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2025 Best Lawyers Recognition Announced

The 2025 Best Lawyers List was announced, and Ellis & Winters had another outstanding list of honorees.

Best Lawyers recognized 23 Ellis & Winters attorneys including three 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 Litigation – Real Estate
  • Jonathan A. Berkelhammer – Triad Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Thomas H. Segars – Raleigh Lawyer of the Year for Litigation – Antitrust

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

  • Charles N. Anderson, Jr. – Litigation – Real Estate (Raleigh Lawyer of the Year), Real Estate Law
  • Jonathan A. Berkelhammer – Be-the-Company, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (Triad Lawyer of the Year), Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • 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, 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
  • Michelle Liguori – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation (Ones to Watch)
  • Leslie C. Packer – Litigation – Health Care, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Madeleine Pfefferle – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants (Ones to Watch)
  • Jonathan D. Sasser – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Securities
  • Steven A. Scoggan – Commercial Litigation (Ones to Watch)
  • Thomas H. Segars – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust (Raleigh Lawyer of the Year), Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Curtis J. Shipley – Construction Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
  • 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 15, 2024 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 Madeleine M. Pfefferle 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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