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May 5, 2026
44 Ward and Smith Attorneys Selected for 2019 Best Lawyers in America List
Ward and Smith is thrilled to announce that 44 attorneys have been named as Best Lawyers in America, in their respective practice areas, in the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers®.
The Best Lawyers list is based entirely on a peer-review survey process in which thousands of leading attorneys evaluate other colleagues in their practice areas. For the 2019 edition, nearly 8 million votes were analyzed across 145 practice areas.
The Ward and Smith attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers® are as follows:
Asheville
Derek Allen
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
- Family Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Bill Wolcott
- Real Estate Law
Greenville
- Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
- Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Construction
- Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
- Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Corporate Law
- Family Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Benjamin Waller
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
New Bern
- Commercial Litigation
- Copyright Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Patent Law
- Trademark Law
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Banking and Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
Michael Miller
- Arbitration
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Mediation
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Trusts and Estates
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Real Estate Law
- Timber Law
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Real Estate Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Environmental Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- International Trade and Finance Law
- Litigation – Antitrust
- Health Care Law
Ken Wooten
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Construction
Raleigh
Al Bell (Retired)
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
Wes Camden
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
John Cella
- Trusts and Estates
Bob Crouse
- Patent Law
Benji Jones
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
Shawna Lemon, P.h.D.
- Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
- Patent Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Tax Law
- Real Estate Law
Gary Rickner
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
Jerry Sayre
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Liz Stanek
- Patent Law
- Litigation – Construction
Jim Verdonik
- Corporate Law
- Technology Law
- Venture Capital Law
Wilmington
Tom Babel
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Securities
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Litigation – Construction
- Trusts and Estates
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Real Estate
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Attorneys are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
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