When we asked this year’s Legal Elite winners what they would be if not a lawyer, many found the question perplexing. For people at the top of their profession, it’s hard to imagine working in another field. While some immediately called to mind childhood dreams, previous jobs, or favorite pastimes or hobbies, one theme was constant: They are all passionate about their jobs and their firms.
“I absolutely love what I do,” says Jean Sutton Martin, a Wilmington-based attorney who received the most votes in the litigation category. “My new firm, my clients and my cases are my priorities. You may beat me because the law is on your side, but you will never beat me because you knew more about my case. I am constantly learning, and that makes life fun and interesting.”
“I don’t know what else I would do, work-wise, if I weren’t a lawyer,” says Sean Sullivan, the top vote-getter for environmental law and a partner at the Raleigh office of Troutman Sanders LLP. “I think this is what I was meant to be.”
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The selection process for this year’s winners began in June, when ballot alerts were emailed to more than 23,000 members of the N.C. Bar. Lawyers were asked to select peers they feel are at the top of their fields. Online ballots were made available for a limited time, and the rules were simple: Lawyers could not vote for themselves, and they were only allowed to vote for a member of their own firm if they also selected an attorney from an outside firm in the same category. More weight was given to outside votes.
The top vote-getters in each field, with the exception of Young Guns, will be elevated to the Legal Elite Hall of Fame and are ineligible to win again in the same category. This year, fewer than 3% of the state’s lawyers, 644 in all, made the list.
Antitrust
W. Andrew “Andy” Copenhaver, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Winston-Salem; Heather Adams, Alston & Bird LLP, Raleigh; James L.S. Cobb, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Jason D. Evans, McGuireWoods LLP, Charlotte; Stephen D. Feldman, Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh; Beau Fisher, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte; M. Keith Kapp, Williams Mullen, Raleigh; Henry L. Kitchin Jr., McGuireWoods LLP, Wilmington; Lawrence C. Moore III, Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte; Jeffrey E. Oleynik, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro; Nathan Standley, Allen, Pinnix & Nichols PA, Raleigh.
Bankruptcy
Richard S. Wright, Moon Wright and Houston PLLC, Charlotte; Shelley K. Abel, Rayburn Cooper & Durham PA, Charlotte; Rayford K. Adams III, Spilman Thomas & Battle PLLC, Winston-Salem; David R. Badger, David R. Badger PA, Charlotte; June L. Basden, Carruthers & Roth PA, Greensboro; Tommy S. Blalock III, Blalock Law Offices PA, Greensboro; William E. Brewer Jr., The Brewer Law Firm, Raleigh; William E. Burton III, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro; Algernon L. Butler III, Butler & Butler LLP, Wilmington; Joseph N. Callaway, Battle, Winslow, Scott & Wiley PA, Rocky Mount; James Oliver Carter Jr., Carter & Carter PA, Wilmington; Katherine J. Clayton, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Raleigh; David H. Conaway, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte; Richard Cook, Cape Fear Debt Relief, Wilmington; Stacy C. Cordes, Burt & Cordes PLLC, Charlotte; Heather W. Culp, Essex Richards PA, Charlotte; Damon Duncan, Duncan Law LLP, Greensboro; David L. Eades, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte; Erich M. Fabricius, Fabricius & Fabricius PLLC, Knightdale; Paul A. Fanning, Ward & Smith PA, Greenville; Adam Mark Gottsegen, Nicholls & Crampton PA, Raleigh; Joseph W. Grier III, Grier Furr & Crisp PA, Charlotte; James Henderson, The Henderson Law Firm PLLC, Charlotte; Jason L. Hendren, Hendren & Malone PLLC, Raleigh; David R. Hillier, Gum, Hillier & McCroskey PA, Asheville; A. Lee Hogewood III, K&L Gates LLP, Raleigh; Andrew T. Houston, Moon Wright and Houston PLLC, Charlotte; Charles M. Ivey III, Ivey, McClellan, Gatton & Siegmund LLP, Greensboro; William P. Janvier, Janvier Law Firm PLLC, Raleigh; J. Trevor Johnston, McGuireWoods LLP, Charlotte; Rod Kight, Kight Law Office PC, Asheville; R. Bradford Leggett, Allman Spry Davis Leggett & Crumpler PA, Winston-Salem; Lance P. Martin, Ward & Smith PA, Asheville; Jack Miller, Rayburn Cooper & Durham PA, Charlotte; Kristin Decker Ogburn, Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes PA, Charlotte; Jeffrey E. Oleynik, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro; George Mason Oliver, Oliver & Cheek PLLC, New Bern; Jeanne Ann Pennebaker, RTS Law Group, Charlotte; Robert M. Pitts, Pitts, Hay & Hugenschmidt PA, Asheville; Alan Pope, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte; J. William Porter, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte; George F. Sanderson III, Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh; Travis Sasser, Sasser Law Firm, Cary; David M. Schilli, Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte; J. Marshall Shelton, Law Office of J. Marshall Shelton, Graham; Caroline W. Sink, Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte; Andrew W.J. Tarr, Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte; Douglas J. Tate, McGuire, Wood & Bissette PA, Asheville; Glenn Thompson, Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC, Charlotte; James C. White, Parry Tyndall White, Chapel Hill.
