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 2011-2025 rankings.
- Received Tier One Ranking in Raleigh for 18 practice areas from “Best Law Firms” for 2025.
- Banking and Finance Law
- Biotechnology and Life Science Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Individuals
- Environmental Law
- Family Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Information Technology Law
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Venture Capital Law
- 6 other practice areas received rankings in Raleigh from “Best Law Firms” for 2025
- Appellate Practice
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Health Care
- Received a National ranking in Venture Capital Law from “Best Law Firms” for 2025
- Received Tier One Ranking in Raleigh for 18 practice areas from “Best Law Firms” for 2025.
- Recognized by Chambers USA in the Commercial Litigation, Corporate/M&A, Healthcare and Tax practice areas. Additionally, Chambers recognized the following attorneys:
- Tom Cook – Tax
- Mike DeFrank – Commercial Litigation
- Frank Kirschbaum – Healthcare
- Don Reynolds – Corporate/M&A
- Larry Robbins – Corporate/M&A
- Sam Slater – Litigation
- Lee Whitman – Commercial Litigation; Healthcare
- Benchmark Litigation “Highly Recommended” List for local litigation firms.
- Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America
- Triangle Business Journal Best Places to Work 2025
A high percentage of our attorneys have received professional recognition for their accomplishments:
- 30 were selected as North Carolina Super Lawyers for 2025
- 34 were chosen for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2025
- Tom Allen named Raleigh’s 2025 “Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice Lawyer of the Year”
- Kyle Still named Raleigh’s 2025 “Employment Law – Individuals Lawyer of the Year”
- 43 were selected as Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite for 2025