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Local attorneys make 'Best Lawyers' list

Twenty attorneys in 29 different areas of law for the Van Winkle Law Firm have been named to the 24th edition of The Best Lawyers in America, which has been called “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice” by Corporate Counsel magazine. In addition, three Van Winkle attorneys received the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and have been recognized as “Lawyer of the Year,” including trust and estates specialist Robert H. Haggard of the Van Winkle’s Hendersonville office. Also recognized from the Hendersonville office were Adam L. Shealy, trusts and estates, and Caroline T. Knox, elder law.
Others were Jones P. Byrd – Litigation – Real Estate; Stephen J. Grabenstein – Litigation – Trusts & Estates; Albert L. Sneed Jr. - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Allan R. Tarleton - Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Workers' Compensation Law – Employers; Carleton C. Metcalf – Litigation – Banking & Finance; Caroline T. Knox – Elder Law; Carolyn L. Coward - Corporate Compliance Law; Health Care Law; Craig D. Justus – Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation – Land Use & Zoning; Dale A. Curriden – Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants; David M. Wilkerson – Litigation – Patent; Esther E. Manheimer - Appellate Practice; Litigation – Land Use & Zoning; Litigation – Real Estate; Larry C. Harris - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Commercial Transactions / UCC Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Larry M. McDevitt - Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants & Plaintiffs; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Litigation – Patent’ Lindsay P. Thompson – Real Estate Law; John G. Kelso – Trusts & Estates; Jones P. Byrd – Construction Law; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Litigation – Real Estate; Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Mark A. Pinkston - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law; Stephen J. Grabenstein - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Trusts & Estates; Trusts & Estates; Phillip J. Smith - Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Barry B. Kempson (Of Counsel) – Trusts & Estates.