Business
James R. Forrest, Forrest Firm PC, Durham; J. Mitchell Aberman, James McElroy & Diehl PA, Charlotte; Beth Ferebee Atkins, Howard, Stallings, From, Hutson, Atkins, Angell & Davis PA, Raleigh; E. Kent Auberry, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro; John Babcock, Wall Babcock LLP, Winston-Salem; Adam M. Beaudoin, Ward and Smith PA, Wilmington; Donna Ray Berkelhammer, Legal Direction, Durham; Zachary R. Bishop, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; John H. Britton, Britton Law PA, Fayetteville; Clint Byrd, Lincoln Derr PLLC, Charlotte; Kenneth G. Carroll, Morningstar Law Group, Morrisville; Philip S. Chubb, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte; James H. Clarke, Manning Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh; Matthew A. Cordell, Ward and Smith PA, Raleigh; Galen G. Craun III, Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem; John M. Cross Jr., Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro; G. Stephen Diab, Murchison, Taylor & Gibson PLLC, Wilmington; J. Scott Dillon, Carruthers & Roth PA, Greensboro; T. Greg Doucette, Law Offices of T. Greg Doucette PLLC, Durham; James R. Faucher, Benson, Brown & Faucher PLLC, Greensboro; Paul J. Foley, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem; Kerry A. Friedman, Patla, Straus, Robinson & Moore PA, Asheville; Gregory Gach, Gach & Nolen PLLC, Charlotte; M. Heath Gilbert Jr., Baucom, Claytor, Benton, Morgan & Wood PA, Charlotte; William B. Gwyn Jr., Manning Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh; James M. Hash, Everett Gaskins Hancock LLP, Raleigh; Jimmie B. Hicks Jr., Sumrell, Sugg, Carmichael, Hicks & Hart PA, New Bern; Steven A. Hockfield, Erdman and Hockfield LLP, Charlotte; Gregory D. Hutchins, Roberts & Stevens PA, Asheville; Fred D. Hutchison, Hutchison PLLC, Raleigh; Philip R. Isley, Blanchard, Miller, Lewis & Isley PA, Raleigh; Gene Jones, Morningstar Law Group, Morrisville; David Liggett, Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, Raleigh; Ashe Lockhart, Lockhart PLLC, Charlotte; E. Lynwood Mallard, McGuireWoods LLP, Charlotte; Carolyn P. Meade, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte; Daniel A. Merlin, Alexander Ricks PLLC, Charlotte; Brandy Milazzo, Milazzo Schaffer Webb Law PLLC, Charlotte; Doug Miller, Cogentrix Energy Power Management LLC, Charlotte; Stephen H. Morris, Essex Richards PA, Charlotte; Joshua J. Otto, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; William G. Pappas, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Raleigh; Kevin A. Prakke, Manning Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh; Donald R. Reynolds, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Thomas D. Ricks, Alexander Ricks PLLC, Charlotte; Neal Robbins, Neal Robbins PLLC, Asheboro; Larry E. Robbins, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Marvin L. Rogers, McGuireWoods LLP, Charlotte; George W. Sistrunk III, Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin PLLC, Charlotte; James “’Jim” H. Slaughter, Rossabi Black Slaughter PA, Greensboro; Roy L. Smart III, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte; William S. Smoak, K&L Gates LLP, Charlotte; James B. Snow III, Hogue Hill LLP, Wilmington; Joseph H. Stallings, Howard, Stallings, From, Hutson, Atkins, Angell & Davis PA, Raleigh; Paul A. Steffens, Troutman Sanders LLP, Charlotte; Dominic Hugh Totman, NC Planning/Adams, Howell, Sizemore & Lenfestey PA, Raleigh; Reich L. Welborn, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Morrisville; T. Douglas Wilson Jr., McGuire, Wood & Bissette PA, Asheville; Keith A. Wood, Carruthers & Roth PA, Greensboro.
CONSTRUCTION
Harper Heckman, Nexsen Pruet PLLC, Greensboro; Greg C. Ahlum, Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte; Bruce Ashley, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro; Ryan L. Beaver, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Charlotte; Christopher K. Behm, Block, Crouch, Keeter, Behm & Sayed LLP, Wilmington; Eric H. Biesecker, Nexsen Pruet PLLC, Greensboro; Steven Allen Bimbo, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte; William A. Blancato, Doughton Blancato PLLC, Winston-Salem; H. Arthur Bolick II, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro; Matthew C. Bouchard, Lewis & Roberts PLLC, Raleigh; Melissa Dewey Brumback, Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, Raleigh; Daniel K. Bryson, Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP, Raleigh; Robert L. Burchette, Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte; a D. Anderson Carmen, Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem; B. David Carson, Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte; Chris Chleborowicz, Chleborowicz Law Firm PLLC, Wilmington; David S. Coats, Bailey & Dixon LLP, Raleigh; Keith E. Coltrain, Wall Templeton & Haldrup PA, Raleigh; Edward B. Davis, Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Charlotte; Lex M. Erwin, Erwin, Bishop, Capitano & Moss PA, Charlotte; A. Holt Gwyn, Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC, Greensboro; David Hamilton, Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin PLLC, Charlotte; H. Mark Hamlet, Hamlet and Associates PLLC, Wilmington; Nan E. Hannah, Hannah Sheridan Loughridge & Cochran LLP, Raleigh; Scott C. Harris, Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP, Raleigh; J. Patrick Haywood, Carruthers & Roth PA, Greensboro; Robert Jason Herndon, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Raleigh; Stephen F. Horne II, Horne & Horne PLLC, Greenville; Adam L. Horner, Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin PLLC, Charlotte; Jason B. James, Poyner Spruill LLP, Charlotte; W. James Johnson, The Van Winkle Law Firm, Asheville; Todd A. Jones, Anderson Jones PLLC, Raleigh; Merrill G. Jones II, Ward and Smith PA, Greenville; Elaine Jordan, The Coastal Companies LLC, Holden Beach; Daniel G. Katzenbach, Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP, Raleigh; Gilbert C. Laite III, Williams Mullen, Raleigh; Aaron Lay, Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC, Charlotte; John I. Mabe Jr., Nexsen Pruet PLLC, Raleigh; Ben Martin, Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin PLLC, Charlotte; Joseph C. Moore III, Allen, Moore & Rogers LLP, Raleigh; Joseph W. Moss Jr., Erwin, Bishop, Capitano & Moss PA, Charlotte; Steve M. Pharr, Pharr Law PLLC, Winston-Salem; Walt Rapp, McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC, Wilmington; Joel Rhine, Rhine Law Firm PC, Wilmington; Liz Riley, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Raleigh; Whitaker B. Rose, Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin PLLC, Charlotte; Erik Rosenwood, Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin PLLC, Charlotte; Perry R. Safran, Safran Law Offices, Raleigh; Bryan G. Scott, Spilman Thomas & Battle PLLC, Winston-Salem; William W. Silverman, Wall Templeton & Haldrup PA, Raleigh; Bryan T. Simpson, Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham LLP, Raleigh; M. Riana Smith, Strauch Green & Mistretta PC, Raleigh; Kevin J. Stanfield, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Jason T. Strickland, Ward and Smith PA, Raleigh; Walter L. Tippett Jr., Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Raleigh; Jay P. Tobin, Young Moore and Henderson PA, Raleigh; Judson A. Welborn, Manning Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh; Allen West, Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin PLLC, Charlotte; Martin L. White, Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte; Jay M. Wilkerson, Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC, Raleigh; Steele B. Windle III, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte; Kenneth R. Wooten, Ward and Smith PA, New Bern; Timothy R. Wyatt, Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC, Greensboro.
