Ellis & Winters is proud to announce that Madeleine ‘Maddi’ Pfefferle was presented with a “Rising Star” recognition by the Young Lawyers Committee of DRI. Maddi is a current member of DRI’s Young Lawyers Steering Committee and has held various roles in the organization since 2022. She is also the […]
Ellis & Winters is proud to announce that Ellis Payne and Madeleine ‘Maddi’ Pfefferle have joined the partnership effective January 1, 2026. “We are thrilled about the election of Ellis and Maddi to the firm’s partnership,” said firm CEO, Alex Hagan. “Both are leaders in their respective fields of law, […]
Ellis & Winters has again been featured on the Best Lawyers in America list. The 2026 list recognizes 26 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: Chuck Anderson – Raleigh Lawyer of the Year for […]
Michelle Liguori, Maddi Pfefferle, and David Keirstead recently represented the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (“NCADA”) as amicus curiae before the North Carolina Court of Appeals, in an appeal addressing the scope of North Carolina’s medical malpractice statutes. The case involves claims against two doctors by the parents of […]