, South Carolina
- Simpson Z. Fant
- Ray E. Jones
- Economic Development Law
- Public Finance Law
- David B. Summer Jr.
- Administrative/Regulatory Law
- Health Care Law
- James Lynn Werner
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Government Contracts
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Environmental
Greenville, South Carolina
- Richard L. Few Jr.
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- E. Tyler Smith
Spartanburg, South Carolina
- Kevin A. Dunlap
- Commercial Litigation
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
- Debra E. Kleman
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Charlotte, North Carolina
- Michael G. Adams
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- John H. Beyer
- Litigation - Health Care
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- P. Neal Cook
- Eric H. Cottrell
- Arbitration
- Commercial Litigation
- Brian S. Cromwell
- Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Jonathan M. Crotty
- Employment Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Jonathan W. Dion
- William L. Esser IV
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Jami Jackson Farris
- Kiah T. Ford IV
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Anthony Fox
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
- Municipal Law
- Richard S. Glaser Jr.
- Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Qui Tam Law
- James N. Greene III
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Tax Law
- Thomas N. Griffin III
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
- John R. Hairr III
- Irvin W. Hankins III
- R. Douglas Harmon
- Mutual Funds Law
- Securities/Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
- Josephine H. Hicks
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Chip Holmes
- Insurance Law
- Litigation - Health Care
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Joy M. Hord
- Stephen R. Hunting
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Max E. Justice
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
- Charles B. Lee Jr.
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Scott E. Leo
- Craig T. Lynch
- Scott Manning
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Dewitt F. McCarley
- Brent M. Milgrom Jr.
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Real Estate Law
- Bradley K. Overcash
- W. Edward Poe Jr.
- J. William Porter
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- William F. Potts Jr.
- Thomas M. Quirk
- Richard Rivera
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Richard K. Schell
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Roy L. Smart III
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Wanda C. Townsend
- Banking and Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Donald P. Ubell
- S. Rogers Warner Jr.
- Steven D. Weber
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
- Keith M. Weddington
- Employment Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- A. Grant Whitney Jr.
- Stacy K. Wood
- Arbitration
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Raleigh, North Carolina
- Catharine Biggs Arrowood
- Antitrust Law
- Arbitration
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Antitrust
- Patricia T. Bartis
- Employment Law - Management
- Brandon G. Bordeaux
- George T. Brady
- Henry C. Campen Jr.
- Administrative/Regulatory Law
- Communications Law
- Energy Law
- Kevin L. Chignell
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Litigation - Insurance
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Melanie Black Dubis
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Antitrust
- Litigation - Securities
- Jonathan Hall
- Litigation - Insurance
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Rebecca B. Joyner
- Russell B. Killen
- Construction Law
- Litigation - Construction
- Tracy W. Kimbrell
- Government Relations Practice
- Robb A. Leandro
- Charles C. Meeker
- Administrative/Regulatory Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Litigation - Municipal
- Municipal Law
- Renée J. Montgomery
- Administrative/Regulatory Law
- Health Care Law
- William G. Pappas
- Biotechnology Law
- Corporate Law
- Jeffrey A. Poley
- Charles E. Raynal IV
- Commercial Litigation
- Real Estate Law
- Todd M. Rubin
- Frank E. Silber
- Christopher M. Thomas
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- R. Bruce Thompson II
- Administrative/Regulatory Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
- Cynthia L. Wittmer
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Antitrust
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
About Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers is the oldest and among the most well-respected peer review publications in the legal profession. Its list of outstanding attorneys is compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. If the votes for an attorney are positive enough for recognition in Best Lawyers, that attorney must maintain those votes in subsequent polls to remain in each edition. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be recognized by Best Lawyers.
About Parker Poe
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP has approximately 200 lawyers in seven offices located in major markets across North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. The firm provides legal counsel to large commercial and public organizations on litigation, corporate and regulatory matters.
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