Best Lawyers in America 2013 Recognizes 45 Brooks Pierce Lawyers

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP is pleased to announce that 45 lawyers, representing over 50% of the firm’s attorneys, were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013.vAttorneys receiving this noteworthy recognition are:

• James C. Adams II– Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor & Employment, Litigation– Securities
• Marc D. Bishop –Corporate Law, Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, Mergers and Acquisitions
• H. Arthur Bolick II –Construction Law
• Forrest W. Campbell, Jr. - Health Care Law
• William P.H. Cary– Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor & Employment
• Charles E. Coble - Commercial Litigation
• John M. Cross –Corporate Law
• Mark Davidson –Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Tax Law
• J. Benjamin Davis - Banking and Finance Law
• Kearns Davis –Bet-the-Company Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Commercial Litigation
• Alexander Elkan - Environmental Law
• Edgar B. Fisher, Jr.– Trusts & Estates, Real Estate Law
• W. Erwin Fuller, Jr.– Employment Law: Individuals, Trusts & Estates
• Wade H. Hargrove –Communications Law, Media Law, First Amendment Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Copyright Law, Litigation– Intellectual Property, Corporate Law, Energy Law
• George W. House –Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Water Law
• Patrick J. Johnson - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Robert J. King III– Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law
• David Kushner - Media Law
• Charles F. Marshall - Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice
• M. Daniel McGinn –Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor & Employment
• William G. McNairy– Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
• Jeffrey E. Oleynik– Antitrust Law, Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Jim W. Phillips, Jr.– Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation- Securities
• Reid L. Phillips –Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking & Finance, Litigation– Intellectual Property
• Clinton R. Pinyan - Commercial Litigation
• Mark J. Prak –First Amendment Law, Litigation – First Amendment, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• S. Leigh Rodenbough IV-Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Law
• David W. Sar –Intellectual Property Law, Trademark Law, Patent Law, Litigation– Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent
• Robert W. Saunders– Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law, Litigation & Controversy- Tax
• Ginger S. Shields - Trusts and Estates
• Robert A. Singer –Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• John H. Small – Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Mack Sperling –Commercial Litigation
• V. Randall Tinsley– Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
• Marcus W. Trathen– First Amendment Law
• Ed Turlington –Government Relations Practice, Corporate Law
• Randall A. Underwood– Financial Services Regulation Law, Real Estate Law
• Jennifer K. Van Zant– Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Banking& Finance, Litigation - Securities
• James T. Williams, Jr.– Bet-the-Company Litigation, Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation, Education Law
• Howard L. Williams– Tax Law, Litigation & Controversy - Tax
• Jill R. Wilson –Education Law
• Edward C. Winslow III– Banking Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Litigation– Banking & Finance
• S. Kyle Woosley – Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, 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.”