CORPORATE COUNSEL
Jeffrey M. Davis, Lincoln Financial Group, Greensboro; Sandra Boscia, Family Dollar Stores Inc., Charlotte; John Buckley, Power Plant Management Services LLC, Charlotte; T. Matthew Creech, Lincoln Financial Group, Greensboro; Brett J. Denton, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte; Mary M. Dillon, Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh; Virginia Fitt, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Research Triangle Park; James R. Forrest, Forrest Firm PC, Durham; Paul Griffin, The Select Group LLC, Raleigh; Mark Hinson, Hinson Faulk PA, Indian Trail; Jeremy R. Leonard, Litera Corp., McLeansville; Jeffrey D. Miller, Highwoods Properties Inc., Raleigh; H. Vaughn Ramsey, Tuggle Duggins PA, Greensboro; Kristen Shaheen, Opinion Lab Inc., Wilmington; Andrew Spainhour, Replacements Ltd., Greensboro; Craig A. Taylor, Kisco Senior Living LLC, Greensboro; Michael Wilson, Northwood Ravin LLC, Charlotte.
CRIMINAL
Ryan T. Smith, RTS Law Group, Charlotte; Elliot Sol Abrams, Cheshire Parker Schneider & Bryan PLLC, Raleigh; F. Hill Allen, Tharrington Smith LLP, Raleigh; Russell D. Babb, Tharrington Smith LLP, Raleigh; Bradley Bannon, Cheshire Parker Schneider & Bryan PLLC, Raleigh; Christopher A. Beechler, Christopher A. Beechler PC, Winston-Salem; Jones P. Byrd Jr., Crumpler Freedman Parker & Witt, Winston-Salem; Ames C. Chamberlin, The Law Offices of Ames Chamberlain PLLC, Greensboro; Andrew C. Clifford, Clifford Clendenin & O’Hale LLP, Greensboro; Christopher R. Clifton, Grace Tisdale & Clifton PA, Winston-Salem; Collin Cook, Cheshire Parker Schneider & Bryan PLLC, Raleigh; Kearns Davis, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro; Russell W. DeMent III, DeMent Askew LLP, Raleigh; Phil R. Dixon Jr., Dixon Law Group PLLC, Greenville; Chris Fialko, Rudolf Widenhouse & Fialko, Charlotte; Michael Frickey, Frickey Law Firm PLLC, Raleigh; Daniel A. Harris, Clifford Clendenin & O’Hale LLP, Greensboro; Josh Howard, Gammon, Howard & Zeszotarski PLLC, Raleigh; John H. Hunter III, The Law Office of John H. Hunter III PLLC, Goldsboro; Mark S. Jetton Jr., Jetton & Meredith PLLC, Charlotte; Daniel Johnson, Willis Johnson & Nelson PLLC, Raleigh; Jonathan G. Kreider, Dummit Fradin, Greensboro; Richard Frank Kronk, Baucom, Claytor, Benton, Morgan & Wood PA, Charlotte; George V. Laughrun II, Goodman, Carr, Laughrun, Levine & Greene PLLC, Charlotte; David W. Long, Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh; Desmond McCallum, Corbett & McCallum PLLC, Charlotte; Duncan A. McMillan, McMillan & Smith, Raleigh; Hart Miles, Hart Miles, Attorney at Law PA, Raleigh; John P. O’Hale, Narron, O’Hale and Whittington PA, Smithfield; C. Melissa Owen, Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen PLLC, Charlotte; Michael Robert Paduchowski, Law Office of Matthew Charles Suczynski PLLC, Chapel Hill; Bill Powers, Powers McCartan PLLC, Charlotte; Jan Elliott Pritchett, Schlosser & Pritchett, Greensboro; Claire J. Rauscher, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Charlotte; Amy E. Richardson, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, Raleigh; Edd K. Roberts III, Roberts Law Office PA, Raleigh; Leslie S. Robinson, Robinson Law Firm PA, Greenville; Barbara J. Rynne, Dummit Fradin, Charlotte; Steven Saad, Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP, Raleigh; Anthony G. Scheer, Rawls, Scheer, Foster & Mingo PLLC, Charlotte; Adam M. Seifer, SeiferFlatow PLLC, Charlotte; Jack W. Stewart, Jack W. Stewart PA, Asheville; Ryan D. Stump, Randall & Stump PLLC, Charlotte; Raymond C. Tarlton, Tarlton Law PLLC, Raleigh; Amos Granger Tyndall, Parry Tyndall White, Chapel Hill; Marc Tyrey, Tyrey Law Offices, High Point; David W. Venable, Raleigh; Edwin L. West III, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Wilmington; Gordon Widenhouse, Rudolf Widenhouse & Fialko, Chapel Hill; Joe Zeszotarski, Gammon, Howard & Zeszotarski PLLC, Raleigh.
