Smith Anderson Receives “Number One” Rankings by The Best Lawyers in America® 2009
Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has been recognized as having the highest number of lawyers in North Carolina listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2009® in the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Law, Venture Capital Law and Medical Malpractice Law.
- Ranked #1 in Raleigh with 33 lawyers
- Ranked #1 in Raleigh in Commercial Litigation with 5 lawyers
- Ranked #1 in Raleigh in Corporate Law with 7 lawyers
- Ranked #1 in Raleigh in Mergers and Acquisitions Law with 6 lawyers
- Ranked #1 in Raleigh in Medical Malpractice Law with 4 lawyers
- Ranked #1 in Raleigh in Real Estate Law with 3 lawyers
- Ranked #1 in Raleigh in Securities Law with 6 lawyers
- Ranked #1 in Raleigh in Venture Capital Law with 4 lawyers
- Ranked #1 in Raleigh in Tax Law with 3 lawyers
- Ranked #1 in North Carolina in Mergers and Acquisitions Law with 6 lawyers
- Ranked #1 in North Carolina in Securities Law with 6 lawyers
- Ranked #1 in North Carolina in Venture Capital Law with 4 lawyers
- Ranked #1 in North Carolina in Medical Malpractice Law with 4 lawyers
Individual Smith Anderson lawyers are also listed in the following practice areas: Banking; Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law; Construction; Government Relations; Environmental; Health Care, Labor and Employment; Land Use & Zoning; Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Litigation; Professional Malpractice and Trust & Estates.
Firm lawyers included in the 2009 list and the areas of practice for which they received recognition are:
- Marks Arnold (Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Corporate Law)
- Mark Ash (Commercial Litigation)
- Francis Bagbey (Real Estate Law)
- Amy Batten (Securities Law)
- Bo Bobbitt (Health Care Law)
- Martin Brinkley (Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Corporate Law)
- Chris Capel (Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law)
- Jim Dorsett (Commercial Litigation)
- Dave Horne (Government Relations Law)
- John Jernigan (Banking Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law)
- Byron Kirkland (Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law)
- Kim Korando (Labor and Employment Law)
- Tim Lehan (Medical Malpractice Law; Personal Injury Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law)
- John Madden (Medical Malpractice Law)
- Pete Marino (Construction Law)
- Steve Mason (Real Estate Law)
- Merrill Mason (Securities Law; Venture Capital Law)
- Henry Mitchell (Corporate Law)
- Bill Moss (Medical Malpractice Law)
- Don Munford (Tax Law; Trusts and Estates)
- Bill Nelson (Tax Law)
- Steve Parascandola (Environmental Law)
- Carl Patterson (Commercial Litigation)
- Buck Priester (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
- Lacy Reaves (Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law)
- Gerald Roach (Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital Law)
- Walter Rogers (Tax Law; Trusts and Estates)
- Kerry A Shad (Labor & Employment Law)
- Dana Simpson (Government Relations Law)
- Sammy Thompson (Medical Malpractice Law; Personal Injury Litigation)
- Sean Timmons (Health Care Law)
- Don Tucker (Commercial Litigation)
- Kirk Warner (Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation)
About The Best Lawyers in America
The Best Lawyers in America guide, representing 78 practice areas in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, is compiled based on "an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers." For more information about the research methodology and selection process, please refer to www.bestlawyers.com.
