Twenty-four attorneys from Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015 (Copyright 2014 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).
The attorneys selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015 include:
Bet-the-Company Litigation: Dan M. Hartzog, Raleigh; Theodore B. Smyth, Raleigh
Commercial Litigation: Dan M. Hartzog, Raleigh; Samuel H. Poole JR., Charlotte; Theodore B. Smyth, Raleigh
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law: George B. Autry, Jr., Raleigh; Stephanie Hutchins Autry, Raleigh
Employment Law – Management: Paul H. Derrick, Raleigh; Patrick H. Flanagan, Charlotte
Insurance Law: Susan K. Burkhart, Raleigh; Theodore B. Smyth, Raleigh
Litigation – Labor and Employment: Paul H. Derrick, Raleigh; Patrick H. Flanagan, Charlotte; Dan M. Hartzog, Raleigh
Litigation – Municipal: Dan M. Hartzog, Raleigh
Mediation: Richard T. Boyette, Raleigh
Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants: H. Lee Evans, Jr., Raleigh; John D. Martin, Wilmington; Pankaj K. Shere, Raleigh; David D. Ward, Raleigh
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants: Dan M. Hartzog, Raleigh; John D. Martin, Wilmington; Theodore B. Smyth, Raleigh; Robert W. Sumner, Raleigh; Emerson M. Thompson III, Charlotte; David D. Ward, Raleigh
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs: Theodore B. Smyth, Raleigh
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants: Robert W. Sumner, Raleigh
Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers: M. Andrew Avram, Charlotte; P. Collins Barwick III; Raleigh; Paul L. Cranfill, Raleigh; Leanne Livengood Dale*, Raleigh; W. Scott Fuller, Raleigh; Kirk D. Kuhns, Raleigh; C.D. Taylor Pace, Raleigh; David A. Rhoades, Raleigh; Robin H. Terry, Raleigh
*Attorney listed for the first time in The Best Lawyers in America©.
ABOUT THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA©
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. Over 50,000 leading attorneys cast more than 5.5 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
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