183 Womble Carlyle Attorneys Ranked Among The Best Lawyers in America 2016

Womble Carlyle placed 183 attorneys on the 2016 Woodward/White Inc.’s The Best Lawyers in America rankings, a new record for the firm.

The following is a list of the Womble Carlyle attorneys who rank among the country’s best. Attorneys marked with an asterisk (*) are new to the Best Lawyers list for 2016. Lawyers marked with (10) have been on the Best Lawyers list for at least 10 years. Those marked with (20) have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 20 years, while those marked with (25) have been on the Best Lawyers list for at least 25 years:

Atlanta

Robert R. Ambler, Jr., Commercial Litigation

Elizabeth J. Bondurant, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

*Dal R. Burton, Product Liability Litigation

Tracy M. Field, Health Care Law

*Joseph Foltz, Real Estate Law

Steven D. Kerr, Patent Law

*Jimmy F. Kirkland, Energy Regulatory Law

Louis T. Isaf, Patent Law

William G. Long III, Commercial Litigation

William M. Ragland, Jr. (10), Commercial Litigation

Clinton D. Richardson, Jr., Corporate Law

John F. Sandy Smith, Corporate Law

Michael J. Sullivan, Bet-the-Company Litigation

John A. Thomson, Jr., Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency

James F. Vaughan, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patent Law, Trademark Law

*Kirk W. Watkins, Intellectual Property Litigation

Baltimore

Newton B. Fowler III, Copyright Law, Patent Law, Technology Law, Trademark Law

David B. Hamilton, Commercial Litigation, Antitrust Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation

Barry J. Herman, Intellectual Property Litigation

Charleston

Marshall J. Allen, Health Care Law

Charles J. Baker III, Bet-the-Company Litigation

Laurel R.S. Blair, Trusts & Estates Litigation

David M. Collins, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

David H. Crawford, Real Estate Law

Morris A. Ellison (20), Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Real Estate Law

Shawn M. Flanagan, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates

Foster W. Gaillard (10), Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning Law

Allen C. Gibson Jr. (10), Construction Law, Construction Litigation, Commercial Litigation

Henry E. Grimball, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)

Thomas L. Harper Jr., Real Estate Litigation, Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law

Greg Horton, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Labor & Employment Litigation

Sean D. Houseal, Environmental Litigation

David B. McCormack, Arbitration, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation

Benjamin Allston Moore, Jr. (20), Admiralty & Maritime Law

Cynthia Spieth Morton, Real Estate Law

James D. Myrick (10), Insurance Law, Insurance Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)

*Graeme F. Philp, Closely Held Companies & Family Business Law

Gordon D. Schreck (20), Admiralty & Maritime Law

Kenneth F. Smith, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law

Henry B. Smythe, Jr. (10), Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)

Susan M. Smythe (20), Corporate Law, Real Estate Law

Charles P. Summerall IV (10), Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law

Matthew E. Tillman, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

John H. Warren III (20), Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law

James E. Weatherholtz, Construction Law, Construction Litigation

David S. Yandle, Employment Law (Management), Labor Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation

Stephanie L. Yarbrough, Economic Development Law

Charlotte

Michael G. Barnhill, Commercial Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Banking & Finance Litigation

Robert G. Brinkley (20), Banking and Finance Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law

Cornelius W. Coghill III, Trusts & Estates, Trust & Estates Litigation, Tax Law

Jim D. Cooley (10), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Education Law, Banking & Finance Litigation

James P. Cooney III (10), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense

Susan H. Cooper, Environmental Law

James E. Daniel, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, ERISA Litigation

Bradford A. De Vore, Environmental Law

Debbie W. Harden (10), Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, ERISA Litigation

Jeffrey S. Hay, Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Mark Henriques, Commercial Litigation

Mark J. Horoschak (10), Antitrust Law, Health Care Law, Antitrust Litigation

Cyrus M. Johnson, Jr., Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law

Jane Jeffries Jones, Securities Regulation

Katherine T. Lange, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, ERISA Litigation

William C. Matthews, Jr. (10), Real Estate Law

Meredith J. McKee, Commercial Litigation

Richard E. Morton, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation, Energy Law

*Christopher H. Orders, Intellectual Property Litigation

Sean F. Perrin, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation

Richard L. Rainey, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation

William C. Raper (20), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation

Claire J. Rauscher, Commercial Litigation, Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense, White-Collar Criminal Defense

*Andrew T. Spence, Patent Law

Raboteau T. Wilder, Jr. (10), Health Care Law

James A. Witherspoon, Patent Law

*Constance L. Young, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization

Columbia

Kevin A. Hall (10), Commercial Litigation

Greensboro

Frank W. Bullock, Jr., Appellate Law, Arbitration, Mediation, Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation

Jacqueline E. Camp, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Project Finance Law

Gregory M. Chabon, Corporate Law, Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Randall A. Hanson, Mergers & Acquisition Law

Jack B. Hicks (10), Intellectual Property Litigation, Copyright Law, Patent Litigation, Patent Law, Trademark Law

James M. Powell (10), Labor Law (Management), Employment Law (Management)

Robert C. Rhodes (10), Patent Litigation, Patent Law, Trademark Law

Thomas S. Stukes (10), Health Care Law

Greenville

Larry D. Estridge (20), Real Estate Law

Allen D. Grumbine (10), Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Corporate Law

