Poyner Spruill managing partner Dan Cahill and partner Katie Cornetto spoke with Law360’s Adrian Cruz about the firm’s new education law team.
Cornetto spoke with Law360 about the move, saying, “We’ve been practicing education law for a long time, and we had a lot of growth ideas and opportunities that we wanted to explore,” she said. “Poyner was very open to those ideas, and we think it’s a perfect fit for the synergy we have together.”
The article, Poyner Spruill Adds 9-Atty Education Law Group In NC, was published on November 3. An excerpt of article is below.
North Carolina firm Poyner Spruill LLP announced the addition of a Raleigh-based, nine-person group from boutique firm Schwartz & Shaw PLLC focused on the various aspects of education law, including school budgets, property acquisition, and COVID-19 regulations.
The education law group, consisting of partners Katie Cornetto, Rachel Hitch, Brian Shaw, and Brandon McPherson along with four associates and one of counsel, fully joined Poyner Spruill on Monday after three of the attorneys came aboard last month.
Cornetto told Law360 on Wednesday that she and the rest of the education law team chose Poyner Spruill because they were looking for a platform to support their growth aspirations.
Read the full article in Law360.
