(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP recently announced that Business North Carolina magazine has named 15 firm attorneys to its 2015 “Legal Elite.”

“Legal Elite” attorneys are selected through ballots sent to more than 20,000 attorneys who are active members of the North Carolina State Bar. Members of the Bar are asked to select the best lawyer in each field. Lawyers may not select themselves and can only vote for members of their own firms if they also chose someone outside their firms in the same category. With more weight given to outside votes, fewer than 3% of the state’s lawyers were named to the list this year.

The 15 Parker Poe attorneys were named in seven legal categories. The complete list of the 2015 Parker Poe Legal Elite are:

ANTITRUST
Daniel G. Clodfelter, Charlotte
Deborah L. Edney, Charlotte
William L. Rikard, Jr., Charlotte

BANKRUPTCY
J. William Porter, Charlotte

BUSINESS
Michael G. Adams, Charlotte
William G. Pappas, Raleigh

CONSTRUCTION
R. Jason Herndon, Raleigh

EMPLOYMENT
Stacy K. Wood, Charlotte

ENVIRONMENTAL
Thomas N. Griffin III, Charlotte
Mary Katherine H. Stukes, Charlotte

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Michael A. Tobin, Charlotte

LITIGATION
Sarah Fulton Hutchins, Charlotte
Alice C. Richey, Charlotte

REAL ESTATE
A. Grant Whitney, Jr., Charlotte

TAX/ESTATE PLANNING
James N. Greene, III, Charlotte
    
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