Best Lawyers Recognizes 77 MVA Attorneys

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08.2013

Moore & Van Allen PLLC is pleased to announce that 77 attorneys representing 19 of the Firm’s primary practice areas were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2014 (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).  Additionally, Member Beau Fisher was named a Best Lawyers^® 2014 Charlotte Mergers and Acquisitions Law “Lawyer of the Year”; Member Amy Johnson was named a Best Lawyers^® 2014 Charlotte Public Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year”; and Member Ben Hagood was named a Best Lawyers^® 2014 Charleston Litigation-Environmental “Lawyer of the Year”.

Attorneys from each of the Firm's three offices were named on the 2014 list, and represent the Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring, Closely Held Business & Tax Planning, Commercial & Technology Transactions, Corporate, Economic Development, Employment & Labor,Energy, Environmental, Estate & Wealth Planning/ Estate Administration, Federal & International Taxation, Financial Services, Global Services, Health Care, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Public Affairs, Real Estate, and Transportation & Logistics practice groups.

“We feel honored by the recognition, and pleased that all three of our offices were represented,” said Moore & Van Allen Chairman and Member Ernie Reigel.

Best Lawyers^® bases list results on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which nearly 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.  Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”  The 2014 list is Best Lawyers’ 20^th edition.

The Moore & Van Allen attorneys on the 2014 Best Lawyers list, grouped by respective office location, include:

Charlotte

• Robert (Bob) V. Baker – Equipment Finance Law; Tax Law
• W. Doak Barnhardt­ – Banking & Finance Law
• Edward (Eddie) S. Booher, Jr. – Banking & Finance Law
• Carol Ewald Bowen – Health Care Law
• Robert (Bobby) C. Bowers – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – ERISA
• Jefferson W. Brown – Government Relations Practice; Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
• John S. Chinuntdet – Corporate Law
• Bernard B. Clark – Tax Law
• Dumont Clarke IV – Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Hillary B. Crabtree – Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law
  
• David L. Eades –  Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
• E. Beauregarde (Beau) Fisher III – Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Douglas (Doug) R. Ghidina – Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Jeffrey (Jeff) W. Glenney – Real Estate Law
• Stephen E. Gruendel – Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law
  
• Stephen (Steve) M. Hader – Immigration law
• George V. Hanna III – Commercial Litigation; Litigation– Banking & Finance; Litigation – Construction
• W.B. (Ben) Hawfield, Jr. – Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law
• J. Richard Hazlett – Banking & Finance Law
• Stephen (Steve) D. Hope – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
• James (Jim) W. Hovis – Banking & Finance Law
  
• Amy K. Johnson – Banking & Finance Law; Public Finance Law
• Christopher (Chris) J.C. Jones – Tax Law
• Robert (Rob) I. Kenny – Equipment Finance Law
• Kimberly Short Kirk – Health Care Law
• Anthony (Tony) T. Lathrop – Commercial Litigation; Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
• Hal A. Levinson – Corporate Law
• Dickson M. Lupo – Commercial Litigation; Copyright Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
• B. Palmer McArthur, Jr. – Real Estate Law
• Neill G. McBryde –Litigation & Controversy – Tax; Tax Law; Trusts & Estates
• Valecia M. McDowell – Commercial Litigation
• Peter J. McGrath, Jr. – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
• John V. McIntosh – Corporate Law
• C. Wayne McKinzie – Banking & Finance Law
• James (Jim) P. McLoughlin, Jr. – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking & Finance; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy); Litigation – Securities
• Thomas (Tom) L. Mitchell – Banking & Finance Law
• William (Billy) H. Moore, Jr. – Tax Law
• Thomas (Tom) D. Myrick – Charlotte:  Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate
• J. Christopher Oates – Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
• Paul J. Peralta – Commercial Litigation
• Alan W. Pope – Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law
• *Kevin W. Ransom– Patent Law
• T. Edmund (Ted) Rast – Real Estate Law
  
• Ernest (Ernie) W. Reigel – International Trade & Finance Law
• Russell (Russ) F. Sizemore – Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment
• *Ryan M. Smith – Banking & Finance Law
• Skottowe (Skott) W. Smith, Jr. – Charlotte:  Real Estate Law
• Scott D. Syfert – Corporate Law
• Scott M. Tyler – Commercial Litigation
• David S. Walls – Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law
• *Henry B. Ward III – Trademark Law
• Brett G. Weber – Banking & Finance Law
• *J. Mark Wilson– Copyright Law
  

Research Triangle

• David E. Fox – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation– Construction; Litigation– Environmental
• Arlene D. Hanks – Trademark Law
• Joseph (Jody) D. Joyner, Jr. – Equipment Finance Law; Tax Law

Charleston

• Ben A. Hagood, Jr. – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
  
• Cynthia J. Lowery – Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law
• Paul M. Lynch – Trusts & Estates
• Douglas (Doug) M. Muller – Admiralty & Maritime Law; Appellate Practice
• Ashley Steele Nutley – Banking & Finance Law
• David B. Wheeler – Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law

*indicates an attorney included on a Best Lawyers list for the first time.