Womble Bond Dickinson placed 202 attorneys on the 2020 Woodward/White Inc.’s The Best Lawyers in America rankings. The following is a list of the Womble Bond Dickinson attorneys who rank among the country’s best.

Attorneys noted with an asterisk (*) have been named 2020 Lawyer of the Year for their specific market and practice area (indicated in Bold). Greensboro and Winston-Salem, NC are considered a single market for purposes of the Lawyer of the Year Awards.

Atlanta

• Robert R. Ambler, Jr., Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation
• *Elizabeth J. Bondurant, Insurance Litigation, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Insurance Law, ERISA Litigation
• R. Dal Burton, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants)
• Theodore F. Claypoole, Technology Law
• Joseph Foltz, Real Estate Law
• Louis T. Isaf, Patent Law, Copyright Law
• G. Donald Johnson, Corporate Law
• Sharon McBrayer Johnson, Corporate Law
• Kimberly Justus, Real Estate Law
• Steven D. Kerr, Patent Law, Trademark Law, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Jimmy F. Kirkland, Energy Regulatory Law, Environmental Law
• G. William Long III, Labor & Employment Litigation
• William M. Ragland, Jr., Commercial Litigation, Copyright Law, Banking & Finance Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Patent Law, Patent Litigation, Technology Law, Intellectual Property Litigation, Trade Secrets Law, Trademark Law, Arbitration, Advertising Law, Privacy and Data Security Law
• G. Leighton Stradtman, Banking & Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• D. Scott Sudderth, Patent Litigation, Technology Law
• Michael J. Sullivan, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• Nellie Shipley Sullivan, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning Law
• James F. Vaughan, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patent Law, Trademark Law
• Jason H. Watson, Bankruptcy & Creditor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation
• Carolyn Saffold Wilson, Real Estate Law

Baltimore

• Newton B. Fowler III, Copyright Law, Corporate Law, Patent Law, Technology Law, Trademark Law, International Mergers & Acquisitions
• David B. Hamilton, Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice, Antitrust Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation
• Barry J. Herman, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Law, Patent Litigation

Boston

• Sarah Anne Keefe, Trademark Law
• Peter F. McLaughlin, Privacy & Data Security Law
• Gordon R. Penman, Corporate Law

Charleston, SC

• *J. Marshall Allen, Healthcare Law
• *Charles J. Baker III, Construction Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Ethics & Professional Responsibility Law
• Laurel R.S. Blair, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Trusts & Estates
• *David M. Collins, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• David H. Crawford, Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Law
• Morris A. Ellison, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Real Estate Law, Real Estate Litigation
• Shawn M. Flanagan, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
• F. Cordes Ford IV, Construction Law, Construction Litigation
• W. Foster Gaillard, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Commercial Finance Law
• C. Allen Gibson Jr., Construction Law, Construction Litigation, Commercial Litigation
• Henry E. Grimball, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• Thomas L. Harper Jr., Real Estate Litigation, Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law
• Greg Horton, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Labor & Employment Litigation, Construction Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law
• *John Hawk IV, Banking & Finance Litigation
• Sean D. Houseal, Environmental Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)
• Cynthia Spieth Morton, Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Corporate Law
• James D. Myrick, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Insurance Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)
• Daniel Q. Orvin, Real Estate Law
• Graeme F. Philp, Closely Held Companies & Family Business Law, Corporate Law, Tax Law
• Elizabeth W. Settle, Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Law
• Kenneth F. Smith, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
• *Henry B. Smythe, Jr., Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• Susan M. Smythe, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law
• Matthew E. Tillman, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• John H. Warren III, Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Real Estate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
• James E. Weatherholtz, Construction Law, Construction Litigation, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• *James M. Wilson, Banking & Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Stephanie L. Yarbrough, Economic Development Law

