Ward and Smith, P.A. is pleased to announce the inclusion of 18 of its attorneys in Business North Carolina's Legal Elite. Less than 3 percent of the state's attorneys were selected for this distinction.
Ward and Smith attorneys chosen by peer recognition and professional achievement to become Legal Elite include William Joseph Austin, Jr., Employment; Adam M. Beaudoin, Business; Jeffrey W. Childers, Ph.D., Intellectual Property; Matthew A. Cordell, Business and Young Guns; Angela P. Doughty, Intellectual Property; Paul A. Fanning, Bankruptcy; S. McKinley Gray, III, Employment; Merrill G. Jones, II, Construction; Rendi L. Mann-Stadt, Employment; Lance P. Martin, Bankruptcy; Michael J. Parrish, Litigation; Clifford P. Parson, Real Estate; Gregory T. Peacock, Tax and Estate Planning; C. H. Pope, Jr., Real Estate; Jeremy R. Sayre, Employment; Jason T. Strickland, Construction; Amy P. Wang, Environmental; and Kenneth R. Wooten, Construction.
James E. Creekman and David L. Ward, Jr. are included in the Legal Elite Hall of Fame in the category of Corporate Counsel.