EMPLOYMENT
Mike Okun, Patterson Harkavy LLP, Chapel Hill; Jon Adams, Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin PLLC, Charlotte; G. Bryan Adams III, Van Hoy, Reutlinger, Adams & Dunn, Charlotte; Dene’ V. Alexander, The Law Office of Dene’ V. Alexander PLLC, Durham; William Joseph Austin Jr., Ward and Smith PA, Raleigh; Patricia T. Bartis, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Raleigh; Adam M. Bridgers, Fisher & Phillips LLP, Charlotte; Kenneth P. Carlson Jr., Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP, Winston-Salem; Connie Elder Carrigan, Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers LLP, Raleigh; Kevin M. Ceglowski, Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh; Denise Cline, Law Offices of Denise Smith Cline PLLC, Raleigh; Seth R. Cohen, Smith, James, Rowlett & Cohen LLP, Greensboro; Edward G. “Woody” Connette, Essex Richards PA, Charlotte; Nicole A. Crawford, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro; Elizabeth R. Dangel, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, Charlotte; John J. Doyle Jr., Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP, Winston-Salem; Stephen J. Dunn, Van Hoy, Reutlinger, Adams & Dunn, Charlotte; Brodie D. Erwin, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, Raleigh; Gretchen W. Ewalt, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, Raleigh; Thomas A. Farr, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, Raleigh; Mathew E. Flatow, SeiferFlatow PLLC, Charlotte; Jared Gardner, Gardner Skelton PLLC, Charlotte; Susanna Knutson Gibbons, Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh; Patricia W. Goodson, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Raleigh; Jacqueline D. Grant, Roberts & Stevens PA, Asheville; S. McKinley Gray III, Ward and Smith PA, New Bern; Marc E. Gustafson, Essex Richards PA, Charlotte; Cecil W. Harrison Jr., Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh; Craig Hensel, Hensel Law PLLC, Greensboro; Tamara Huckert, Maloney Law & Associates PLLC, Charlotte; John C. Hunter, John C. Hunter, Attorney at Law, Asheville; Denis E. Jacobson, Tuggle Duggins PA, Greensboro; Kenneth R. Keller, Carruthers & Roth PA, Greensboro; Patrick E. Kelly, Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte; D. Beth Langley, Hagan Barrett & Langley PLLC, Greensboro; S. Luke Largess, Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen PLLC, Charlotte; David C. Lindsay, K&L Gates LLP, Raleigh; Michael C. Lord, Williams Mullen, Raleigh; Meg Maloney, Maloney Law & Associates PLLC, Charlotte; Rendi L. Mann-Stadt, Ward and Smith PA, Asheville; Alexander L. Maultsby, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro; Christine Mayhew, Anderson Jones PLLC, Raleigh; John G. McDonald, McGuireWoods LLP, Charlotte; Michael Murchison, Murchison, Taylor & Gibson PLLC, Wilmington; Paul M. Navarro, McGuireWoods LLP, Charlotte; Laura Noble, The Noble Law Firm PLLC, Chapel Hill; Katherine Lewis Parker, Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen PLLC, Wilmington; Kevin Parsons, Parsons Summa, Charlotte; J. Heydt Philbeck, Bailey & Dixon LLP, Raleigh; Patti West Ramseur, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro; Sabrina Rockoff, McGuire, Wood & Bissette PA, Asheville; Robert A. Sar, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, Raleigh; Jeremy R. Sayre, Ward and Smith PA, Raleigh; Edward S. Schenk III, Williams Mullen, Raleigh; Russell F. Sizemore, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte; Mimi Soule, Soule Law Firm PLLC, Raleigh; Kyle R. Still, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Geraldine Sumter, Ferguson Chambers & Sumter PA, Charlotte; Jenny E. Sweet, Strata Solar LLC, Chapel Hill; L. Diane Tindall, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Josh Van Kampen, Van Kampen Law PC, Charlotte; Jonathan Wall, Higgins Benjamin PLLC, Greensboro; J. Kellam Warren, Mainsail Lawyers, Chapel Hill; Stacy K. Wood, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte; Kathleen N. Worm, The Worm Law Firm PC, Raleigh; Jonathan W. Yarborough, Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP, Asheville.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Sean M. Sullivan, Troutman Sanders LLP, Raleigh; Stanford D. Baird, K&L Gates LLP, Raleigh; Stephen R. Berlin, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem; F. Bryan Brice Jr., Law Offices of F. Bryan Brice Jr., Raleigh; Charles S. Carter, Nexsen Pruet PLLC, Raleigh; James L. Conner, Calhoun, Bhella & Sechrest LLP, Durham; David A. Franchina, K&L Gates LLP, Charlotte; Thomas N. Griffin III, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte; Matt Hanchey, Duke Energy Corp., Raleigh; Richard E. Morton, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Charlotte; Donald M. Nielsen, Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston Salem; Todd S. Roessler, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Raleigh; Catherine S. Stempien, Duke Energy Corp., Charlotte; Mary Katherine H. Stukes, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte; Carol Jones Van Buren, Van Buren Law PLLC, Charlotte; Amy P. Wang, Ward and Smith PA, New Bern; Steven D. Weber, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte; I. Clark Wright Jr., Davis Hartman Wright PLLC, New Bern.
