September 1, 2007

38 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named To The Best Lawyers in America

The Best Lawyers in America 2008

COLUMBIA, SC - Thirty-eight attorneys from Nexsen Pruet, LLC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2008 - including six who have now earned the honor for 10 years or more.

Ed Menzie, who practices in Columbia and was listed for corporate and real estate law, has been included in the publication for 20 years. Those recognized for at least 10 years are Harold Jacobs, Neil C. Robinson, and Thomas S. Tisdale Jr., from the Charleston office; and Tommy Lavender and Kent Porth, from Columbia.

The 38 attorneys, who practice in 20 areas, include:

Charleston
Paul Dominick, bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation
David Hawkins, corporate law
Molly Hughes, labor and employment law
Harold Jacobs, commercial litigation
Neil Robinson, real estate law
Tom Tisdale, commercial litigation, First Amendment law
Brad Waring, commercial litigation

Charlotte
Richard Wilson, construction law

Columbia
Michael Brittingham, employee benefits law
Henry Brown, construction law
Russell Burke, commercial litigation
David Dubberly, labor and employment law
Vickie Eslinger, family law, labor and employment law
William Floyd, labor and employment law
Jay Hennig, corporate law, securities law
Freddie Kingsmore, trusts and estates
William Y. Klett, III, intellectual property law
Mark Knight, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law, securities law
Tommy Lavender, environmental law
Alan Lipsitz, banking law, public finance law
Susi McWilliams, labor and employment law
Rick Mendoza, bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law
Ed Menzie, corporate law, real estate law
Billy Newsome, trusts and estates
Julian J. Nexsen, trusts and estates
Sam Painter, workers' compensation law
Kent Porth, employee benefits law

Greensboro
Margaret Burnham, real estate law

Jay DeVaney, eminent domain and condemnation law, real estate law
Trudy Ennis, family law
Harper Heckman, construction law
David Senter, construction law
Bill Wilcox, tax law

Greenville
Grant Burns, labor and employment law
Leon Harmon, environmental law
Rusty Infinger, workers' compensation law
Tom Stephenson, alternative dispute resolution, labor and employment law
B. Joel Stoudenmire, trust and estates

"This recognition is special both to the firm and to the lawyers who earned it," said Leighton Lord, chairman of the board of Nexsen Pruet. "I think it demonstrates a high level of professional respect earned by these attorneys and underscores our legal team's experience in areas vital to business."

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 25,000 leading attorneys cast almost two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. 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., and 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.

The Best Lawyers in America 2008. Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC.