Poyner Spruill LLP is pleased to announce 25 attorneys have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 guide, a highly regarded U.S. News & World Report-sponsored peer review honor for legal professionals.
Recognition from Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review, meaning individuals honored have been recognized by others in the legal industry for their talent within specific practice areas. The organization’s methodology is “designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.”
The 2020 Best Lawyers list, released Thursday, August 15, includes the following Poyner Spruill attorneys, with first year of inclusion noted in parentheses:
Charlotte, N.C.
- E. Fitzgerald Parnell III (1999) — Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- David L. Terry (2013) — Employment Law – Management
- Cynthia L. Van Horne (2011) — Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
Raleigh, N.C.
- Kenneth L. Burgess (2009) — Health Care Law
- Daniel G. Cahill (2014) — Commercial Litigation
- William S. Cherry, Jr. (2005) — Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Real Estate Law
- Brian F. Corbett (2019) — Real Estate Law
- Joseph B. Dempster, Jr. (2008) — Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
- David Dreifus (2010) — Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Glenn T. Dunn (1989) — Administrative / Regulatory Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Water Law
- Andrew H. Erteschik (2019) — Administrative/Regulatory Law, Appellate Practice
- Lemuel H. Gibbons III (2005) — Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law
- Susanna Knutson Gibbons (2006) — Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Cecil W. Harrison, Jr. (1995) — Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- S. Todd Hemphill (2010) — Health Care Law
- Keith H. Johnson (2007) — Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
- David W. Long (1989) — Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Securities, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Steven Mansfield Shaber (2008) — Administrative / Regulatory Law, Health Care Law
- John L. Shaw (2005) — Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
- William R. Shenton (2007) — Health Care Law
- David L. Woodard (2013) — Litigation – Labor and Employment
Rocky Mount, N.C.
- Randall R. Adams (2010) — Insurance Law
- Michael S. Colo (2014) — Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- J. Nicholas Ellis (2003) — Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Municipal, Litigation – Real Estate
- Samuel W. Johnson (2013) — Corporate Law
Poyner Spruill attorneys recognized for the first time were Brian Corbett and Drew Erteschik. Attorneys who hit a milestone for consecutive years honored were Susie Gibbons (five) and Cynthia Van Horne (10).
