Poyner Spruill LLP is pleased to announce 68 firm attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2024 in 53 practice areas.
J. Nicholas Ellis, Keith H. Johnson, and Susanna Knutson Gibbons earned “Lawyer of the Year” distinctions. Ellis was recognized for his work in Litigation-Real Estate and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants, Johnson in Litigation-Environmental, and Knutson Gibbons in Labor Law-Management. These three “Lawyer of the Year” honorees are individuals with the highest overall peer feedback. This recognition is given to only one lawyer in each specialty and location.
Best Lawyers recognitions are based entirely on peer review, and research is compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. This year, Poyner Spruill had 45 attorneys honored with this award.
Additionally, 23 firm attorneys were named “Ones to Watch.” Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognizes extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years and is established on peer review.
The 68 attorneys honored by Best Lawyers, in all categories, and their respective ranked practice areas are:
* denotes a first-time ranking in 2024
Lawyer of the Year:
- Nicholas Ellis
- Litigation-Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants
- Keith Johnson
- Litigation-Environmental
- Susanna Knutson Gibbons
- Labor Law-Management
Best Lawyers:
- Randall R. Adams
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation-Construction
- Kim Bayless
- Corporate Law
- Andrew Blair*
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Tax Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Trusts and Estates
- Matthew Bouchard
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation-Construction
- Chalk Broughton
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Daniel Cahill
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Litigation-Banking and Finance
- Karen Chapman
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Litigation-Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions–Defendants
- William Cherry, Jr.
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Real Estate Law
- Michael Colo
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Brian Corbett
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Real Estate Law
- Jesse St.Cyr*
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Thomas Davis, Jr.
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Joseph Dempster, Jr.
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Project Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Sarah DiFranco*
- Commercial Litigation
- Glenn T. Dunn
- Environmental Law
- Nicholas Ellis
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law-Management
- Litigation-Municipal
- Litigation-Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions–Defendants
- Steven Epstein
- Commercial Litigation
- Andrew Erteschik
- Administrative/Regulatory Law
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Chad Essick
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Real Estate Law
- Lemuel Gibbons III
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Tax Law
- Susanna Knutson Gibbons
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law-Management
- Labor Law-Management
- Litigation-Labor and Employment
- Cecil Harrison, Jr.
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law-Management
- Labor Law-Management
- Litigation-Labor and Employment
- Brad Herring
- Banking and Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Keith Johnson
- Commercial Litigation
- Environmental Law
- Litigation-Environmental
- Samuel Johnson
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- David Krosner*
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- David Long
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Litigation-Antitrust
- Litigation-Health Care
- Litigation-Securities
- Litigation-Trusts and Estates
- Kelsey Mayo
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law-Management
- Emily Meeker
- Commercial Litigation
- Robert Meyer
- Employment Law-Management
- Labor Law-Management
- Thomas Ogburn*
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Jennifer Parser*
- Immigration Law
- Robin Pipkin*
- Tax Law
- Chris Roede
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Stephanie Sanders
- Real Estate Law
- Steven Shaber
- Administrative/Regulatory Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation-Health Care
- William Shenton
- Administrative/Regulatory Law
- Corporate Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation-Health Care
- Bardin Simmons
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- FinTech Practice
- Mike Slipsky*
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Eddie Speas*
- Litigation-Land Use and Zoning
- Deborah Sperati
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation-Bankruptcy
- Eric Stevens*
- Litigation-Intellectual Property
- Patent Law
- Trademark Law
- David Terry
- Employment Law-Management
- Labor Law-Management
- Litigation-Labor and Employment
- Matt Weiner
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation-Bankruptcy
- David Woodard
- Employment Law-Management
- Litigation-Labor and Employment
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Ones to Watch:
- Ben Buskirk
- Construction Law
- Litigation-Construction
- Brett Carpenter
- Labor and Employment Law-Management
- Litigation-Labor and Employment
- Dylan Castellino
- Insurance Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Transportation Law
- Charlie Davis
- Corporate Law
- Family Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Kate Dewberry
- Labor and Employment Law-Management
- Litigation-Labor and Employment
- John Michael Durnovich
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation-Trusts and Estates
- Litigation and Controversy-Tax
- Professional Malpractice Law
- Tax Law
- Christopher Dwight
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
- Corporate Law
- Stephanie Goodbar
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation-Bankruptcy
- Stephanie Gumm
- Commercial Litigation
- Melissa Jaskolka
- Banking and Finance Law
- Privacy and Data Security Law
- Real Estate Law
- Laura Jordan
- Banking and Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Colin McGrath
- Commercial Litigation
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Real Estate Law
- Brandon McPherson*
- Education Law
- Hannah Munn*
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Rachel Nicholas
- Education Law
- Grace Sykes Pennerat*
- Education Law
- Sydney Davis*
- Insurance Law
- Francis Pray III*
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Amanda Sherin
- Banking and Finance Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Real Estate Law
- Nick Tosco
- Administrative/Regulatory Law
- Environmental Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Real Estate Law
- Rebecca Williams
- Education Law
- Joanne Wu-White
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation-Bankruptcy
- Cosmo Zinkow
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