FAMILY
Rob Blair, Essex Richards PA, Charlotte; W. Lee Allen III, Colombo, Kitchin, Dunn, Ball & Porter LLP, Greenville; Jay Anthony Audino, Miller & Audino LLP, Greenville; Donald L. Beci, Law Office of Donald L. Beci PA, Raleigh; Heidi C. Bloom, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Tom Bush, Tom Bush Law Group, Charlotte; Lee M. Cecil, High Point; Chelsea M. Chapman, The Law Office of Stephen M. Corby, Charlotte; Cary Close, Cary Close Family Law, Raleigh; Charles W. Coltrane, Coltrane & Overfield PLLC, Greensboro; Michelle D. Connell, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Christine S. Eatmon, Eatmon Law Firm, Wake Forest; Daphne Edwards, Daphne Edwards Family Law, Raleigh; Gray Ellis, Ellis Family Law PLLC, Durham; David W. Erdman, Erdman and Hockfield LLP, Charlotte; Jonathan D. Feit, James McElroy & Diehl PA, Charlotte; Marilyn Feuchs-Marker, Smith Moore Leatherwood, Greensboro; V. James Filliben III, SeiferFlatow, PLLC, Charlotte; Amy Fiorenza, Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin PLLC, Charlotte; Katie Fowler, Morrow Porter Vermitsky Fowler & Taylor PLLC, Winston Salem; Janet L. Gemmell, Cape Fear Family Law, Wilmington; Seth A. Glazer, Church Watson Law PLLC, Cornelius; Howard L. Gum, Gum, Hillier & McCroskey PA, Asheville; Monica R. Guy, Tash & Kurtz PLLC, Winston-Salem; Constance A. Harris, Benson, Brown & Faucher PLLC, Greensboro; J. Gregory Hatcher, Hatcher Law Group PC, Charlotte; Penelope L. Hefner, Sodoma Law PC, Charlotte; Elizabeth T. Hodges, Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes PA, Charlotte; Allison Holstein, Dozier Miller Law Group, Charlotte; Christopher T. Hood, Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes PA, Charlotte; Evan Horwitz, Tharrington Smith LLP, Raleigh; Cathy Hunt, Gailor Hunt Jenkins Davis & Taylor PLLC, Raleigh; Jill Jackson, Tharrington Smith LLP, Raleigh; Stephanie Jenkins, Gailor Hunt Jenkins Davis & Taylor PLLC, Raleigh; Robert Paul Jenkins, The Graham Nuckolls Conner Law Firm PLLC, Greenville; K. Mitchell Kelling, Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes PA, Charlotte; Kristin R. Kelly, Kelly & Payne PLLC, Winston-Salem; Irene King, King Collaborative Family Law, Charlotte; Julia A. Kirby, Church Watson Law PLLC, Charlotte; Kyle W. LeBlanc, Hatcher Law Group PC, Charlotte; Lauren V. Lewis, Essex Richards PA, Charlotte; James F. “Rik” Lovett Jr., Rik Lovett & Associates, Raleigh; Jillian E. Mack, Ellis Family Law PLLC, Durham; Justin L. Mauney, Wake Family Law Group, Raleigh; Dustin S. McCrary, The Law Office of Dustin S. McCrary PLLC, Statesville; Patrick S. McCroskey, Gum, Hillier & McCroskey PA, Asheville; Eric S. Meredith, Jetton & Meredith PLLC, Charlotte; Christopher D. Miller, Miller Bowles Law, Charlotte; Randolph Morgan III, The Law Office of Randolph Morgan III, Raleigh; Gena Graham Morris, Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes PA, Charlotte; Steven B. Ockerman, Epperson Law PLLC, Weddington; Sheila G. Passenant, Passenant & Shearin Law, Charlotte; Catherine Pavur, Law Offices of Catherine Pavur, Durham; Scott T. Pollard, Dozier Miller Law Group, Charlotte; Toni Primiano, Primiano Law PA, Huntersville; LeeAnne Quattrucci, Wilmington; Kate Rech, Rech Law PC, Charlotte; Mark D. Riopel, Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin PLLC, Charlotte; Julianne B. Rothert, Wake Family Law Group, Raleigh; Kelly R. Routh, Dozier Miller Law Group, Charlotte; Mariana G. Russell, Barefoot Family Law, Raleigh; Linda B. Sayed, Block, Crouch, Keeter, Behm & Sayed LLP, Wilmington; Jim Siemens, Siemens Family Law Group, Asheville; Courtney Hamer Smith, Hatcher Law Group PC, Charlotte; Nicole Sodoma, Sodoma Law PC, Charlotte; Megan Spidell, Dummit Fradin, Greensboro; Robin J. Stinson, Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem; Alice C. Stubbs, Tharrington Smith LLP, Raleigh; Tamela T. Wallace, The Law Office of Tamela T. Wallace, Charlotte; Richard M. Webb, Jones, Childers, McLurkin & Donaldson PLLC, Mooresville; Elise Morgan Whitley, Tash & Kurtz PLLC, Winston Salem; Arlene M. Zipp, Wyatt Early Harris Wheeler LLP, High Point.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Maury M. Tepper III, Tepper & Eyster PLLC, Raleigh; Gilbert J. “Bert” Andia Jr., Higgins Benjamin PLLC, Greensboro; Stephen S. Ashley Jr., Ashley Law Firm PC, Charlotte; William B. Cannon, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Raleigh; Jeffrey W. Childers, Ward and Smith PA, Raleigh; Rebecca Crandall, McGuire, Wood & Bissette PA, Asheville; Arthur J. DeBaugh, Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem; Angela P. Doughty, Ward and Smith PA, New Bern; John M. Fuscoe, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Kimberly Bullock Gatling, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro; J. Douglas Grimes, Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP, Charlotte; Arlene D. Hanks, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Research Triangle Park; Jack B. Hicks, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Greensboro; Blake P. Hurt, Tuggle Duggins PA, Greensboro; Matthew J. Ladenheim, Trego, Hines & Ladenheim PLLC, Charlotte; James L. Lester, MacCord Mason PLLC, Greensboro; Kevin R. Lyn, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Raleigh; Art MacCord, MacCord Mason PLLC, Greensboro; Richard T. Matthews, Williams Mullen, Raleigh; Richard M. McDermott, Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte; Justin R. Nifong, NK Patent Law PLLC, Raleigh; John C. Nipp, Additon, Higgins & Pendleton PA, Charlotte; Bentley J. Olive, Olive Law Group PLLC, Cary; John Owen, Coats & Bennett, Cary; James G. Passé, Passé Intellectual Property LLC, Raleigh;
