Business Leader Magazine is pleased to announce the 2009 Top Lawyers in North Carolina.
William G. Alexander, Managing Attorney – W.G. Alexander & Associates PLLC


C. Edwin Allman III , Member – Allman Spry Leggett & Crumpler PA


June L. Basden, Director and Shareholder – Carruthers & Roth PA


Charles K. Blackmon, Of Counsel – Tuggle Duggins & Meschan PA


Phillip S. Chubb, Partner – Shumacker, Loop & Kendrick LLP


James H. Clarke, Managing Member - RTP Office – Moore & Van Allen PLLC


Ralph J. DiLeone, Managing Partner – The DiLeone Law Group PC


J. Scott Dillon, Director – Carruthers & Roth PA


Paul S. Donohue, Partner – Alston & Bird LLP


W. Curtis Elliott Jr., Partner – Culp Elliott & Carpenter PLLC


John Fogg, Leader, Mergers and Acquisitions – Hutchison Law Group


Jeremy H. Godwin, Member – Moore & Van Allen PLLC


Kenneth M. Greene, Director and Shareholder – Carruthers & Roth PA


Christopher E. Hannum, Partner – Culp Elliott & Carpenter PLLC


Jeffrey C. Hart, Partner – Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson


Fred D. Hutchison, Founding Member – Hutchison Law Group


H. Bryan Ives III, Partner – Alston & Bird LLP


Gerald A. Jeutter, Principle – The Law Office of Gerald A. Jeutter, Jr.


Larry S. McDevitt, Principal – The Van Winkle Law Firm


Robert B. Norris, Co-Founder and Mng. Partner – Wishart Norris Henninger & Pittman PA


James M O’Brien III, Partner – Poyner Spruill LLP


David F. Paulson Jr., Partner – Williams Mullen


Scott D. Syfert, Member – Moore & Van Allen PLLC


Craig A. Taylor, Director and Shareholder – Carruthers & Roth PA


Wayne E. Tumlin, Director – Tuggle Duggins & Meschan PA


Richard W. Viola, Partner – McGuireWoods LLP


Bill Wofford, Member – Hutchison Law Group


Frank M. Bell Jr., Director – Bell, Davis & Pitt PA


Howard L. Borum, Director and Shareholder – Carruthers & Roth PA


Thomas M. Buckley, Partner – Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP


John J. Carpenter, Partner – Culp Elliott & Carpenter PLLC


Reuben G. Clark III, Partner – Williams Mullen


Jeff Dunham, Principal – Tuggle Duggins & Meschan PA


David R. Fricke, Partner – Poyner Spruill LLP


Henry W. Gorham, Partner – Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham LLP


Kenneth C. Haywood, Partner – Boxley, Bolton, Garber & Haywood LLP


L. Worth Holleman Jr., Director, Shareholder, and VP – Carruthers & Roth PA


Daniel S. Huffenus, Managing Partner – Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP


W. James Johnson, Principal – The Van Winkle Law Firm


Jeffrey D. Keister, Attorney – McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC


Lawrence S. Maitin, Attorney at Law – Maitin Law Firm


James K. Pendergrass Jr., Member – Pendergrass Law Firm PLLC


Cathy M. Rudisill, Partner – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


Nellie K. Shipley, Member – Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC


Robert W. Simmons, Partner – McGuireWoods LLP


Ashley H. Story, Partner and Raleigh Office Managing Partner – Troutman Sanders LLP


Harmony W. Taylor, Partner – Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP


Brent A. Torstrick, Partner – Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson


Steele B. Windle III, Partner – Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP


Elizabeth J. Zook, Attorney – Carruthers & Roth PA


William R. Culp Jr., Partner – Culp Elliott & Carpenter PLLC


Craig G. Dalton Jr., Partner – Poyner Spruill LLP


Florence DuPalevich, Attorney – McCuiston Law Offices PLLC


Paul M. Hattenhauer, Partner – Culp Elliott & Carpenter PLLC


Joseph B. Henninger Jr., Partner – Wishart Norris Hennninger & Pittman PA


David E. Inabinett, Managing Member – Brinkley Walser PLLC


A. Frank Johns, Attorney – Booth Harrington & Johns of NC PLLC


John G. Kelso, Principal – The Van Winkle Law Firm


Carl L. King, Partner – Culp Elliott & Carpenter PLLC


E. William “Bill” Kratt, Partner – Herring Mills & Kratt PLLC


Richard E. Marsh Jr., President – Marsh Law Firm PA


W. Thomas McCuiston, Managing Partner – McCuiston Law Offices PLLC


Richard A. Pelak, Partner – Culp Elliott & Carpenter PLLC


Edward E. “Gene” Raymer Jr., Shareholder – Allman Spry Leggett & Crumpler PA


Christy Eve Reid, Partner – Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson


