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2024 Best Lawyers Recognition Announced

The 2024 Best Lawyers List was announced, and Ellis & Winters had another outstanding list of honorees.

Best Lawyers recognized 25 Ellis & Winters attorneys including five partners who received “Lawyer of the Year” honors for their jurisdiction. The firm’s Lawyer of the Year honorees includes:

  • Charles N. Anderson, Jr. – Raleigh Lawyer of the Year for Real Estate Law
  • Jonathan A. Berkelhammer – Triad Lawyer of the Year for Litigation – Insurance, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Leslie C. Packer – Raleigh Lawyer of the Year for Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Jonathan D. Sasser – Raleigh Lawyer of the Year for Litigation – Intellectual Property, and Litigation – Securities
  • Curtis J. Shipley – Triad Lawyer of the Year for Litigation – Environmental

  The full Ellis & Winters Best Lawyers’ winners are as follows:

  • Charles N. Anderson, Jr. – Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate Law (Raleigh Lawyer of the Year)
  • Jonathan A. Berkelhammer – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Insurance (Triad Lawyer of the Year), Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (Triad Lawyer of the Year)
  • Thomas D. Blue, Jr. – Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate Law
  • Donna K. Blumberg – Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate Law
  • Ashley K. Brathwaite – Litigation – Health Care
  • Andrew S. Chamberlin – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Kelly Margolis Dagger– Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense – General Practice, Criminal Defense – White-Collar, Litigation – Labor and Employment (Ones to Watch)
  • Mary M. Dillon – Commercial Litigation
  • Pamela S. Duffy – Commercial Litigation, Trusts and Estates
  • Luke J. Farley – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction (Ones to Watch)
  • Alex J. Hagan – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Scott Hazelgrove – Antitrust Law (Ones to Watch)
  • David L. Hillman – Real Estate Law
  • Christopher W. Jackson – Commercial Litigation
  • Michelle Liguori – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation (Ones to Watch)
  • Leslie C. Packer – Litigation – Health Care, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (Raleigh Lawyer of the Year)
  • Jonathan D. Sasser – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property (Raleigh Lawyer of the Year), Litigation – Securities (Raleigh Lawyer of the Year)
  • Steven A. Scoggan – Commercial Litigation (Ones to Watch)
  • Thomas H. Segars – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Curtis J. Shipley – Construction Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental (Triad Lawyer of the Year)
  • Paul K. Sun, Jr. – Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Criminal Defense – General Practice, Criminal Defense – White-Collar, Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Jeffrey Steven McConnell Warren – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (Ones to Watch)
  • James M. Weiss – Commercial Litigation
  • Dixie T. Wells – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
  • Michael G. Winters – Real Estate Law

About Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal industry recognized by the profession, the media, and the public as an unbiased source of legal referrals. Recognition in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor awarded to a lawyer by his or her peers.

August 17, 2023 Charles N. Anderson, Jr. Jonathan A. Berkelhammer Thomas D. Blue, Jr. Donna K. Blumberg Ashley K. Brathwaite Andrew S. Chamberlin Kelly Margolis Dagger Mary M. Dillon Pamela Duffy Luke J. Farley Alex J. Hagan Michelle A. Liguori Leslie C. Packer Jonathan D. Sasser Steven A. Scoggan Thomas H. Segars Curtis J. Shipley Paul K. Sun, Jr. Jeffrey Steven McConnell Warren James M. Weiss Dixie T. Wells Michael G. Winters
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