Ellis & Winters Ranked as a Leading Firm in North Carolina by Chambers USA
Ellis & Winters LLP is again ranked as a leading firm in North Carolina in the 2016 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The firm has been given high ratings in each of its primary areas of practice: antitrust, bankruptcy/restructuring, litigation, and real estate.
Chambers USA gives its top rating in North Carolina to the firm’s litigation practice, stating the firm remains an “excellent litigation boutique with in-depth experience of state and federal courts, as well as a variety of arbitral tribunals.” Clients gave the firm high praise, describing the work of Ellis & Winters lawyers as “consistently excellent.”
The firm also received Chambers’ highest rating in the state in antitrust. The organization calls the firm’s antitrust practice a “well-regarded group undertaking the spectrum of antitrust work.”
The publication commended the firm’s bankruptcy practice, stating that the group is known as having “expertise in both transactional and litigation matters.”
The firm’s real estate practice is also highly rated, with Chambers research sources describing one of the firm’s practitioners as “more than an attorney… a valuable member of our team.”
In addition, the following nine Ellis & Winters attorneys were identified as leading lawyers in their fields:
- Charles N. Anderson, Jr.: Real Estate & Bankruptcy
- Stephen D. Feldman: Antitrust
- Alex J. Hagan: Litigation
- Leslie C. Packer: Litigation
- George F. Sanderson III: Bankruptcy
- Jonathan D. Sasser: Litigation
- Matthew W. Sawchak: Antitrust
- Michael G. Winters: Real Estate
The firm’s full rankings can be viewed at this link.
The Chambers USA directory is published annually by UK-based Chambers and Partners. The independent guide is compiled by a team of more than 50 researchers based on thousands of in-depth telephone interviews with lawyers and clients throughout the United States.