2010 Super Lawyers

The 2010 listing of North Carolina and South Carolina's top attorneys, published by Law& Politics® magazine, includes 33 lawyers from Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP. The North Carolina and South Carolina Super Lawyers selections are compiled annually by Law & Politics, based on surveys and research to identify lawyers "who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement," according to the magazine's publisher.

In addition, 9 Smith Moore Leatherwood lawyers from North Carolina and 2 from Georgia were named Rising Star's, published by Law & Politics® magazine.

The North Carolina and Georgia Rising Star selections are compiled annually by the magazine, based on a detailed multi-step nomination process that includes multiple surveys, research and peer evaluation. In order to be eligible for consideration as a Rising Star, a candidate must be 40 years of age and younger or have been in practice for ten years or less.



Erik Albright
North Carolina
General Litigation,
Entertainment & Sports,
Business Litigation


Bruce P. Ashley
North Carolina
Construction Litigation,
Construction/Surety,
Real Estate


E. Kent Auberry
North Carolina
Business/Corporate,
Securities & Corporate
Finance,
Intellectual Property


Jonathan A. Berkelhammer
North Carolina
Business Litigation,
Personal Injury Defense:
Products, Intellectual Property Litigation


Laura D. Burton
North Carolina Rising Stars
Immigration, Workers' Compensation


Brian W. Byrd

North Carolina Rising Stars
Real Estate


Denise Smith Cline
North Carolina
General Litigation,
Employment & Labor


William L. Dennis
South Carolina
Estate Planning &
Probate, Employee
Benefits/ERISA, Tax


Alan W. Duncan
North Carolina
Business Litigation,
Professional Liability:
Defense, Civil Litigation
Defense


Stephen W. Earp
North Carolina
Environmental,
Business/Corporate,
Real Estate


Martin N. Erwin
North Carolina
Employment & Labor,
Employment Litigation:
Defense


James G. Exum, Jr.
North Carolina
Appellate, General
Litigation, Alternative
Dispute Resolution


Steve E. Farrar
South Carolina
Business Litigation,
Professional Liability:
Defense, Insurance
Coverage


Mark A. Finkelstein
North Carolina
Business Litigation,
Environmental Litigation,
Construction Litigation


James L. Gale
North Carolina
Business Litigation,
Alternative Dispute
Resolution, General
Litigation


Michael J. Giese
South Carolina
Business Litigation


L. Cooper Harrell
North Carolina Rising Stars
Business Litigation,
Appellate,
General Litigation


Terrill J. (Terri) Harris
North Carolina
Health Care,
Personal Injury Defense:
Medical Malpractice


F. Marion Hughes
South Carolina
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights,
Business Litigation


Tod J. Hyche
South Carolina
Estate Planning &
Probate, Tax


Erin E. Jochum
North Carolina Rising Stars
Health Care


Michael V. Lee
North Carolina
Real Estate,
Land Use/Zoning


Robert R. Marcus
North Carolina
Business Litigation,
Insurance Coverage,
Appellate


Alexander L. Maultsby
North Carolina
Employment & Labor,
Business Litigation


Charles E. Melvin, Jr.
North Carolina
Real Estate,
Business/Corporate


Maureen Demarest Murray
North Carolina
Health Care


David J. Neill
North Carolina Rising Stars
Real Estate,
Land Use/Zoning,
Government/Cities/
Municipalities


Tanya N. Oesterreich
North Carolina Rising Stars
Estate Planning &
Probate


George J. (Jerry) Oliver
North Carolina
Employment & Labor,
Employment Litigation:
Defense


Aaron E. Pohlmann
Georgia Rising Stars
Employee Benefits/ERISA,
Employment Litigation:
Defense,
Business/Corporate


Jill L. Raspet
North Carolina Rising Stars
Estate Planning & Probate


Kurt M. Rozelsky
South Carolina
Transportation/Maritime,
Personal Injury
Defense: Products,
Civil Litigation


Elizabeth B. Scherer
North Carolina Rising Stars
Appellate


Jennifer Pritzker Sender
Georgia Rising Stars
Health Care


Larry B. Sitton
North Carolina
Business Litigation,
Insurance Coverage,
Antitrust Litigation


D. Clark Smith, Jr.
North Carolina
Personal Injury
Defense: Medical
Malpractice, Antitrust
Litigation, Business
Litigation


Samuel O. Southern
North Carolina
Health Care,
Personal Injury Defense:
Medical Malpractice,
Professional Liability: Defense


Thomas E. Terrell, Jr.
North Carolina
Environmental, Land Use/Zoning,
Government/Cities/
Municipalities


Julianna C. Theall
North Carolina
Employment & Labor


Elizabeth C. Trahos
North Carolina Rising Stars
Land Use/Zoning


Allison O. Van Laningham
North Carolina
General Litigation,
Appellate, First
Amendment/Media/
Advertising


E. Garrett Walker
North Carolina
Real Estate


Jeri L. Whitfield
North Carolina
Workers' Compensation,
Civil Litigation
Defense, General Litigation


Robert L. Wilson, Jr.
North Carolina
Health Care