RALEIGH, NC, AUGUST 15, 2018 — Poyner Spruill announced today that 27 of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2019.
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. The selection process for Best Lawyers requires an intense peer-review survey that includes over 7.4 million confidential evaluations submitted by top attorneys. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
The Poyner Spruill attorneys named to the 2019 list and the areas in which they have been recognized are as follows:
- Randall R. Adams (Insurance Law)
- Christopher P. Brewer (Health Care Law and Litigation – Health Care)
- Kenneth L. Burgess (Health Care Law)
- Daniel G. Cahill (Commercial Litigation)
- William S. Cherry, Jr. (Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, and Real Estate Law)
- Michael S. Colo (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Brian F. Corbett (Real Estate Law)
- Joseph B. ”Bo” Dempster, Jr. (Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, and Real Estate Law)
- David Dreifus (Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Banking and Finance)
- H. Glenn T. Dunn (Administrative/Regulatory Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, and Water Law)
- *J. Nicholas Ellis (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Municipal, and Litigation – Real Estate)
- Andrew H. Erteschik (Administrative/Regulatory Law and Appellate Practice)
- Lemuel H. “Chip” Gibbons III (Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Tax Law)
- Susanna K. Gibbons (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- Cecil W. Harrison, Jr. (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- S. Todd Hemphill (Health Care Law)
- Keith H. Johnson (Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental)
- Samuel W. Johnson (Corporate Law)
- T. Richard Kane (Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental)
- David W. Long (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Securities, and Litigation – Trusts and Estates)
- E. Fitzgerald “Jerry” Parnell III (Criminal Defense: White-Collar and Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants)
- Steven M. Shaber (Administrative/Regulatory Law and Health Care Law)
- John L. Shaw (Construction Law and Litigation – Construction)
- William R. Shenton (Health Care Law)
- David L. Terry (Employment Law – Management)
- Cynthia L. Van Horne (Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants)
- David L. Woodard (Litigation – Labor and Employment)
* In addition, J. Nicholas Ellis was recognized as a 2019 Lawyer of the Year for his work in Litigation – Real Estate.