Mark L. Richardson, Partner – Culp Elliott & Carpenter PLLC


Charles L. Steel IV, Partner – Williams Mullen


Diane A. Wallis, Owner – Wallis Law Firm PA


Gregory S. Williams, Director and Shareholder – Carruthers & Roth PA


Robert C. Vaughn, Partner – Vaughn, Perkinson, Ehlinger & Moxley LLP


Michael J. Allen, Director and Shareholder – Carruthers & Roth PA


Martha Gayle Barber, Partner – Alston & Bird LLP


Gary Beaver, Member – Nexsen Pruet PLLC


Rodrick J. Enns, Partner – Enns & Archer LLP


J. Douglas Grimes, Attorney – Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP


Arlene D. Hanks, Member – Moore & Van Allen PLLC – RTP Office


Richard E. Jenkins, President and Founder – Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt PA


Vedia Jones-Richardson, Principal – Olive and Olive PA


Dickson M. Lupo, Head of the Intellectual Prop. Practice Grp. – Moore & Van Allen PLLC


Susan Freya Olive, Managing Member and President – Olive & Olive PA


Joseph J. Santaniello, Partner – Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP


W. Murray Spruill, Ph.D., Chair of Biotechnology and Pharm. Patent Group – Alston & Bird LLP


Gregory A. Stephens, Partner – Williams Mullen


Eric P. Stevens, Partner – Poyner Spruill LLP


Arles A. Taylor Jr., Partner – Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt PA


Randall Whitmeyer, Partner – Hutchison Law Group


Tara J. Williams, Patent Attorney and Shareholder – Law Offices of James Scott Farrin


Jeffrey L. Wilson, Partner – Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt


Mark E. Anderson, Partner – McGuireWoods LLP


Catharine Arrowood, Partner – Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein


J. Chad Bomar, Partner – Coffey Bomar LLP


Daniel G. Cahill, Partner – Poyner Spruill LLP


Barry S. Cobb, Partner – Yates, McLamb & Weyher LLP


Cynthia M. Currin, Partner – Crisp, Page & Currin LLP


George W. Dennis III, Managing Partner – Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham LLP


Jeffrey A. Doyle, Partner – Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP


Lex M. Erwin, Partner – Erwin and Eleazer PA


Douglas W. Ey Jr., Partner – McGuireWoods LLP


Mel J. Garofalo, Partner – Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP


Rodney A. Guthrie, Partner – Bennett & Guthrie PLLC


J. Patrick Haywood, Director and Shareholder – Carruthers & Roth PA


Charles Holton, Member – Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC


Justin D. Howard, Associate – McGuireWoods LLP


C. Hamilton Jarrett, Member – Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC


John T. Jeffries, Member – McAngus, Goudelock & Courie PLLC


Jennifer S. Jerzak, Partner – Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP


M. Keith Kapp, Vice President – Williams Mullen


Hatcher B. Kincheloe, Partner – Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP


Malvern F. King Jr., Partner – Pulley Watson King & Lischer PA


Kenneth W. McAllister, Principal – McAllister & Tyrey PLLC


Steven K. McCallister, Senior Litigation Associate – Shanahan Law Group PLLC


Dan J. McLamb, Partner – Yates, McLamb & Weyher LLP


James P. McLoughlin Jr., Member – Moore & Van Allen PLLC


Steven A. Meckler, Partner – Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP


Mark W. Merritt, Partner – Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson


Charles H. Mercer Jr., Partner – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


Sheila Mikhail, Founder/Managing Partner – Life Sciences Law LLP


John W. Minier, Partner – Yates, McLamb & Weyher LLP


Robert Morton, Founder – North Raleigh Law Group


Gregory J. Murphy, Member, Head of Litigation Practice Group – Moore & Van Allen PLLC


Rodney E. Pettey, Partner – Yates, McLamb & Weyher LLP


Reid S. Russell, Partner – Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP


Stuart Russell, Associate – Wilson Helms & Cartledge


Kieran Shanahan, Principal – Shanahan Law Group PLLC


Albert L. Sneed Jr., Principal – The Van Winkle Law Firm


Allen C. Smith, Partner – Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP


Nathaniel C. Smith, Member – Bagwell Holt Smith Jones & Crowson PA


Barbara B. Weyher, Partner – Yates, McLamb & Weyher LLP


Scott Fitzgerald Wyatt, Attorney – Wyatt Early Harris Wheeler LLP


G. Bryan Adams III, Partner – Van Hoy, Reutlinger, Adams & Dunn


Mason G. Alexander, Managing Partner – Fisher & Phillips LLP - Charlotte Office


William P. Barrett, Partner – Williams Mullen


Jack B. Bayliss Jr., Director and Shareholder – Carruthers & Roth PA


Kevin Bunn, Managing Partner – Bunn & Arnold PLLC


Jeffrey R. Capwell, Partner – McGuireWoods LLP


James H. Culbreth Jr., Partner – Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP


