RALEIGH, NC—Wyrick Robbins is pleased to announce that 16 firm attorneys were selected by their peers as members of “North Carolina’s 2017 Legal Elite” in Business North Carolina Magazine. Fewer than 3% of the state’s lawyers made the list and Wyrick Robbins was honored to have the most lawyers selected of any firm. In addition, Elie Foy (Best Under 40) and Anna McLamb (Real Estate) were this year’s top vote-getters in their categories.
Congratulations to the following firm attorneys included in North Carolina’s 2017 Legal Elite:
- Heidi C. Bloom (Family Law)
- Madison E. Bullard, Jr. (Tax and Estate Planning)
- Michelle D. Connell (Family Law)
- Thomas H. Cook, Jr. (Tax and Estate Planning)
- Michael D. DeFrank (Litigation)
- Elinor J. Foy (Tax and Estate Planning, Young Guns)
- Anna P. McLamb (Real Estate)
- Robert A. Ponton, Jr. (Family Law)
- Paul J. Puryear, Jr. (Young Guns)
- Larry E. Robbins (Business)
- J. Kemp Sherron, III (Real Estate)
- Samuel A. Slater (Litigation)
- Adam B. Snyder (Tax and Estate Planning)
- Kyle R. Still (Employment)
- Brian T. Sullivan (Business)
- L. Diane Tindall (Employment)
Grady L. Shields (Environmental) and Lee M. Whitman (Litigation) are included in the Legal Elite Hall of Fame.
Since 2002, Business North Carolina has honored Tar Heel attorneys by publishing Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite, a listing of the state’s top attorneys in business-related categories. Winners are chosen by a pool of their peers, totaling over 19,000 attorneys from across the state. North Carolina’s Legal Elite remains unique as the only award that gives every active attorney in the state the opportunity to participate.