Poyner Spruill LLP is pleased to announce 54 firm attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2023 in 48 practice areas.
Andrew H. Erteschik earned the “Lawyer of the Year” distinction for his work in Administrative/Regulatory Law. 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 38 attorneys honored with this award.
Additionally, 16 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 54 attorneys honored by Best Lawyers, in all categories, and their respective ranked practice areas are:
* denotes a first-time ranking in 2023
Lawyer of the Year:
- Andrew H. Erteschik
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
Best Lawyers:
- Randall R. Adams
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Insurance Law
- Kim L. Bayless
- Corporate Law
- Matthew C. Bouchard
- Commercial Litigation
- Chalk Broughton
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Daniel G. Cahill
- Commercial Litigation
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Kevin Ceglowski*
- Employment Law – Management
- Karen Chapman
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Real Estate
- William S. Cherry, Jr.
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Real Estate Law
- Michael S. Colo
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Brian F. Corbett
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Real Estate Law
- Thomas H. Davis, Jr.
- Commercial Litigation
- Joseph B. Dempster, Jr.
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Project Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- H. Glenn T. Dunn
- Environmental Law
- J. Nicholas Ellis
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Municipal
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Steven B. Epstein*
- Commercial Litigation
- Andrew H. Erteschik
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Chad Essick*
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Real Estate law
- Lemuel H. Gibbons III
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Tax Law
- Susanna Knutson Gibbons
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Cecil W. Harrison, Jr.
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Brad Herring*
- Banking and Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulations Law
- Keith H. Johnson
- Commercial Litigation
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Environmental
- Samuel W. Johnson
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Corporate Law
- David W. 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
- Employment Law – Management
- Emily Meeker*
- Commercial Litigation
- Robert B. Meyer*
- Labor Law – Management
- Chris Roede*
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Stephanie Sanders*
- Real Estate Law
- Steven Shaber
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Health Care
- William R. Shenton
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Health Care
- Bardin Simmons*
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- FinTech Practice
- Deborah Sperati
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- David L. Terry
- Employment Law – Management
- Cynthia L. Van Horne
- Commercial Litigation
- Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Matt Weiner*
- Banking and Finance Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Timothy Wilson*
- Litigation – Insurance
- David L. Woodard
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Ones to Watch:
- Ben Buskirk*
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Brett Carpenter*
- Labor and Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Dylan Castellino
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Charlie Davis
- Family Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Kate Dewberry
- Labor and Employment Law – Management
- John Michael Durnovich
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Professional Malpractice Law
- Tax Law
- Stephanie Goodbar
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Stephanie Gumm*
- Commercial Litigation
- Melissa Jaskolka
- Banking and Finance Law
- Laura Jordan*
- Banking and Finance Law
- Colin McGrath
- Commercial Litigation
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Real Estate Law
- Rachel P. Nicholas*
- Education Law
- Amanda Sherin
- Banking and Finance Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Real Estate Law
- Nick Tosco
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Real Estate Law
- Joanne Wu*
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Cosmo Zinkow*
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