S. Benjamin Pleune, Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte; Natalie D. Potter, Essex Richards PA, Charlotte; C. Robert Rhodes, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Greensboro; Julie H. Richardson, Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec PA, Raleigh; Alice Carmichael Richey, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte; Edward W. Rilee, MacCord Mason PLLC, Greensboro; David W. Sar, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro; Trevor P. Schmidt, Hutchison PLLC, Raleigh; Benjamin F. Sidbury, Bryan Cave LLP, Charlotte; Steven N. Terranova, Withrow & Terranova PLLC, Cary; Michael A. Tobin, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte; Thomas G. Varnum, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Wilmington; Benjamin S. Withrow, Withrow & Terranova PLLC, Cary; W. Swain Wood, Wood Jackson PLLC, Raleigh; Jason S. Wood, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh.
LITIGATION
Jean Sutton Martin, Law Office of Jean Sutton Martin PLLC, Wilmington; Noah Breen Abrams, Abrams & Abrams PA, Raleigh; D. Erik Albright, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro; John T. Benjamin Jr., The Law Office of John T. Benjamin Jr. PA, Raleigh; Jonathan A. Berkelhammer, Ellis & Winters LLP, Greensboro; Ashley K. Brathwaite, Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh; Drew Brown, Benson, Brown & Faucher PLLC, Greensboro; Clint Byrd, Lincoln Derr PLLC, Charlotte; Marcus Wayne Conner Jr., The Graham Nuckolls Conner Law Firm PLLC, Greenville; Edward G. “Woody” Connette, Essex Richards PA, Charlotte; Heather Connor, McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC, Raleigh; Peter J. Covington, McGuireWoods LLP, Charlotte; John H. Culver III, K&L Gates LLP, Charlotte; Michael D. DeFrank, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; F. William DeVore IV, DeVore, Acton & Stafford PA, Charlotte; Mary M. Dillon, Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh; Jake Epstein, The Epstein Law Firm PLLC, Raleigh; Russ Ferguson, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Charlotte; Andrew L. Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Litigation, Winston Salem; Paul T. Flick, Jordan Price Wall Gray Jones & Carlton PLLC, Raleigh; David E. Fox, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte; Kenneth M. Gondek, Crumley Roberts LLP, Greensboro; Chris Graebe, Graebe Hanna & Sullivan PLLC, Raleigh; J. Douglas Grimes, Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP, Charlotte; James M. Hash, Everett Gaskins Hancock LLP, Raleigh; J. Patrick Haywood, Carruthers & Roth PA, Greensboro; Drew Haywood, The Law Office of Drew Haywood PLLC, Durham; Elizabeth Sims Hedrick, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Raleigh; Jon David Hensarling, Carlton Law Group PLLC, Raleigh; John P. Higgins, Additon, Higgins & Pendleton PA, Charlotte; Adam S. Hocutt, Dozier Miller Law Group, Charlotte; Justin D. Howard, McGuireWoods LLP, Raleigh; Kacy L. Hunt, Williams Mullen, Raleigh; J. Christopher Jackson, Wood Jackson PLLC, Raleigh; Jason B. James, Poyner Spruill LLP, Charlotte; M. Keith Kapp, Williams Mullen, Raleigh; Lori R. Keeton, Lincoln Derr PLLC, Charlotte; Andrew E. Kristianson, McGuireWoods LLP, Raleigh; E. Hardy Lewis, Blanchard, Miller, Lewis & Isley PA, Raleigh; Sara R. Lincoln, Lincoln Derr PLLC, Charlotte; Robert B. Long Jr., Long Parker Warren Anderson & Payne PA, Asheville; Harrison A. Lord, Bernhardt and Strawser PA, Charlotte; John D. Martin, Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP, Wilmington; John M. McCabe, Law Offices of John M. McCabe PA, Cary; W. Gregory Merritt, Harris Creech Ward & Blackerby PA, New Bern; Jason A. Miller, Miller & Monroe PLLC, Raleigh; David A. Nash, Hogue Hill LLP, Wilmington; John C. Nipp, Additon, Higgins & Pendleton PA, Charlotte; John M. Nunnally, Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, Raleigh; Ray Owens, Higgins & Owens PLLC, Charlotte; Michael J. Parrish, Ward and Smith PA, New Bern; Jim W. Phillips Jr., Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro; Matthew D. Quinn, The Law Offices of F. Bryan Brice Jr., Raleigh; Charles “Chet” H. Rabon Jr., Rabon Law Firm PLLC, Charlotte; Joel R. Rhine, Rhine Law Firm PC, Wilmington; James A. Roberts III, Lewis & Roberts PLLC, Raleigh; Erik Rosenwood, Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin PLLC, Charlotte; Adam L. Ross, James McElroy & Diehl PA, Charlotte; Amiel J. Rossabi, Rossabi Black Slaughter PA, Greensboro; Alan M. Ruley, Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem; Bryan T. Simpson, Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham LLP, Raleigh; Jeffrey S. Southerland, Tuggle Duggins PA, Greensboro; Joseph H. Stallings, Howard, Stallings, From, Hutson, Atkins, Angell & Davis PA, Raleigh; Don Strickland, Twiggs Strickland & Rabenau PA, Durham; Mike Tadych, Stevens Martin Vaughn & Tadych PLLC, Raleigh; Benjamin N. Thompson, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Camden R. Webb, Williams Mullen, Raleigh; Martin L. White, Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte; Molly A. Whitlatch, Sharpless & Stavola PA, Greensboro; Kevin G. Williams, Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem; David C. Wright III, Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte.