Sandra Louise Weikel Miller, Health Care Law

*Elizabeth J. Smith, Commercial Litigation

Lindsay W. Smith (10), Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law

Elizabeth O. Temple, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation

Rory D. Whelehan, Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation

Raleigh

Elizabeth K. Arias, Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Tax Law, Tax Litigation & Controversy

Paul H. Billow (10), Public Finance Law

John C. Cooke, Land Use & Zoning Law, Land Use & Zoning Litigation

*Lisa J. Dixon, Corporate Law

Donald A. Donadio (20), Real Estate Law

Marilyn R. Forbes, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

Christopher M. Humphrey, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Law

Beth Tyner Jones, Employment Law (Management)

Christopher W. Jones, Commercial Litigation

*Sarah Anne Keefe, Trademark Law

*Betsy Cook Lanzen, Intellectual Property Litigation

Gwenda L. Laws, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

Thomas G. Lee (10), Public Finance Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law

Johnny M. Loper (10), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation

Kevin R. Lyn, Patent Law

Pressly M. Millen, Antitrust Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation

Burley B. Mitchell, Jr. (10), Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation

*Jon Mize, Public Finance Law

Dorinda L. Peacock, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law

Elizabeth LeVan Riley, Real Estate Law

Frederick W. Rom, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

Nellie K. Shipley, Real Estate Law

Hayden J. Silver III, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation

*Theresa M. Sprain, Employment Law (Management)

Research Triangle Park

*Christopher M. Bolen, Copyright Law

Leslie E. Browder (25), Real Estate Law

Charles R. Holton, Construction Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants)

Kenneth N. Shelton, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law

Tysons Corner

*Thomas A. Cawley, Jr., Intellectual Property Litigation

Jeffrey A.D. Cohen, Corporate Law

John S. Gambaccini, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Keith J. Mendelson, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law

Thomas J. Sawyer, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation

Wilmington

Mark L. Desgrosseilliers, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization, Bankruptcy Litigation

*Steven K. Kortanek, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization

Washington

Richard David, Real Estate Law

John D. Hagner (10), Real Estate Law, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law

*Deborah Israel, Real Estate Litigation

Elizabeth C. Lee, Real Estate Law

Kenneth W. Logwood, Real Estate Law

Pamela V. Rothenberg, Real Estate Law

Howard N. Solodky, Tax Law, Real Estate Law

Jeffrey L. Tarkenton, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation

Stanley J. Wrobel, Real Estate Law

Winston-Salem

Alfred G. Adams (20), Real Estate Law, Leisure & Hospitality Law

Mary Craven Adams, Family Law

Reid C. Adams, Jr., Insurance Law, Insurance Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)

Janice C. Baldwin, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law

Jimmy H. Barnhill (20), Family Law, Commercial Litigation

Ranlet S. Bell, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law

Anthony H. Brett (20), Health Care Law, Healthcare Litigation

Charles A. Burke, Intellectual Property Litigation

Michael R. Cashin, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Tax Law

Keith A. Clinard (10), Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

Andrew W. Copenhaver (20), Antitrust Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation

Linwood L. Davis (25), Corporate Law, Non-Profit/Charities Law

Ronald R. Davis, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation

Christina Upton Douglas, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

Jonathan M. Engram, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

Melissa Gunthner Ferrario, Intellectual Property Litigation

Ellen M. Gregg, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants)

Edward W. Griggs, Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

Michael D. Gunter (20), Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Tax Law

Hardin G. Halsey (10), Real Estate Law, Timber Law, Banking & Finance Law

Hada de Varona Haulsee, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

*Christopher N. Hewitt, Trusts & Estates

Lori Privette Hinnant, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation

Trent E. Jernigan, Real Estate Law

Jeffrey T. Lawyer (10), Tax Law, Health Care Law, Trusts & Estates

Christopher E. Leon (10), Banking & Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law

Michael R. Leonard, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

*Kim Kelly Mann, Banking & Finance Law

Robert D. Mason, Jr., Intellectual Property Litigation

Jeffrey R. McFadden, Patent Law

*Michael Montecalvo, Commercial Litigation

James R. Morgan, Jr. (10), Labor and Employment Litigation, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

John F. Morrow, Jr., Intellectual Property Litigation, Trade Secrets Law

Christopher H. Oldham, Banking & Finance Law

James K. Phillips, Antitrust Law

Robert S. Pierce, Commercial Litigation

John E. Pueschel, Employment Law (Management)

Elizabeth L. Quick (25), Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law

George A. Ragland (10), Trusts & Estates, Tax Law

Michael E. Ray, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Copyright Law

Scott A. Schaaf, Banking & Finance Law, Real Estate Law

Greg L. Smith (10), Corporate Law, Health Care Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Tax Law

Randel S. Springer, Copyright Law, Tax Law, Trade Secrets Law, Trademark Law

Kimberly H. Stogner, Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates Litigation

Keith W. Vaughan (10), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)

Thomas W. Waldrep, Jr., Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization

*Jacob S. Wharton, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Litigation

William R. Whitehurst (10), Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law

Mark C. Wiley (10), Tax Law, Tax Litigation & Controversy, Trusts & Estates

William F. Womble, Jr. (20), Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Litigation

*William Wright, Tax Law

About Womble Carlyle

Womble Carlyle is a 550-attorney law firm that corporate clients rely on to provide core legal services, such as Complex Business Litigation, Mass Torts, Intellectual Property, Corporate & Securities, Finance and Real Estate.

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