Fifty-three Womble Carlyle attorneys have been named to the 2016 lists of North Carolina Super Lawyers and North Carolina Rising Stars.
Womble Carlyle attorneys honored by N.C. Super Lawyers are:
"CHARLOTTE"
G. Michael (Mike) Barnhill—Business Litigation
Cornelius W. Coghill, III—Estate & Probate
Jim D. Cooley—Business Litigation
Jim Cooney—Criminal Defense: White Collar
James E. Daniel—Employee Benefits
B. Chad Ewing*—Business Litigation
Russ Ferguson*—Business Litigation
Debbie W. Harden—Business Litigation
Mark Horoschak—Antitrust Litigation
Cyrus M. Johnson, Jr.—Business/Corporate Law
Bill Matthews —Real Estate
Meredith J. McKee*—Business Litigation
Ric Morton—Environmental Litigation
Richard L. Rainey—Employment & Labor
William C. Raper—Professional Liability: Defense
Claire Rauscher—Criminal Defense: White Collar
Sarah Motley Stone*—Business Litigation
Raboteau T. Wilder, Jr.—Business Litigation
Constance L. Young—Bankruptcy: Business
"GREENSBORO"
Jack Hicks—Intellectual Property
Thomas S. (Tom) Stukes—Health Care
"RALEIGH"
Liz Arias—Estate & Probate
Raymond M. Bennett*—Business Litigation
Marina Chase Carreker*—Business Litigation
Donald A. Donadio—Business/Corporate
Johnny M. Loper—Business Litigation
Press Millen—Business Litigation
Jonathan T. Mize*—Government Finance
Amanda G. Ray*—Business Litigation
Hayden J. Silver, III—Business Litigation
Michael C. Thelen*—Land Use/Zoning
"WINSTON-SALEM"
Alfred G. Adams—Real Estate
Mary Craven Adams—Business Litigation
Jimmy H. Barnhill—Family Law
David R. Boaz*—Intellectual Property Litigation
W. Andrew Copenhaver—Antitrust Litigation
Ronald R. Davis—Business Litigation
James A. Dean*—Business Litigation
Edward Griggs*—Estate & Probate
Michael D. Gunter—Employee Benefits
Hardin G. Halsey—Real Estate
Sonny S. Haynes*—Civil Rights
Jeffrey T. Lawyer—Tax
Christopher E. (Chris) Leon—Mergers & Acquisitions
Jennifer Barker Lyday*—Bankruptcy: Business
Brent F. Powell*—Business Litigation
Elizabeth L. (Betty) Quick—Estate Planning & Probate
George A. Ragland—Estate Planning & Probate
Gemma Saluta*—Personal Injury Defense: Products
Kimberly H. Stogner—Estate Planning & Probate
Keith W. Vaughan—Business Litigation
C. Mark Wiley—Tax Law
William F. Womble, Jr.—Personal Injury Defense: Products
*Denotes Rising Star
North Carolina Super Lawyers is a listing of the top five percent of lawyers in the state who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The multi-step process involved soliciting nominations from attorneys across the state (lawyers were not allowed to vote for themselves), followed by a thorough case-by-case review of each nominee. North Carolina Rising Stars recognizes outstanding attorneys who are 40 or under, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5% of North Carolina lawyers are named to this list.