REAL ESTATE
Brian W. Byrd, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro; Charles N. Anderson Jr., Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh; E. Cordell Avery, Everett & Hite LLP, Greenville; Francis C. Bagbey, Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh; Susan Strayhorn Barbour, McGuire, Wood & Bissette PA, Asheville; Bob Benson, Benson, Brown & Faucher PLLC, Greensboro; Howard L. Borum, Carruthers & Roth PA, Greensboro; Beth Bowen, Bowen Law Firm PC, Cary; Annika Brock, The Brock Law Firm PLLC, Asheville; Robert P. Bryan III, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Charlotte; John R. Buben Jr., Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte; C. Todd Burbank, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Charlotte; Marcus Wayne Conner Jr., The Graham Nuckolls Conner Law Firm PLLC, Greenville; Matthew P. Doyle, Doyle & Wallace PLLC, Charlotte; Chad W. Essick, Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh; Michael R. Ganley, Bagwell Holt Smith PA, Chapel Hill; Nancy Guyton, Morgan & Carter PLLC, Wilmington; Brett T. Hanna, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Raleigh; Elizabeth R. Harrison, Elizabeth R. Harrison Attorney at Law PC, Raleigh; James B. Haynes, Schell Bray PLLC, Greensboro; Jay Hedgpeth, The Title Company of North Carolina, Winston-Salem; David L. Hillman, Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh; Thomas P. Hockman, Schell Bray PLLC, Greensboro; David Huffstetler, Metro Title Company LLC, Raleigh; Susan K. Irvin, Davidson; Trent Jernigan, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Winston Salem; Talmage Jones, Hogue Hill LLP, Wilmington; Jeffrey P. Keeter, Block, Crouch, Keeter, Behm & Sayed LLP, Wilmington; Michael F. King, K&L Gates LLP, Raleigh; Michael V. Lee, Lee Law Firm PLLC, Wilmington; Robert G. Lindauer Jr., Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte; John C. Livingston, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Raleigh; Sarah R. Lucente, Kunkleman & Lucente PLLC, Charlotte; William E. “Ned” Manning Jr., White & Allen PA, Kinston; William C. Matthews Jr., Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Charlotte; James C. McCaskill, Morris, Russell, Eagle & Worley PLLC, Raleigh; Gary T. McDermott, McDermott Law PLLC, Matthews; Anna P. McLamb, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Raleigh; Clifford P. Parson, Ward and Smith PA, New Bern; C. H. Pope Jr., Ward and Smith PA, New Bern; Tonya Bunn Powell, Shanahan Law Group PLLC, Raleigh; Robert J. Ramseur Jr., Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, Raleigh; L. Holden Reaves, Reaves Law PLLC, Fayetteville; Rebecca J. Reinhardt, Roberts & Stevens PA, Asheville; B. Ford Robertson, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Raleigh; Daron D. Satterfield, Nichols & Satterfield PLLC, Durham; Douglas J. Short, Manning Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh; Richard C. Stephenson, StephensonLaw LLP, Cary; Rebecca L. Stevens, Stevens Law Firm PLLC, Cary; Elizabeth Weddington Voltz, Weatherspoon & Voltz LLP, Raleigh; William H. Weatherspoon Jr., Weatherspoon & Voltz LLP, Raleigh; David N. Woods, Wyatt Early Harris Wheeler LLP, High Point; C. Allen York, Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh.
