207 Womble Bond Dickinson Attorneys Honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2019

Womble Bond Dickinson placed 207 attorneys on the 2019 Woodward/White Inc.’s The Best Lawyers in America rankings, a new record for the firm. 

The following is a list of the Womble Bond Dickinson attorneys who rank among the country’s best. Attorneys marked with an asterisk (*) are new to the Best Lawyers list for 2019:
 
Atlanta

• Robert R. Ambler, Jr., Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation
• Elizabeth J. Bondurant, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Insurance Law, ERISA Litigation, Insurance Litigation
• R. Dal Burton, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants)
• Joseph Foltz, Real Estate Law
• Louis T. Isaf, Patent Law, Copyright Law
• *G. Donald Johnson, Corporate Law
• *Sharon McBrayer Johnson, Corporate Law
• *Kimberly Justus, Real Estate Law
• Steven D. Kerr, Patent Law, Trademark Law, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Jimmy F. Kirkland, Energy Regulatory Law, Environmental Law
• G. William Long III, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation
• William M. Ragland, Jr., Commercial Litigation, Copyright Law, Banking & Finance Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Patent Law, Patent Litigation, Technology Law, Intellectual Property Litigation, Trade Secrets Law, Trademark Law, Arbitration
• G. Leighton Stradtman, Banking & Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• *D. Scott Sudderth, Patent Litigation, Technology Law
• Michael J. Sullivan, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants)
• Nellie Shipley Sullivan, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning Law
• James F. Vaughan, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patent Law, Trademark Law
• Jason H. Watson, Bankruptcy & Creditor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Carolyn Saffold Wilson, Real Estate Law

 
Baltimore

• Newton B. Fowler III, Copyright Law, Corporate Law, Patent Law, Technology Law, Trademark Law, International Mergers & Acquisitions
• David B. Hamilton, Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice, Antitrust Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation
• Barry J. Herman, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Law, Patent Litigation

Boston

• Sarah Anne Keefe, Trademark Law

Charleston

• J. Marshall Allen, Healthcare Law
• Charles J. Baker III, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Ethics & Professional Responsibility Law
• Laurel R.S. Blair, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Trusts & Estates
• David M. Collins, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• David H. Crawford, Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law
• Morris A. Ellison, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Real Estate Law, Real Estate Litigation
• Shawn M. Flanagan, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
• F. Cordes Ford IV, Construction Law, Construction Litigation
• W. Foster Gaillard, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Commercial Finance Law
• C. Allen Gibson Jr., Construction Law, Construction Litigation, Commercial Litigation
• Henry E. Grimball, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• Thomas L. Harper Jr., Real Estate Litigation, Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law
• Greg Horton, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Labor & Employment Litigation, Construction Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law
• *John Hawk IV, Banking & Finance Litigation
• Sean D. Houseal, Environmental Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)
• *Dana Lang, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• David B. McCormack, Arbitration, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation, Mediation
• Cynthia Spieth Morton, Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Corporate Law
• James D. Myrick, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Insurance Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)
• Daniel Q. Orvin, Real Estate Law 
• Graeme F. Philp, Closely Held Companies & Family Business Law, Corporate Law, Tax Law
• Gordon D. Schreck, Admiralty & Maritime Law
• Elizabeth W. Settle, Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Law 
• Kenneth F. Smith, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
• Henry B. Smythe, Jr., Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• Susan M. Smythe, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law
• Matthew E. Tillman, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• John H. Warren III, Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Real Estate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
• James E. Weatherholtz, Construction Law, Construction Litigation, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• James M. Wilson, Banking & Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• David S. Yandle, Employment Law (Management), Labor Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation  
• Stephanie L. Yarbrough, Economic Development Law

