2027 Best Lawyers in America® Recognition Announced
Ellis & Winters has again been featured on The Best Lawyers in America® list. The 2027 list recognizes 25 of the firm’s attorneys including two partners who received “Lawyer of the Year” honors for their jurisdiction.
The firm’s Lawyer-of-the-Year honorees include:
- Charles N. Anderson, Jr. – Raleigh Lawyer of the Year for Litigation – Real Estate
- Thomas H. Segars – Raleigh Lawyer of the Year for Litigation – Antitrust
Other Ellis & Winters Best Lawyers honorees are:
- Charles N. Anderson, Jr. – Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate Law (Raleigh Lawyer of the Year)
- Ryan Bakelaar – Litigation – Health Care, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Jonathan A. Berkelhammer – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, 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
- Siobhan Briley – Litigation – Real Estate
- Andrew S. Chamberlin – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Kelly Margolis Dagger– Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: General Practice, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Mary M. Dillon – Commercial Litigation
- Pamela Duffy – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Alex J. Hagan – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Ginger B. Hunsucker – Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Scottie Forbes Lee – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust
- Jonathan D. Sasser – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Securities
- Thomas H. Segars – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, 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
- James M. Weiss – Commercial Litigation
- Dixie T. Wells – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
- Michael G. Winters – Real Estate Law
Additionally, four Ellis & Winters lawyers were recognized in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2027 edition:
- Brittany D. Levine – Health Care Law, Transportation Law
- Madeleine M. Pfefferle – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Kaitlyn M. Posta – Labor and Employment Law – Management
- Jeffrey Steven McConnell Warren – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
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.