Fifty-Three Smith Anderson Lawyers Selected for 2014 Best Lawyers in America®

Raleigh, N.C. – Fifty-three lawyers from Smith Anderson were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2014 (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

Additionally, the following lawyers have been further recognized as Best Lawyers' 2014 “Lawyers of the Year” in their respective practices:

• Chris Capel - 2014 Raleigh Securities / Capital Markets Law "Lawyer of the Year"
• Buck Priester - 2014 Raleigh Litigation - Bankruptcy "Lawyer of the Year"
• Gerald Roach - 2014 Raleigh Mergers & Acquisitions Law "Lawyer of the Year"

The following is a full list of Smith Anderson’s 2014 Best Lawyers and the areas of law in which they have been recognized: 

• Geoffrey W. Adams (Banking & Finance Law)
• Deanna Davis Anderson (Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants)
• R. Marks Arnold (Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
• Francis C. Bagbey (Real Estate Law)
• Amy Meyers Batten (Securities / Capital Markets Law)
• David W. Berry (Environmental Law)
• Julian D. Bobbitt, Jr. (Health Care Law)
• Curtis C. Brewer IV (Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law, Venture Capital Law)
• Martin H. Brinkley (Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
• Christopher B. Capel (Biotechnology Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation, Venture Capital Law)
• James K. Dorsett III (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation)
• Robert E. Duggins (Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
• Sarah W. Fox (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
• Timothy S. Goettel (Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
• Jamison H. Hinkle (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
• B. Davis Horne, Jr. (Administrative / Regulatory Law, Government Relations Practice)
• John L. Jernigan (Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law)
• Lee M. Kirby, Jr. (Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Law)
• Byron B. Kirkland (Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Venture Capital Law)
• Kimberly J. Korando (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
• Geoffrey R. Krouse (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
• Timothy P. Lehan (Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants)
• John D. Madden (Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants)
• Wayne Maiorano (Construction Law)
• Peter J. Marino (Construction Law, Litigation – Construction)
• C. Steven Mason (Real Estate Law)
• Merrill M. Mason (Biotechnology Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Venture Capital Law)
• Caryn Coppedge McNeill (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
• Scott A. Miskimon (Commercial Litigation)
• Henry A. Mitchell, Jr. (Corporate Law)
• Michael W. Mitchell (Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Real Estate Law)
• R. Joseph Morris (Litigation – Patent)
• William H. Moss (Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants)
• R. Donavon Munford, Jr. (Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates)
• William W. Nelson (Tax Law)
• Stephen T. Parascandola (Environmental Law)
• Carl N. Patterson, Jr. (Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation – Securities)
• Armand A. Perry (Banking & Finance Law)
• Amos U. Priester IV (Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy)
• Lacy H. Reaves (Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law)
• Gerald F. Roach (Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation, Venture Capital Law)
• Walter R. Rogers, Jr. (Non-Profit / Charities Law, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates)
• Margaret N. Rosenfeld (Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law)
• Michael P. Saber (Biotechnology Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Venture Capital Law)
• Steven M. Sartorio (Litigation – Insurance)
• Kerry A. Shad (Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment)
• Dana E. Simpson (Government Relations Practice)
• Christopher G. Smith (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental)
• Samuel G. Thompson (Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
• Michael R. Thornton (Real Estate Law)
• Donald H. Tucker, Jr. (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions)
• Kirk G. Warner (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Craig B. Wheaton (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)

About The Best Lawyers in America

Since it was first published in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because the publication is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five 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 The Best Lawyers in America is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”