Awards & Recognition
As a firm, Wyrick Robbins has been recognized for its achievements. Recently, our firm received the following recognitions and rankings:
- Named among the “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® in 2011-2020 rankings.
- Received Tier One Ranking in Raleigh for 12 practice areas from “Best Law Firms” for 2020.
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Biotechnology Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Family Law
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Tax Law
- Venture Capital Law
- 8 other practice areas received rankings in Raleigh from “Best Law Firms” for 2020
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Environmental Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Health Care
- Securities Regulation
- Trusts & Estates Law
- Received a National Tier 3 ranking in Venture Capital Law from “Best Law Firms” for 2020
- Received Tier One Ranking in Raleigh for 12 practice areas from “Best Law Firms” for 2020.
- Recognized by Chambers USA in the Corporate/M&A and Litigation practice areas. Additionally, Chambers recognized the following attorneys:
- Jeffrey J. Johnson – Real Estate
- Frank S. Kirschbaum – Healthcare
- Donald R. Reynolds – Corporate/M&A
- Larry E. Robbins – Corporate/M&A
- Lee M. Whitman – Litigation: Healthcare
- Benchmark Litigation “Highly Recommended” List for local litigation firms.
- Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America
- Triangle Business Journal Healthiest Employers of the Triangle Award, ranked in the Top 10 every year since the awards began in 2011.
A high percentage of our attorneys have received professional recognition for their accomplishments:
- 26 were selected as North Carolina Super Lawyers for 2020
- 29 were chosen for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020; two attorneys were named Raleigh’s 2020 “Lawyer of the Year”:
- Christopher Lynch – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Kenneth E. Eheman, Jr. – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
- 21 were selected as Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite for 2020