 
Charlotte

• G. Michael Barnhill, Commercial Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Banking & Finance Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Municipal Litigation, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Securities Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law (Defendants)
• Robert G. Brinkley, Banking and Finance Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law, Commercial Finance Law
• Bruce A. Buckley, Real Estate Law
• Theodore F. Claypoole, Technology Law
• Jim D. Cooley, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Education Law, Banking & Finance Litigation, Financial Services Regulation Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Litigation
• James P. Cooney III, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, General Practice Criminal Defense, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), White-Collar Criminal Defense, Medical Malpractice Law (Defendants), Appellate Practice
• Susan H. Cooper, Environmental Law
• Jennifer L Cory, Immigration Law
• Elizabeth C. Coss, Trusts & Estates
• James E. Daniel, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, ERISA Litigation, Corporate Law
• Bradford A. De Vore, Environmental Law
• B. Chad Ewing, Bankruptcy Litigation
• Russ Ferguson, Commercial Litigation
• W. Clark Goodman, Commercial Litigation
• Debbie W. Harden, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Securities Litigation, Trusts & Estates Litigation
• Jeffrey S. Hay, Corporate Law, International Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• *Brian A. Hayles, Healthcare Law
• Mark Henriques, Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation
• Matthew B. Homan, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), International Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mark J. Horoschak, Antitrust Law, Healthcare Law, Antitrust Litigation
• Cyrus M. Johnson, Jr., Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Closely Held Companies & Family Business Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Jane Jeffries Jones, Securities Regulation
• Katherine T. Lange, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, ERISA Litigation
• William C. Matthews, Jr., Real Estate Law, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
• Anna S. Mills, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Richard E. Morton, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation, Energy Law, Administrative/Regulatory Law
• Sean F. Perrin, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation, Civil Rights Law
• Richard L. Rainey, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation
• Claire J. Rauscher, Commercial Litigation, General Practice Criminal Defense, White-Collar Criminal Defense
• Andrew T. Spence, Patent Law, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Michael A. Tobin, Copyright Law, Information Technology Law, Patent Law, Technology Law, Trademark Law
• Constance L. Young, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law

 
Columbia

• Todd Carroll, Commercial Litigation
• Kevin A. Hall, Commercial Litigation
• Christopher M. Towery, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation
• Belton T. Zeigler, Utilities Law

Greensboro

• Jacqueline E. Camp, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law
• Gregory M. Chabon, Corporate Law, Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Randall A. Hanson, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Jack B. Hicks, Intellectual Property Litigation, Copyright Law, Patent Litigation, Patent Law, Trademark Law
• James M. Powell, Labor Law (Management), Employment Law (Management)
• Thomas S. Stukes, Healthcare Law

Greenville

• Michael James Bogle, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation
• Amy H. Clayton, Real Estate Law
• Andrew B. Coburn, Business Organizations (including LLCs & Partnerships), Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Jamile J. Francis, III, Business Organizations (including LLCs & Partnerships)
• Josh Howard, Commercial Litigation
• Shelton Sterling Laney III, Consumer Law
• Melinda Davis Lux, Business Organizations (including LLCs & Partnerships), Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Corporate Governance Law
• Sandra Louise Weikel Miller, Healthcare Law, Medical Malpractice Law (Defendants), Healthcare Litigation, Qui Tam Law
• W. Lindsay Smith, Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law
• Elizabeth O. Temple, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Corporate Governance Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Securities Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• 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
• Raymond Bennett, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Paul H. Billow, Public Finance Law
• John C. Cooke, Land Use & Zoning Law, Land Use & Zoning Litigation, Real Estate Law
• Lisa J. Dixon, Corporate Law, Corporate Compliance Law
• Peter J. Duffley, Banking & Finance 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), Labor & Employment Litigation, Education Law
• Christopher W. Jones, Commercial Litigation
• G. Thomas Lee, Public Finance Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Banking & Finance Law
• James S. Livermon III, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law
• Johnny M. Loper, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory Law
• Kevin R. Lyn, Patent Law
• Pressly M. Millen, Antitrust Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Securities Litigation, Antitrust Law 
• Jon Mize, Public Finance Law
• Lawrence Moye IV, Closely Held Companies & Family Business 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)
• Hayden J. Silver III, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Securities Litigation
• Theresa M. Sprain, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation
• Michael C. Thelen, Real Estate Law
• Kurt D. Weaver, Commercial Litigation

