Poyner Spruill LLP is pleased to announce three firm partners – Kenneth L. Burgess, Susanna Knutson Gibbons and William S. Cherry, Jr. – have been named Lawyer of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America© 2021. In addition, 31 attorneys have been selected by industry peers for inclusion in the same publication.
Lawyer of the Year honorees are individuals with the highest overall peer feedback. This recognition is only given to one lawyer in each specialty and location.
In addition, eight firm associates were named “Ones to Watch.” New in the 2021 guide, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognizes extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years and is entirely based entirely on peer review.
The 31 attorneys honored by Best Lawyers, in all categories, and their respective ranked practice areas are:
- Randall R. Adams: Insurance Law
- Kenneth L. Burgess: Health Care Law (Lawyer of the Year honoree)
- Daniel G. Cahill: Commercial Litigation
- Dylan Castellino: Land Use and Zoning Law (Ones to Watch honoree)
- Karen Chapman: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate
- William S. Cherry, Jr.: Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Real Estate Law (Lawyer of the Year honoree)
- Michael S. Colo: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Brian F. Corbett: Real Estate Law
- Charlie Davis: Tax Law (Ones to Watch honoree)
- Joseph B. Dempster, Jr.: Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
- David Dreifus: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance
- H. Glenn T. Dunn: Administrative / Regulatory Law; Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; Water Law
- John Michael Durnovich: Appellate Practice; Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Litigation and Controversy – Tax (Ones to Watch honoree)
- J. Nicholas Ellis: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Municipal; Litigation – Real Estate
- Andrew H. Erteschik: Administrative / Regulatory Law; Appellate Practice
- Lemuel H. Gibbons: Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law
- Susanna Knutson Gibbons: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment (Lawyer of the Year honoree)
- Stephanie Goodbar: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation (Ones to Watch honoree)
- Cecil W. Harrison, Jr.: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Melissa Jaskolka: Banking and Finance Law (Ones to Watch honoree)
- Keith H. Johnson: Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
- Samuel W. Johnson: Corporate Law
- David W. Long: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation – Securities; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Colin McGrath: Commercial Litigation (Ones to Watch honoree)
- Steven Mansfield Shaber: Administrative / Regulatory Law; Health Care Law
- William R. Shenton: Health Care Law
- Amanda Sherin: Banking and Finance Law (Ones to Watch honoree)
- Deborah Sperati: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency; Reorganization Law
- David L. Terry: Employment Law – Management
- Nick Tosco: Government Relations Practice; Land Use and Zoning Law (Ones to Watch honoree)
- Cynthia L. Van Horne: Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- David L. Woodard: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Partners Chapman and Sperati appear on The Best Lawyers in America© list for the first time this year.
