Manning Fulton would like to congratulate 34 of its attorneys for being named in 33rd edition of The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 and the 7th edition of Best Lawyers: One’s To Watch® in America 2027.
Attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America® list are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional knowledge and experience. For the 2027 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, 3.8 million evaluations were provided, with more than 32,000 lawyers participating in the voting process. Of the 3.8 million evaluations submitted this year, only about 5% of practicing attorneys in the market earn this distinction. There were 203 metropolitan and geographic areas, 81,620 recognized lawyers and 151 practice areas named in this year’s Best Lawyers in America edition.
This year, nine of the Firm’s attorneys were recognized in additional practice areas , and eight attorneys were included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, which recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers and who have demonstrated “outstanding professional excellence in private practice.”
The following Manning Fulton attorneys appear in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 in the following practice areas:
Durham, NC:
Eugene F. Dauchert, Jr. – Business Organizations, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Health Care Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
**Randolph M. Fletcher – Business Organizations, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law, and Tax Law
Dieter Mauch – Employment Law Management and Labor and Employment Litigation
Charles L. Steel IV – Corporate Law, Tax Litigation and Controversy, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates
**Reich L. Welborn – Business Organizations, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Health Care Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Real Estate Law
*Holly B. Martin – Trusts and Estates
Raleigh, NC:
Joseph B. Bass – Real Estate Law
Stephen T. Byrd – Business Organizations, Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates
**Alison R. Cayton – Commercial Finance Law and Real Estate Law
William S. Cherry III – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Employment Law Management, Insurance Law, Insurance Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, and Labor and Employment Litigation
Sandra Martin Clark – Business Organizations, Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, Corporate Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates
Jessica L. Elliott – Real Estate Law
William B. Gwyn, Jr. – Business Organizations, Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, Commercial Finance Law, Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Deborah L. Hildebran-Bachofen – Business Organizations, Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates
**Thomas I. Lyon – Business Organizations, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, and Corporate Law
Barry D. Mann – Real Estate Law
Michael T. Medford – Antitrust Law, Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Antitrust Litigation, Insurance Litigation, Labor and Employment Litigation, and Tax Litigation and Controversy
*Charles H. Munn – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Kevin A. Prakke – Business Organizations, Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Securities Regulation
Natalie M. Rice – Commercial Litigation
Douglas J. Short – Real Estate Law
William C. Smith, Jr. – Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, and Construction Litigation
Ritchie W. Taylor – Business Organizations, Corporate Law, Franchise Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
*Jessica B. Vickers – Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law
Jennifer L. Weaver – Business Organizations, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Trust and Estates
**Judson A. Welborn – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Franchise Law, Banking and Finance Litigation, Construction Litigation, Land Use and Zoning Litigation, Real Estate Litigation and Tax Litigation and Controversy
The firm had nine more Manning Fulton attorneys named to the edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2027. They are:
Durham, NC:
Matthew Muntean – Business Organizations, Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Raleigh, NC:
J. Patrick Bailey, Jr. – Real Estate Law
Angela C. Baldwin – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Trusts and Estates
*Cecilia Barreca – Business Organizations
**Chris N. Bobby – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Tax Law
Lawrence D. Graham – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, and Real Estate Litigation
*Corinne E. O’Reilly – Business Organizations
B. Zack Taylor, Jr. – Real Estate Law
*First time recognition in Best Lawyers®
**Best Lawyers® new area of expertise (new area bolded)
***Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year”
About Manning Fulton
Manning Fulton was founded in 1955 by Howard Manning and Charles Fulton and is one of the longest-standing law firms in North Carolina. With the addition of Bill Skinner, the firm became Manning Fulton as it is known today. For seven decades, the firm has served the Triangle, Eastern North Carolina, and the clients who call this remarkable state home.
Over the years, Manning Fulton has grown alongside its clients, expanding its capabilities while remaining grounded in the values on which the firm was founded. Today, our attorneys bring experience across a wide range of specialized practice areas, providing a full suite of legal services to businesses and individuals throughout North Carolina.
For more information, please visit https://www.manningfulton.com/.
About Best Lawyers
The Best Lawyers in America® is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession and was founded in 1981. The publication is global and is currently released in 76 countries. This peer review-based publication has evaluated over 13 million lawyers in over 150 practice areas. For more than 45 years, Best Lawyers® has assisted those in need of legal services to identify the attorneys best qualified to represent them in distant jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. Best Lawyers® lists are published in leading local, regional, and national publications across the globe.
For more information, please visit https://www.bestlawyers.com/.
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