Power List

Oct 21, 2025

John Hughes Cooper, Attorney, Cooper & Bilbrey, Mount Pleasant, SC

John Hughes Cooper brings 45 years of admiralty and maritime law experience, specializing in maritime lien enforcement through vessel arrest. His background as a commercial fisherman and shrimp boat owner, […]

Oct 21, 2025

David Michael Collins, Of Counsel, Womble Bond Dickinson, Charleston, SC

David Michael Collins brings 39 years of admiralty law experience with particular expertise in recreational boating matters. As an avid boater and sailor himself, Collins was drawn to a practice […]

Oct 21, 2025

S. Scott Bluestein, Managing Partner, Bluestein Law Firm, Mount Pleasant, SC

Scott Bluestein brings 33 years of admiralty and maritime law experience to his practice, drawing from his Charleston upbringing where he developed an affinity for boats and the beach. His […]

Oct 21, 2025

Admiralty Power List 2025

Admiralty Power List 2025 Power List honorees are selected by looking at a range of criteria, including whether an attorney is considered to be an leader in his or her field.

Aug 27, 2025

Robert E. Zaytoun Attorney and Owner Zaytoun Law Firm, Wilmington

Robert Zaytoun began his career in 1976 in Tampa, where he practiced law with a personal injury plaintiff firm before returning to his home state of North Carolina in 1979 […]

Aug 27, 2025

Judith M. Vincent-Pope President Vincent-Pope Law Firm, Cary

At the Vincent-Pope Law Firm, Judith M. Vincent-Pope is known for her dedication to providing outstanding legal representation to residents of the Research Triangle area and statewide across North Carolina. […]

Aug 27, 2025

Karen H. Stiles Partner Shumaker, Charlotte

In law school, Karen H. Stiles enjoyed working in a variety of different practice areas during her clerkships. One of them stuck with her. “I was immediately drawn to medical […]

Aug 27, 2025

Richard J. Rivera Partner Parker Poe, Charlotte

Richard J. Rivera says he fell into malpractice law after he was discharged from the U.S. Army, where he served on active duty as a captain and attorney in the […]

Aug 27, 2025

David C. Pishko Lawyer Pishko Kalarites, Winston-Salem, N.C.

David C. Pishko says he started his career taking all cases that came in the door, from car wrecks to divorce, and the occasional medical negligence case. “I recognized that […]

Aug 27, 2025

R. Bailey Melvin Lawyer The Melvin Law Firm, Greenville

Bailey Melvin says that rather than choosing to work in medical malpractice law, that practice area chose him. “I knew I wanted to help the ‘little guy,’ and I knew […]

Aug 27, 2025

John D. Martin Partner Cranfill Sumner, Wilmington

As managing partner of Cranfill Sumner’s Wilmington office, John D. Martin concentrates his practice in the medical malpractice and professional liability defense practice groups. He defends hospitals, physicians and physician […]

Aug 27, 2025

Phyllis J. Lile-King Principal The Lile-King Firm, Greensboro

Phyllis J. Lile-King has special empathy for those who need a helping hand. “I grew up sensitive to poverty and racism in southwestern Kentucky,” she says. “Thurgood Marshall and Martin […]