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44 Ward and Smith Attorneys Selected for 2019 Best Lawyers in America List

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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:

2019 Best Lawyers

Asheville

Derek Allen 

  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Land Use and Zoning

Bill Durr

  • Family Law

Zac Lamb

  • Trusts and Estates

Lance Martin 

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Bill Wolcott

  • Real Estate Law

Greenville

Charles Ellis

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Brad Evans

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Construction

Lynwood Evans

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Paul Fanning

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy

Michael Fields

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Merrill Jones

  • Corporate Law

John Martin

  • Family Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Benjamin Waller

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

New Bern

Don Eglinton

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Copyright Law
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Patent Law
  • Trademark Law

Ken Gray

  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Bill Lathan

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law

Michael Miller

  • Arbitration
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Mediation
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts and Estates 

Greg Peacock

  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Trusts and Estates

C. H. Pope

  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Timber Law

Knox Proctor

  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law

Clint Routson

  • Real Estate Law

Troy Smith

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Law

Amy Wang

  • Environmental Law

David Ward

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • International Trade and Finance Law
  • Litigation - Antitrust

Leigh Wilkinson

  • 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

Steven Long

  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Tax Law

Bill Martin

  • Real Estate Law

Gary Rickner

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation

Jerry Sayre 

  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

Liz Stanek

  • Patent Law

Jason Strickland

  • Litigation - Construction

Jim Verdonik

  • Corporate Law
  • Technology Law
  • Venture Capital Law

Wilmington

Tom Babel

  • Commercial Litigation

Jenna Butler 

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Securities
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Trip Coyne

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Litigation - Construction

John Sloan

  • Trusts and Estates

Ryal Tayloe

  • 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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