TAX AND ESTATE PLANNING
Jason Walls, The Walls Law Firm PLLC, Apex; Nathan R. Adams, Pittman & Steele PLLC, Burlington; Elizabeth K. Arias, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Raleigh; Stacey A. Brady, Schell Bray PLLC, Greensboro; Madison E. Bullard Jr., Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Brandi Jones Bullock, Jones Bullock PLLC, Durham; Stephen T. Byrd, Manning Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh; Jean Gordon Carter, Hunton & Williams LLP, Raleigh; Christian P. Cherry, Grier Furr & Crisp PA, Charlotte; C. Michael Crisp, Grier Furr & Crisp PA, Charlotte; David D. Dahl, Manning Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh; Andrew F. Dana, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte; Janice L. Davies, Davies Law PLLC, Charlotte; Debra L. Foster, Debra L. Foster PA, Charlotte; James N. Greene III, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte; Julie Zydron Griggs, Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte; Edward W. Griggs, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Winston-Salem; Jackson D. Hamilton, Roberts & Stevens PA, Asheville; Christopher E. Hannum, Culp Elliott & Carpenter PLLC, Charlotte; John “Jay” Hemphill, Hemphill, Gelder & Monroe PC, Raleigh; James E. Hickmon, Hickmon & Perrin PC, Charlotte; Steve Horowitz, Milazzo Schaffer Webb Law PLLC, Charlotte; Patricia C. Jenkins, Hogue Hill LLP, Wilmington; C. Gray Johnsey, White & Allen PA, Kinston; Ronald P. Johnson, Johnson, Peddrick, & McDonald PLLC, Greensboro; Timothy W. Jones, Jones Branz & Tarsitano LLP, Raleigh; Joseph “Jody” D. Joyner Jr., Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Morrisville; John G. Kelso, The Van Winkle Law Firm, Asheville; Amy H. Kincaid, Schell Bray PLLC, Greensboro; Jennifer L.J. Koenig, Schell Bray PLLC, Greensboro; Paula A. Kohut, Kohut PLLC, Wilmington; Stacy F. Kroustalis, Benson, Brown & Faucher PLLC, Greensboro; David T. Lewis, Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte; Paul H. Livingston Jr., Schell Bray PLLC, Greensboro; Lauren Campbell Maxie, Adams, Howell, Sizemore & Lenfestey PA, Raleigh; Ryan Monk, Monk Law Firm PLLC, Charlotte; Michael C. Murray, Murray Law Office PLLC, Raleigh; John J. Nail, Culp Elliott & Carpenter PLLC, Charlotte; Rudy L. Ogburn, Young Moore and Henderson PA, Raleigh; Gregory T. Peacock, Ward and Smith PA, New Bern; George A. Ragland, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Winston-Salem; Larry H. Rocamora, McPherson, Rocamora, Nicholson & Nordgren PLLC, Durham; Heidi E. Royal, Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte; Amy K. Smith, Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem; Rebecca Smitherman, Craige Brawley Liipfert & Walker LLP, Winston-Salem; Adam B. Snyder, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Sue A. Sprunger, Sprunger Law PLLC, Raleigh; Adam P.M. Tarleton, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro; Keith A. Wood, Carruthers & Roth PA, Greensboro.
YOUNG GUNS
Aaron Lay, Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin PLLC, Charlotte; Kristy Andraos, Andraos Law PLLC, Greensboro; Steven Allen Bimbo, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte; Ashley K . Brathwaite, Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh; Andrew S. Brendle, Brendle Law Firm PLLC, Charlotte; Kelly Street Brown, Young Moore and Henderson PA, Raleigh; David R. Broyles, Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh; Joshua D. Bryant, Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh; Colleen L. Byers, Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem; Clint Byrd, Lincoln Derr PLLC, Charlotte; William B. Cannon, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte; Stephen L. Cash, Roberts & Stevens PA, Asheville; Karen H. Chapman, Poyner Spruill LLP, Charlotte; Matthew A. Cordell, Ward and Smith PA, Raleigh; Julie Yates Cronin, Millberg Gordon Stewart PLLC, Raleigh; Elizabeth R. Dangel, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, Charlotte; Brian Elston, Williams & Mills PLLC, Asheville; Elinor J. Foy, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Lauren Miller Golden, Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh; Michael C. Gruman, Yates, McLamb & Weyher LLP, Raleigh; Daniel A. Harris, Clifford Clendenin & O’Hale LLP, Greensboro; James M. Hash, Everett Gaskins Hancock LLP, Raleigh; Drew Hathaway, Batten Lee PLLC, Raleigh; Michael Hoefling, Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte; Mallory G. Horne, Teague Rotenstreich Stanaland Fox & Holt PLLC, Greensboro; Pearlynn G. Houck, Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte; Hilton T. Hutchens Jr., Hutchens Law Firm, Fayetteville; Sarah Fulton Hutchins, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte; Christoper W. Jackson, Ellis & Winters LLP, Greensboro; Molly McIntosh Jagannathan, Troutman Sanders LLP, Charlotte; Mark S. Jetton Jr., Jetton & Meredith PLLC, Charlotte; Bradley C. Jones, Hopper Law Firm PLLC, Raleigh; Patrick M. Kane, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro; Kimberly J. Kirk, Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte; Matthew E. Lee, Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP, Raleigh; Lauren V. Lewis, Essex Richards PA, Charlotte; Harrison A. Lord, Bernhardt and Strawser PA, Charlotte; Chadwick I. McCullen, Young Moore and Henderson PA, Raleigh; Stephen C. McIntyre, Musselwhite, Musselwhite, Branch & Grantham, Lumberton; Emma C. Merritt, Hunton & Williams LLP, Charlotte; Lauren Millovistsch, Blanco Tackabery & Matamoros PA, Winston-Salem; Jeffrey R. Monroe, Miller & Monroe PLLC, Raleigh; Saiyani Mukombe, Bowens Law Group PLLC, Raleigh; Steven C. Newton II, Nicholls & Crampton PA, Raleigh; Michael Robert Paduchowski, Matthew Charles Suczynski PLLC, Chapel Hill; Christian L. Perrin, Hickmon & Perrin PC, Charlotte; Paul J. Puryear Jr., Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Whitaker Rose, Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin PLLC, Charlotte; Mariana G. Russell, Barefoot Family Law, Raleigh; Stephen M. Russell Jr., Turning Point Litigation/Mullins Duncan Harrell & Russell PLLC, Greensboro; Lawrence “Larry” Shaheen Jr., Carolina Political Consulting, Charlotte; Grant Sigmon, Benson, Brown & Faucher PLLC, Greensboro; William W. Silverman, Wall Templeton & Haldrup PA, Raleigh; Samuel A. Slater, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh; Christian H. Staples, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP, Charlotte; Christopher M. Theriault, Solana, Theriault & Gross PLLC, Wilmington; Whitney S. Waldenberg, Oxendine, Barnes & Associates PLLC, Raleigh; Richard M. Webb, Jones, Childers, McLurkin & Donaldson PLLC, Mooresville.