RALEIGH, NC – Poyner Spruill LLP is proud to announce 15 of its attorneys have been ranked among Business North Carolina magazine’s 2012 “Legal Elite.” For the eleventh consecutive year, this honor awards the top lawyers in the state in 14 categories who are nominated and voted on by more than 20,000 active members of the North Carolina State Bar.

Ten attorneys in the firm’s Raleigh office were named among the “Legal Elite” including  Bo Dempster (Corporate), Susie Gibbons (Employment), Chip Gibbons (Tax and Estate Planning), Cecil Harrison (Employment), Keith Johnson (Environmental), David Long (Criminal Defense), Tim Sullivan (Environmental), Lisa Sumner (Bankruptcy), David Warren (Bankruptcy) and Joe Zeszotarski (Criminal Defense).

In addition, three Poyner Spruill attorneys in the firm’s Charlotte office were recognized as “Legal Elite” including Jason James (Litigation), Rick Kane (Environmental) and Court Young (Young Guns).

Glenn Dunn (Environmental, Raleigh) and John Shaw (Construction, Raleigh) are again recognized as members of the Legal Elite "Hall of Fame."