Charlotte and Greensboro Attorneys Recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers® January 28, 2010
Nine attorneys from the Charlotte and Greensboro offices of Nexsen Pruet have been named to the 2010 list of North Carolina Super Lawyers®. Four more attorneys are named as “North Carolina Rising Stars.”
Additionally, three Greensboro attorneys are listed among the top attorneys in all of the Tar Heel State.
 
Ben Kahn is named to the list of the Top 100 attorneys in North Carolina. Margaret Burnham and Christy Myatt are named to the list of the Top 50 Women attorneys in the state.
North Carolina Super Lawyers®
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Jack Taylor – Charlotte
Jack Taylor has extensive experience in commercial and industrial construction law, including arbitration and mediation. Throughout his career, he has represented owners, contractors and subcontractors on a number of large, complex projects including hospitals, sports arenas, airports, power plants and correctional institutions. |
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Margaret Burnham - Greensboro
Margaret Burnham concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial real estate transactions and litigation. She is a Board Certified Specialist in Real Property Law: Business, Commercial, and Industrial Transactions by the North Carolina State Bar and a Certified Mediator. |
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Steve Coles - Greensboro
Steven Coles has more than 20 years of experience in business and commercial litigation. He has been lead counsel in more than 200 medical related cases and has tried dozens of jury trails, mostly related to medical injuries, product defects and insurance coverage. |
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Jay DeVaney - Greensboro
Jay DeVaney concentrates his practices in the areas of commercial real estate, land use litigation, and legal malpractice defense. He has lectured and written extensively on Real Property and Land Use Litigation and Commercial Real Estate. |
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Trudy Ennis - Greensboro
Trudy Ennis concentrates her practice in the areas of employment and labor law litigation, employment and labor law, civil litigation, and alternative dispute resolution. She is a Board Certified: Family Law, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization and a Certified Mediator. |
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Harper Heckman - Greensboro
Harper Heckman concentrates his practice in the areas of lien, bond, construction law and civil litigation. He has tried cases in both state and federal courts and has argued before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the North Carolina Supreme Court, and the North Carolina Court of Appeals. |
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Ben Kahn - Greensboro
Benjamin Kahn focuses his practice is the areas of bankruptcy law and commercial litigation. He is certified as a Specialist in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification and by the Board of Legal Specialization of the North Carolina State Bar. |
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Christy Myatt - Greensboro
Christy Myatt represents a wide variety of banking and financial institutions on real estate, construction, development and tax credit lending transactions and in workouts, debt restructuring and bankruptcy. She has served as a receiver in numerous state and federal matters on behalf of various creditors and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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David Senter - Greensboro
David Senter concentrates his practice in the areas of construction and surety, commercial litigation and commercial collections. He has made numerous presentations on construction and collections related topics to national and local trade and professional associations. |
North Carolina “Rising Stars”
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Grainger Pierce - Charlotte
Grainger Pierce is an employment and labor law attorney. His experience includes employment litigation, employment policy and compliance assessment, ERISA litigation and insurance coverage litigation. |
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Christie Matthews - Charlotte
Christie Matthews is the director of the firm's Research and Drafting Center. Her experience includes incorporating and organizing C corporations, S corporations, LLC's, LP's, and non-profits. |
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Eric Biesecker – Greensboro
Eric Biesecker is a commercial litigator who focuses his practice on construction and real estate litigation. His practice includes representing owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in all phases of the construction process. |
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Greg Higgins - Greensboro
Greg Higgins concentrates his practice in the areas of construction law and commercial litigation. He represents owners, design professionals, subcontractors, suppliers, sureties and insurers on various projects across the country. |
About Super Lawyers®
Each year, Law & Politics commissions a statewide survey of North Carolina attorneys. The objective is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource to assist attorneys and clients in searching for legal counsel. Attorneys are nominated by their peers and recognized base on work completed throughout 2009. Click here to learn more about the Super Lawyers® selection process.
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, Greensboro, and Raleigh, 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. |
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