Thirty-three attorneys from Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (Cranfill Sumner) were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018 (Copyright 2017 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). Eight attorneys were selected for inclusion in the list for the first time.
The attorneys selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018 include:
Bet-the-Company Litigation: Dan M. Hartzog (Raleigh), Ted Smyth (Raleigh)
Civil Rights Law: Patrick Flanagan (Charlotte)
Commercial Litigation: Dan M. Hartzog (Raleigh), Lee Poole (Charlotte), Ted Smyth (Raleigh), Marshall Wall (Raleigh)
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law: George B. Autry, Jr (Raleigh), Stephanie Hutchins Autry (Raleigh)
Employment Law – Management: Katie Weaver Hartzog* (Raleigh), Patrick Flanagan (Charlotte)
Insurance Law: Susan Burkhart (Raleigh), Ted Smyth (Raleigh)
Litigation – Insurance: Robert Griffin (Raleigh)
Litigation – Labor and Employment: Patrick Flanagan (Charlotte), Dan M. Hartzog (Raleigh)
Litigation – Municipal: Dan M. Hartzog (Raleigh), Stephanie Gaston Poley* (Raleigh)
Mediation: Richard Boyette (Raleigh)
Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants: John Martin (Wilmington), Colleen Shea (Wilmington), P.K. Shere (Raleigh), David Ward (Raleigh)
Municipal Law: Dan Hartzog, Jr.* (Raleigh)
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants: Dan M. Hartzog (Raleigh), Rebecca Knudson (Wilmington), John Martin (Wilmington), Ted Smyth (Raleigh), Robert Sumner (Raleigh), David Ward (Raleigh)
Professional Malpractice Law: Melody Jolly* (Wilmington)
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants: Dan Katzenbach* (Raleigh), Robert Sumner (Raleigh), Marshall Wall (Raleigh)
Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers: M. Andrew Avram (Charlotte), James Black IV* (Raleigh), Buck Copeland (Raleigh), Paul Cranfill (Raleigh), W. Scott Fuller (Raleigh), Jennifer Morris Jones (Raleigh), C. D. Taylor Pace (Raleigh), Amy Pfeiffer* (Raleigh), David Rhoades (Raleigh), Erin Taylor (Charlotte), Robin Hayes Terry (Raleigh), Nicholas Valaoras* (Charlotte)
*Attorney listed for the first time in The Best Lawyers in America©.
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