22 Wyrick Robbins Lawyers Selected as North Carolina Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2011

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RALEIGH, NC—Wyrick Robbins is pleased to announce that 22 of its lawyers were recently selected by their peers as members of North Carolina Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2011. In addition, Robert A. Ponton was named one of the state’s Top 100 Super Lawyers, and Heidi C. Bloom was named one of the state’s Top 50 Women Lawyers.

Super Lawyers names North Carolina’s top lawyers as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics. The list of 2011 North Carolina Super Lawyers is based on surveys of more than 17,000 active lawyers across the state who have been in practice for five years or more. The goal was to select as Super Lawyers the top 5 percent of North Carolina lawyers in more than 70 practice areas. The list of North Carolina Super Lawyers is published annually in the February issues of Charlotte magazine and North Carolina Super Lawyers.

The following members of the Wyrick Robbins team were named as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars:

• Tom A. Allen (Securities & Corporate Finance – Rising Star)
• Zachary R. Bishop (Intellectual Property – Rising Star)
• Heidi C. Bloom (Family Law and Top 50 Women list)
• Madison E. Bullard, Jr. (Estate Planning & Probate)
• Thomas H. Cook, Jr. (Tax)
• Michael D. DeFrank (Business Litigation – Rising Star)
• K. Edward Greene (Appellate)
• Tobias S. Hampson (Appellate – Rising Star)
• Jeffrey J. Johnson (Real Estate)
• Sarah M. Johnson (General Litigation – Rising Star)
• J. Christopher Lynch (Business/Corporate)
• Joshua J. Otto (Mergers & Acquisitions – Rising Star)
• Robert A. Ponton, Jr. (Family Law and Top 100 list)
• Donald R. Reynolds (Securities & Corporate Finance)
• Larry E. Robbins (Business/Corporate)
• Adam B. Snyder (Tax – Rising Star)
• Benjamin N. Thompson (Government Contracts)
• L. Diane Tindall (Employment & Labor)
• Lee M. Whitman (Business Litigation)
• Mary M. Williams (Employment & Labor – Rising Star)
• Jason S. Wood (Business/Corporate – Rising Star)
• James M. Yates, Jr. (Mergers & Acquisitions)

About Wyrick Robbins

Wyrick Robbins is an entrepreneurial law firm with a focus on growth-oriented businesses. The firm handles financial and corporate transactions and complex commercial litigation as well as other legal needs of dynamic companies. In addition, Wyrick Robbins attorneys serve as trusted advisors to founders, investors, directors, and management.

For more information:

Jennifer Herendeen
jherendeen@wyrick.com
919.781.4000