Tracey R. Downs, Attorney – McAngus, Goudelock & Courie PLLC


Susanna K. Gibbons, Partner and Member of Mgmt. Committee – Poyner Spruill LLP


D. Ross Hamilton, Director – Tuggle Duggins & Meschan PA


Scott Humphrey, Attorney – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC


Kenneth R. Keller, Director and Shareholder – Carruthers & Roth PA


John Koontz, Partner – Lewis & Daggett Attorneys at Law


W. Randy Loftis Jr., Partner – Constangy, Brooks & Smith LLP


Bruce M. Steen, Partner – McGuireWoods LLP


Jeremy A. Stephenson, Attorney at Law – Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP


Benton L. Toups, Attorney at Law – Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP


George W. “Trey” Aycock III, Member – Coltrane Aycock & Overfield PLLC


David Erdman, Founder – Erdman Hockfield & Leone LLP


Cathy Cubbon Hunt, Member – Gailor, Wallis & Hunt PLLC


Alan R. Krusch, President – Krusch & Sellers Attorneys at Family Law


Jon Brenner Kurtz, Member – Tash & Kurtz PLLC


Kathleen E. Nix, Partner – Nix & Cecil Attorneys at Law


Arlene M. Reardon – Wyatt Early Harris Wheeler LLP


Lee S. Rosen, CEO – Rosen Law Firm


Laurel E. Solomon, Member and Manager – Solomon & Mitchell PLLC


Robin J. Stinson, Director– Bell, Davis & Pitt PA


Carolyn J. Woodruff – Woodruff Law Firm PA


Richard V. Bennett, Partner – Bennett & Guthrie PLLC


Raymond A. Bretzmann, Partner – Bretzmann & Aldridge LLP


Charles F. Carpenter, Partner, Certified Mediator – Pulley, Watson, King & Lischer PA


Lauren M. Citrano, Attorney – McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC


W. Thompson Comerford Jr., Senior Partner – Comerford & Britt LLP


Guy W. Crabtree, Partner, Certified Mediator – Pulley, Watson, King & Lischer PA


Brian F. Davis, Partner – Davis Law Group PA


Dan Deuterman, President and Attorney at Law – Deuterman Law Group


Dayle A. Flammia, Partner – Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham


E. Jackson Harrington, Jr., Senior Attorney – Booth Harrington & Johns of NC PLLC


Richard S. Hunter Jr., Founder – The Law Offices of Richard S. Hunter Jr.


Roberta King, Attorney – Bennett & Guthrie PLLC


Frances S. Knox, Partner – Knox, Brotherton, Knox & Godfrey


H. Edward Knox, Senior Managing Partner – Knox, Brotherton, Knox & Godfrey


Tracy Kenyon Lischer, Partner – Pulley, Watson, King & Lischer PA


Marc P. Madonia, Attorney at Law – Lewis and Daggett Attorneys At Law PA


Michael J. O’Foghludha, Mng. Partner, Certified Mediator – Pulley, Watson, King & Lischer PA


James M. Roane III, Owner/Lead Attorney – Roane Law


Kenneth B. Rotenstreich, Attorney – Teague Rotenstreich Stanaland Fox & Holt PLLC


Scott M. Stevenson, Partner – Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP


Richard N. Watson, Partner – Pulley, Watson, King & Lischer PA


Peter C. Anderson, Partner – Anderson Terpening PLLC


Dianne Chipps Bailey, Of Counsel – Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson


Murali Bashyam, Managing Partner – Bashyam Spiro LLP – Immigration Law Group


Penni P. Bradshaw, Partner – Constangy, Brooks & Smith LLP


Jones P. Byrd, Principal – The Van Winkle Law Firm


Stokely G. Caldwell Jr., Partner – Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson


Mark T. Calloway, Leader of Govt. Investigations & Compliance Group – Alston & Bird LLP


Carolyn Lloyd Coward, Principal – The Van Winkle Law Firm


Arlene J. Diosegy, Vice President – Williams Mullen


Brian P. Gavigan, Attorney – Wyatt Early Harris Wheeler


Gerald P. Goulder, Managing Partner – Goulder Immigration Law Firm


E. Parker Herring, Founding Partner – Herring Mills & Kratt PLLC


Carl Horn III, Of Counsel – Anderson Terpening PLLC


Noah H. Huffstetler III, Managing Partner - Raleigh – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


James Y. Kerr II, Partner – McGuireWoods LLP


Marty Martin, Principal – Martin Law Firm


Karen McKeithen Schaede, Sole Practitioner – Karen McKeithen Schaede Attys. at Law PLLC


Jeffrey A. Poley, Partner – Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP


Philip J. Smith, President – The Van Winkle Law Firm


William R. Terpening, Partner – Anderson Terpening PLLC


William W. Toole, Partner – Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson


Scott P. Vaughn, Managing Partner – McGuireWoods LLP


Dennis A. Wicker, Partner – SZD Wicker - Government Relations Group