Charlotte, NC

• *G. Michael Barnhill, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Banking & Finance Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Municipal Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Securities Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law (Defendants)
• Alison Bost, Professional Malpractice Law (Defendants)
• Robert G. Brinkley, Banking and Finance Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law, Commercial Finance Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Bruce A. Buckley, Real Estate Law
• *Jim D. Cooley, Real Estate Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Education Law, Banking & Finance Litigation, Financial Services Regulation Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Litigation
• *James P. Cooney III, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, General Practice Criminal Defense, White-Collar Criminal Defense, Medical Malpractice Law (Defendants), Appellate Practice
• Susan H. Cooper, Environmental Law
• Jennifer L Cory, Immigration Law
• Elizabeth C. Coss, Trusts & Estates
• Bradford A. De Vore, Environmental Law
• Hunter Edwards, Real Estate Law
• B. Chad Ewing, Bankruptcy Litigation
• Russ Ferguson, Commercial Litigation
• W. Clark Goodman, Commercial Litigation
• Debbie W. Harden, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Securities Litigation, Trusts & Estates Litigation
• Jeffrey S. Hay, Corporate Law, International Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital Law,
• Brian A. Hayles, Healthcare Law
• Mark Henriques, Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation
• Matthew B. Homan, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), International Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mark J. Horoschak, Antitrust Law, Healthcare Law, Antitrust Litigation
• *Cyrus M. Johnson, Jr., Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Closely Held Companies & Family Business Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Jane Jeffries Jones, Securities Regulation
• William C. Matthews, Jr., Real Estate Law, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
• *Richard E. Morton, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation, Energy Law, Administrative/Regulatory Law
• Sean F. Perrin, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation, Civil Rights Law
• Richard L. Rainey, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation
• Claire J. Rauscher, Commercial Litigation, General Practice Criminal Defense, White-Collar Criminal Defense, Corporate Compliance Law
• Phillip S. Runkel, Real Estate Law
• Andrew T. Spence, Patent Law, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Michael A. Tobin, Copyright Law, Information Technology Law, Patent Law, Technology Law, Trademark Law
• Constance L. Young, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law

Columbia, SC

• Todd Carroll, Commercial Litigation
• Kevin A. Hall, Commercial Litigation
• Christopher M. Towery, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation
• *Belton T. Zeigler, Utilities Law

Greensboro, NC

• Jacqueline E. Camp, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law
• Gregory M. Chabon, Corporate Law, Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• *Jack B. Hicks, Patent Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Copyright Law, Patent Law, Trademark Law
• James M. Powell, Labor Law (Management), Employment Law (Management)
• Thomas S. Stukes, Healthcare Law

Greenville, SC

• Michael James Bogle, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation
• Amy H. Clayton, Real Estate Law
• *Andrew B. Coburn, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs & Partnerships), Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Jamile J. Francis, III, Business Organizations (including LLCs & Partnerships)
• Shelton Sterling Laney III, Consumer Law
• Melinda Davis Lux, Business Organizations (including LLCs & Partnerships), Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Corporate Governance Law
• *Sandra Louise Weikel Miller, Healthcare Law, Medical Malpractice Law (Defendants), Healthcare Litigation, Qui Tam Law
• W. Lindsay Smith, Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law
• *Elizabeth O. Temple, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Corporate Governance Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Securities Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Houston

• Paul B. Turner, Derivatives and Futures Law
• Jeffrey S. Whittle, Technology Law

Raleigh, NC

• Elizabeth K. Arias, Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Tax Law, Tax Litigation & Controversy
• Raymond Bennett, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Paul H. Billow, Public Finance Law
• Charles A. Burke, Intellectual Property Litigation
• John C. Cooke, Land Use & Zoning Law, Land Use & Zoning Litigation, Real Estate Law
• Lisa J. Dixon, Corporate Law, Corporate Compliance Law
• Peter J. Duffley, Banking & Finance Law
• Marilyn R. Forbes, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• *Christopher M. Humphrey, Patent Law, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Beth Tyner Jones, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation, Education Law
• Christopher W. Jones, Commercial Litigation
• *G. Thomas Lee, Public Finance Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Banking & Finance Law
• *James S. Livermon III, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law
• Johnny M. Loper, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory Law
• Kevin R. Lyn, Patent Law
• *Pressly M. Millen, Antitrust Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Securities Litigation, Antitrust Law
• Jon Mize, Public Finance Law
• Lawrence Moye IV, Closely Held Companies & Family Business Law, Trusts & Estates
• Dorinda L. Peacock, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Elizabeth LeVan Riley, Real Estate Law, Construction Law
• *Frederick W. Rom, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• Hayden J. Silver III, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Securities Litigation, Trade Secrets Law
• Theresa M. Sprain, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation
• Michael C. Thelen, Real Estate Law
• Kurt D. Weaver, Commercial Litigation

Research Triangle Park, NC

• David B. Baddour, Securities/Capital Markets Law
• M. Christopher Bolen, Copyright Law, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Practice, Technology Law
• Kenneth N. Shelton, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law, Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law, Timber Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation

Tysons, Va.

