Abstract:
Each year BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine seeks to determine the best lawyers in North Carolina. The magazine mailed ballots listing lawyer categories to every lawyer licensed by the North Carolina State Bar and living in North Carolina--this year 20,000. The top vote getters in each field were Noel L. Allen, antitrust; Trawick H. Stubbs, bankruptcy; Grayson S. Hale, business; Richard D. Conner, construction; Robert Wicker, corporate; Peter C. Anderson, criminal; W. Randall Loftis, Jr., employment; Grady L. Shields, environmental; Stan Brown, family; Anthony, Biller, intellectual property; Lee M. Whitman, litigation; Robert Charles Lawson, real estate; Andrew H. Veach, tax/estate planning; George Mason Oliver, young guns.