Ward and Smith, P.A. is pleased to announce the inclusion of 17 of its attorneys in Business North Carolina's "Legal Elite." Less than three 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 Adam M. Beaudoin, Business; Albert R. Bell, Jr., Employment; Jeffrey W. Childers, Ph.D., Intellectual Property; Matthew A. Cordell, Business; Stuart B. Dorsett, Tax and Estate Planning; Donalt J. Eglinton, Litigation; E. Bradley Evans, Litigation; Paul A. Fanning, Bankruptcy; Michael P. Flanagan, Bankruptcy; S. McKinley Gray, III, Employment; William R. Lathan, Jr., Business; Gregory T. Peacock, Tax and Estate Planning; C. H. Pope, Jr., Real Estate; Jeremy R. Sayre, Employment; Frank H. Sheffield, Jr., Environmental; Allen N. Trask, III, Young Guns; and Kenneth R. Wooten, Construction.
Included in the Legal Elite Hall of Fame are James E. Creekman in the category of Corporate Counsel, E. Eric Mills in the category of Intellectual Property, and David L. Ward, Jr. in the category of Corporate Counsel.