• Thomas A. Cawley, Jr., Intellectual Property Litigation
• Jeffrey A.D. Cohen, Corporate Law
• John S. Gambaccini, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Daniel R. Mackesey, Real Estate Law
• Keith J. Mendelson, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Venture Capital Law
• Dean W. Rutley, Venture Capital Law
• Thomas J. Sawyer, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation

Washington, DC

• John Garziglia, Communications Law
• John D. Hagner, Real Estate Law, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
• Randall A. Hanson, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Deborah Israel, Commercial Litigation, Land Use & Zoning Litigation, Real Estate Litigation
• Elizabeth C. Lee, Real Estate Law, Trusts & Estates
• Kenneth W. Logwood, Real Estate Law
• Mark N. Poovey, Gaming Law
• Pamela V. Rothenberg, Real Estate Law
• Howard N. Solodky, Tax Law, Real Estate Law
• Mark Schamel, Criminal Defense Law (White Collar)
• Gregg P. Skall, Communications Law
• Martin L. Stern, Communications Law
• Jeffrey L. Tarkenton, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation
• Stanley J. Wrobel, Real Estate Law

Wilmington, Del.

• Kristen H. Cramer, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Law
• Kevin J. Mangan, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law
• Dana Severance, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Matthew P. Ward, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation

Winston-Salem, NC

• Mary Craven Adams, Family Law
• Reid C. Adams, Jr., Insurance Law, Insurance Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Personal Injury Litigation (Plaintiffs), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• *Janice C. Baldwin, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law
• Ranlet S. Bell, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates
• Anthony H. Brett, Healthcare Law, Healthcare Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory Law
• David P. Broughton, Corporate Law
• *Charles Brown II, Commercial Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Michael R. Cashin, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Tax Law
• Keith A. Clinard, Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants)
• *Ronald R. Davis, Banking & Finance Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Litigation, Securities Litigation, Mass Torts Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants)
• Christina Upton Douglas, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• Jonathan M. Engram, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• Melissa Gunthner Ferrario, Intellectual Property Litigation
• *Ellen M. Gregg, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants), Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Edward W. Griggs, Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates Litigation
• *Hardin G. Halsey, Real Estate Law, Timber Law, Banking & Finance Law
• Hada de Varona Haulsee, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants)
• Christopher N. Hewitt, Trusts & Estates
• Trent E. Jernigan, Real Estate Law
• William E. Latham II, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• Jeffrey T. Lawyer, Tax Law, Healthcare Law, Trusts & Estates
• *Christopher E. Leon, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Banking & Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Corporate Law, Public Finance Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• R. Michael Leonard, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• Ellen Lloyd, Real Estate Law
• Kim Kelly Mann, Banking & Finance Law, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law
• Michael Montecalvo, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation
• *James R. Morgan, Jr., First Amendment Litigation, Labor and Employment Litigation, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Healthcare Litigation
• John F. Morrow, Jr., Intellectual Property Litigation, Trade Secrets Law, Copyright Law
• Christopher H. Oldham, Banking & Finance Law
• Tiffani Otey, Trademark Law
• *James K. Phillips, Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, Antitrust Law
• Robert S. Pierce, Commercial Litigation
• John E. Pueschel, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation
• Elizabeth L. Quick, Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law
• Jonathan Reich, Insurance Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants)
• Gemma Saluta, Labor & Employment Litigation
• Scott A. Schaaf, Banking & Finance Law, Real Estate Law, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
• Greg L. Smith, Corporate Law, Healthcare Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Tax Law
• Randel S. Springer, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Litigation, Trade Secrets Law, Trademark Law
• *Kimberly H. Stogner, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
• Jacob S. Wharton, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Litigation, Trademark Law
• *C. Mark Wiley, Tax Litigation & Controversy, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates, Corporate Law
• Bradley O. Wood, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
• William Wright, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law