 
Research Triangle Park

• *David B. Baddour, Securities/Capital Markets Law
• M. Christopher Bolen, Copyright Law, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Practice
• Kenneth N. Shelton, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law, Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law, Timber Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation

 
Tysons Corner

• Thomas A. Cawley, Jr., Intellectual Property Litigation
• Jeffrey A.D. Cohen, Corporate Law
• John S. Gambaccini, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• *Daniel R. Mackesey, Real Estate Law
• Keith J. Mendelson, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Venture Capital Law
• Thomas J. Sawyer, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation

Washington

• Richard David, Real Estate Law 
• John Garziglia, Communications Law
• John D. Hagner, Real Estate Law, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
• Deborah Israel, Commercial Litigation, Land Use & Zoning Litigation, Real Estate Litigation
• *Paul A. Kaplan, Commercial 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
• Martin L. Stern, Communications Law 
• Jeffrey L. Tarkenton, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation
• Andrew M. Tucker, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law
• Stanley J. Wrobel, Real Estate Law

 
Wilmington

• Kristen H. Cramer, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Law
• Mark L. Desgrosseilliers, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation
• *Dana Severance, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Matthew P. Ward, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation

Winston-Salem

• Mary Craven Adams, Family Law
• Reid C. Adams, Jr., Insurance Law, Insurance Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Personal Injury Litigation (Plaintiffs), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• Janice C. Baldwin, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law
• Ranlet S. Bell, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates
• Anthony H. Brett, Healthcare Law, Healthcare Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory Law
• *David P. Broughton, Corporate Law
• Charles Brown II, Commercial Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Frank W. Bullock, Jr., Antitrust Law, Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Mediation
• Charles A. Burke, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Michael R. Cashin, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Tax Law
• Keith A. Clinard, Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants)
• Ronald R. Davis, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Litigation, Securities Litigation, Mass Torts Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants)
• 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), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Edward W. Griggs, Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates Litigation 
• Hardin G. Halsey, Real Estate Law, Timber Law, Banking & Finance Law
• Hada de Varona Haulsee, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants)
• Christopher N. Hewitt, Trusts & Estates
• Trent E. Jernigan, Real Estate Law
• William E. Latham II, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• Jeffrey T. Lawyer, Tax Law, Healthcare Law, Trusts & Estates
• Christopher E. Leon, Banking & Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law, Public Finance Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• R. Michael Leonard, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• Ellen Lloyd, Real Estate Law
• Kim Kelly Mann, Banking & Finance Law, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law
• Michael Montecalvo, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation
• James R. Morgan, Jr., Labor and Employment Litigation, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Healthcare Litigation
• John F. Morrow, Jr., Intellectual Property Litigation, Trade Secrets Law, Copyright Law
• Christopher H. Oldham, Banking & Finance Law
• Tiffani Otey, Trademark Law
• James K. Phillips, Antitrust Law, Commercial Transactions/UCC Law
• Robert S. Pierce, Commercial Litigation
• John E. Pueschel, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation
• Elizabeth L. Quick, Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law
• Jonathan Reich, Insurance Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants)
• Scott A. Schaaf, Banking & Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Greg L. Smith, Corporate Law, Healthcare Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Tax Law
• Randel S. Springer, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Litigation, Trade Secrets Law, Trademark Law
• Kimberly H. Stogner, Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Tax Law
• Keith W. Vaughan, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants) 
• Jacob S. Wharton, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Litigation
• William R. Whitehurst, Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law, ERISA Litigation
• C. Mark Wiley, Tax Law, Tax Litigation & Controversy, Trusts & Estates, Corporate Law
• William F. Womble, Jr., Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law (Defendants), Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• Bradley O. Wood, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants) 
• William Wright, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law