Poyner Spruill LLP is pleased to announce that 16 of its attorneys have been named 2025 North Carolina Super Lawyers.
The list, compiled annually by Super Lawyers magazine, features attorneys in each state, from more than 70 practice areas, who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Honorees are selected through a statewide survey of attorneys, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. Super Lawyers recognizes no more than 5% of attorneys in each state.
The selected Poyner Spruill attorneys and their practice areas are:
2025 Super Lawyers Honorees:
- Matt Bouchard: Construction Litigation
- Benjamin Buskirk: Construction Litigation
- Bo Dempster: Real Estate
- Steven Epstein: Civil Litigation: Defense
- Drew Erteschik: Appellate
- J. Nicholas Ellis: Business Litigation
- Tate Ogburn: Business Litigation
Nine of the honorees were selected to the 2025 Rising Stars list, which recognizes top up-and-coming attorneys. Rising Stars are attorneys aged 40 or younger who have been practicing for 10 years or less. The Rising Stars list recognizes no more than 2.5% of young attorneys in the state. The asterisks indicate attorneys who were named to the list for the first time. The selected Poyner Spruill attorneys and their practice areas are:
2025 Rising Stars Honorees:
- Dylan Castellino: Land Use/Zoning
- Amy Clay*: Schools & Education
- Christopher Dwight: Mergers & Acquisitions
- Michele Livingstone*: Civil Litigation
- Caroline Margolis*: General Litigation
- Grace Pennerat*: Schools & Education
- Rohun Shah*: General Litigation
- Joanne Wu-White*: Creditor Debtor Rights
- Cosmo Zinkow*: General Litigation
