Fifty-eight Attorneys Selected for Best Lawyers in America®

Fifty-eight Nexsen Pruet attorneys will be included in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.   The publication also ranks Nexsen Pruet #1 in five practice areas in South Carolina and one in North Carolina. 

The publication names William W. “Billy” Wilkins, who is in his first year of private practice after retiring last fall.  Wilkins is former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals.  

Ed Menzie practices in Columbia and has made the list for more than 25 years in a row.  Seven Nexsen Pruet attorneys have made the list for at least 10 years in a row: Harold Jacobs, Neil Robinson, Thomas Tisdale, Tommy Lavender, Kent Porth, Steve Coles and Trudy Ennis.

The 58 attorneys on the list practice in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville and Myrtle Beach, SC as well as in Charlotte and Greensboro, NC.

Statewide Rankings

Ranked #1 in South Carolina Appellate Law* Banking Law* Employee Benefits Law* Intellectual Property Law Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Ranked #1 in North Carolina  Construction Law*

*Denotes a tie with 1 or more other firm(s).

City Rankings

Ranked #1 in Charleston, SC Appellate Law* Bet-the-Company Litigation* Commercial Litigation* First Amendment Law* Intellectual Property Law Labor and Employment Law*	Ranked #1 in Columbia, SC Banking Law* Employee Benefits Law Intellectual Property Law* Mergers & Acquisitions Law Securities Law
Ranked #1 in Greensboro, NC Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law* Construction Law Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law Family Law* Appellate Law*	Ranked #1 in Myrtle Beach, SC Commercial Litigation* Product Liability Litigation

*Denotes a tie with 1 or more other firm(s).

Attorneys by City

Charleston Cherie W. Blackburn Intellectual Property Law Labor and Employment Law Molly Hughes Cherry Labor and Employment Law Paul A. Dominick Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation Stephen P. Groves, Sr. Appellate Law Insurance Law J. David Hawkins Corporate Law Harold W. Jacobs Commercial Litigation Neil C. Robinson, Jr. Real Estate Law Thomas S. Tisdale, Jr. Commercial Litigation First Amendment Law M. Jeffrey Vinzani Real Estate Law Bradish J. Waring Commercial Litigation	Charlotte Richard W. Wilson Construction Law	Columbia Mark L. Bender Corporate Law Mergers & Acquisitions Law Michael T. Brittingham Employee Benefits Law Henry W. Brown Construction Law Russell T. Burke Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation David E. Dubberly Labor and Employment Law C. Jones DuBose, Jr. Corporate Law Mergers & Acquisitions Law Securities Law Victoria L. Eslinger Family Law Labor and Employment Law William H. Floyd III Labor and Employment Law Julian Hennig III Corporate Law Securities Law Timothy L. Hewson Health Care Law Fred L. Kingsmore, Jr. Tax Law Trusts and Estates William Y. Klett III Intellectual Property Law G. Marcus Knight Corporate Law Mergers & Acquisitions Law Securities Law W. Thomas Lavender, Jr. Environmental Law Alan M. Lipsitz Banking Law Public Finance Law W. Leighton Lord III Real Estate Law Burnet R. Maybank III Tax Law Susan P. McWilliams Labor and Employment Law Julio E. Mendoza, Jr. Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law Edward G. Menzie Corporate Law Mergers & Acquisitions Law Real Estate Law Securities Law William G. Newsome III Trusts and Estates Samuel F. Painter Workers' Compensation Law R. Kent Porth Employee Benefits Law James W. Potter Environmental Law Matthew B. Roberts Health Care Law John A. Sowards Banking Law
Greensboro Robert G. Baynes Corporate Law Margaret Shea Burnham Real Estate Law Stephen W. Coles Personal Injury Litigation M. Jay DeVaney Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law Real Estate Law Trudy A. Ennis Family Law R. Harper Heckman Construction Law Benjamin A. Kahn Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law Christine L. Myatt Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law Randall W. Reavis Construction Law David A. Senter Construction Law William M. Wilcox IV Tax Law	Greenville E. Grantland Burns Labor and Employment Law David W. Gossett Real Estate Law John Hardaway Intellectual Property Law Leon C. Harmon Environmental Law Russell T. Infinger Workers' Compensation Law Michael S. Pitts Labor and Employment Law Thomas L. Stephenson Alternative Dispute Resolution Labor and Employment Law B. Joel Stoudenmire Trusts and Estates William Wilkins Appellate Law Criminal Defense: White-Collar	Myrtle Beach Elbert S. Dorn Commercial Litigation Product Liability Litigation

The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 (Copyright 2008 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.) is based on a peer-review survey in which more than 32,000 attorneys cast more than two million votes.  Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed.  Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Nexsen Pruet, LLC is one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas, with more than 170 attorneys and offices in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach, S.C., as well as Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C.  Founded in 1945, Nexsen Pruet provides a broad range of legal services to the business community and represents companies and other entities in local, state, national, and international venues.