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NC Excellence in Law
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Nominate today to celebrate a legal leader!!
North Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s Excellence in Law event will honor excellence in all areas of the local legal community.
Categories include the following:
Phenoms: Those with 10 years or less in their legal practice.
Icons: Professionals with at least 30 years or more of legal practice.
Leaders in the Law: Members of the bar who have made important contributions to the practice of law in the state and to the local legal community and/or community at large.
Event Date
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For questions about the event or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Johnny Aguirre at [email protected]
2026 HONOREES
Icons
William Davis, Bell, Davis, Pitt
Paul Dickinson, Law Offices of James Scott Farrin
S. McKinley “Ken” Gray III, Ward and Smith, P.A.
Lucy Inman, Bryson Harris Suciu Demay
Diana Palecek, Fox Rothschild
John Pinnix, Allen & Pinnix
Celia Pistolis, Legal Aid of North Carolina
Kim Stogner, Womble Bond
Rose Stout, Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP
John “Buddy” Wester, Robinson Bradshaw
Leaders in the Law
Janet Amburgey, GHMA Law
Andrew Atkins, Smith Anderson
Tony Barwick, Brooks Pierce
Julie Bradlow, DarrowEverett LLP
Dan Cahill, Poyner Spruill
John R. Cella, Jr., Ragsdale Liggett
Josh DeBottis, Akerman LLP
Todd Eveson, Wyrick
Rick Fleming, Law Offices of James Scott Farrin
Elizabeth Greene, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Alex Hagan, Ellis Winters
M. Duane Jones, Hedrick Gardner
Roberta King Latham, King Latham Law
John Martin, Cranfill Sumner LLP
Will Owens, Owens & Miller PPLC
Sabrina Rockoff, McGuire Wood & Bissette
Heidi Royal, Heidi Royal Law
Marcus Shields, Guilford County
Nicole Sodoma, Sodoma Law
Phenoms
Scott Burton, Moore & Van Allen
Phillip Fajgenbaum, Parker Poe
Kyleigh Feehs, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Ashley Oldfield, Rayburn Cooper & Durham
Megan Reilly-Dreas, McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Will Robertson, Brooks Pierce
Sarah Rozek, Fox Rothschild
Melissa Tulis Smith, Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP
Spencer Wiles, Robinson Bradshaw
2025 HONOREES
PHENOMS
Nichad Davis, Law Offices of James Scott Farrin
Rebecca Z. Donaldson, District Attorney’s Office, Prosecutorial District 6
Vincent R. Eisinger Jr., Cranfill Sumner LLP
Alexandra M. Fenno, Kilpatrick
Kaitlyn E. Fudge, Law Offices of James Scott Farrin
Caleb J. Holloway, Robinson Bradshaw
Carson Lane, Parker Poe
LaDeidre D. Matthews, Fox Rothschild
Shameka C. Rolla, Smith Anderson
Candelario Saldana, Cadwalader
Kayla C. Shively, Churchill Shively PLLC
Audrey Z. Snyder, Ward Black
LEADERS IN THE LAW
Cybil J. Abrao, Burr & Forman
Alonzo M. Alston, McAlpine
Stephen M. Cox, Robinson Bradshaw
Matthew S. DeAntonio, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Chad W. Essick, Poyner Spruill
Adam D. Furr, Bullock, Clay & Furr
Deborah J. Halvorsen, Halvorsen Family Law Group
Brian A. Kahn, McGuireWoods
Adam J. Marshall, Law Firm Carolinas
Samuel McGee, Wilder Pantazis
Angela W. McIlveen, McIllveen Family Law Group
Shawn A. McMillan, McMillan PLLC
Janeen Miller Hogue, The Miller Hogue Law Firm, P.C.
Amanda P. Nitto, Robinson Bradshaw
Manisha P. Patel, Law Office of Manisha P. Patel
Adam Peoples, Hall Booth Smith
Jennifer J. Slusser, Johnston County, NC
Boyd Sturges III, Davis & Sturges
Gene Brentley Tanner, Parker Bryan Family Law
Harmony W. Taylor, Law Firm Carolinas
Richard A. Waugaman III, Campbell University School of Law
Jill R. Wilson, Brooks Pierce
ICONS
Douglas B. Abrams, Abrams & Abrams
Margaret A. Dudley, Elon Law School
Michael Gerhardt, UNC School of Law
Terrill J. Harris, Fox Rothschild
Randall J. Phillips, Maginnis Howard
Elizabeth L. Quick, Womble Bond Dickinson
Robert J. Ramseur Jr., Ragsdale Liggett
Terry M. Taylor, Young Morphis Bach & Taylor
LEGAL NEWS MAKERS
Michelle Gessner, Gesner Law
Tom Harvey, Shipman & Wright
Luke Largess, Tin Fulton Walker
James T. Moore Jr., Shipman & Wright
Christopher Olson, Olson Law
Sonya Pfeiffer, Pfeiffer Rudolf
David Rudolf, Pfeiffer Rudolf
Gary K. Shipman, Shipman & Wright
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