Fifty-eight Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Selected for Best Lawyers in America®

COLUMBIA, SC – July 31, 2009 –  Fifty-eight Nexsen Pruet attorneys will be included in the 2010 edition ofThe Best Lawyers in America®.   The publication also ranks Nexsen Pruet #1 in five practice areas in South Carolina and one in North Carolina.

The publication namesWilliam W. “Billy” Wilkins, who is in his first year of private practice after retiring last fall. Wilkins is former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals. 

Ed Menzie practices in Columbia and has made the list for more than 25 years in a row.  Seven Nexsen Pruet attorneys have made the list for at least 10 years in a row: Harold Jacobs, Neil Robinson, Thomas Tisdale, Tommy Lavender, Kent Porth, Steve Coles and Trudy Ennis.

The 58 attorneys on the list practice in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville and Myrtle Beach, SC as well as in Charlotte and Greensboro, NC.

Statewide Rankings 

 

Ranked #1 in South Carolina 

• Appellate Law*
• Banking Law*
• Employee Benefits Law*
• Intellectual Property Law
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Ranked #1 in North Carolina

• Construction Law*

*Denotes a tie with 1 or more other firm(s).

 City Rankings 

 

Ranked #1 in Charleston, SC

• Appellate Law*
• Bet-the-Company Litigation*
• Commercial Litigation*
• First Amendment Law*
• Intellectual Property Law
• Labor and Employment Law*

Ranked #1 in Columbia, SC

• Banking Law*
• Employee Benefits Law
• Intellectual Property Law*
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Securities Law

 Ranked #1 in Greensboro, NC

• Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law*
• Construction Law
• Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Family Law*
• Appellate Law*

 

Ranked #1 in Myrtle Beach, SC

• Commercial Litigation*
• Product Liability Litigation

 

*Denotes a tie with 1 or more other firm(s).

Attorneys by City

 

Columbia

Mark L. Bender

Corporate Law

Mergers & Acquisitions Law

 

Michael T. Brittingham

Employee Benefits Law

 

Henry W. Brown

Construction Law

 

Russell T. Burke

Bet-the-Company Litigation

Commercial Litigation

 

David E. Dubberly

Labor and Employment Law

 

C. Jones DuBose, Jr.

Corporate Law

Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Securities Law

 

Victoria L. Eslinger

Family Law

Labor and Employment Law

 

William H. Floyd III

Labor and Employment Law

 

Julian Hennig III

Corporate Law

Securities Law

 

Timothy L. Hewson

Health Care Law

 

Fred L. Kingsmore, Jr.

Tax Law

Trusts and Estates

 

William Y. Klett III

Intellectual Property Law

 

G. Marcus Knight

Corporate Law

Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Securities Law

 

W. Thomas Lavender, Jr.

Environmental Law

 

Alan M. Lipsitz

Banking Law

Public Finance Law

 

W. Leighton Lord III

Real Estate Law

 

Burnet R. Maybank III

Tax Law

 

Susan P. McWilliams

Labor and Employment Law

 

Julio E. Mendoza, Jr.

Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

 

Edward G. Menzie

Corporate Law

Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Real Estate Law

Securities Law

 

William G. Newsome III

Trusts and Estates

 

Samuel F. Painter

Workers’ Compensation Law

 

R. Kent Porth

Employee Benefits Law

 

James W. Potter

Environmental Law

 

Matthew B. Roberts

Health Care Law

 

John A. Sowards

Banking Law

Charleston

Cherie W. Blackburn

Intellectual Property Law

Labor and Employment Law

 

Molly Hughes Cherry

Labor and Employment Law

 

Paul A. Dominick

Bet-the-Company Litigation

Commercial Litigation

 

Stephen P. Groves, Sr.

Appellate Law

Insurance Law

 

J. David Hawkins

Corporate Law

 

Harold W. Jacobs

Commercial Litigation

 

Neil C. Robinson, Jr.

Real Estate Law

 

Thomas S. Tisdale, Jr.

Commercial Litigation

First Amendment Law

 

M. Jeffrey Vinzani

Real Estate Law

 

Bradish J. Waring

Commercial Litigation

Charlotte

 

Richard W. Wilson

Construction Law

Greensboro

 

Robert G. Baynes

Corporate Law

 

Margaret Shea Burnham

Real Estate Law

 

Stephen W. Coles

Personal Injury Litigation

 

M. Jay DeVaney

Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law

Real Estate Law

 

Trudy A. Ennis

Family Law

 

R. Harper Heckman

Construction Law

 

Benjamin A. Kahn

Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

 

Christine L. Myatt

Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

 

Randall W. Reavis

Construction Law

 

David A. Senter

Construction Law

 

William M. Wilcox IV

Tax Law

 

Greenville

 

E. Grantland Burns

Labor and Employment Law

 

David W. Gossett

Real Estate Law

 

John Hardaway

Intellectual Property Law

 

Leon C. Harmon

Environmental Law

 

Russell T. Infinger

Workers’ Compensation Law

 

Michael S. Pitts

Labor and Employment Law

 

Thomas L. Stephenson

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Labor and Employment Law

 

B. Joel Stoudenmire

Trusts and Estates

 

William Wilkins

Appellate Law

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Myrtle Beach

 

Elbert S. Dorn

Commercial Litigation

Product Liability Litigation

 

The Best Lawyers in America® 2010

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Nexsen Pruet

Nexsen Pruet, LLC is one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas, with more than 170 attorneys and offices in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach, S.C., as well as Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C.  Founded in 1945, Nexsen Pruet provides a broad range of legal services to the business community and represents companies and other entities in local, state, national, and international venues.  For further information, see www.nexsenpruet.com