Brooks Pierce Receives Top Honors from Chambers USA: 12 Practice Areas, 26 Attorneys Ranked Among the Best

Brooks Pierce is proud to announce that 12 practice areas and 26 of the firm’s attorneys are ranked among the best in North Carolina in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Law Firms for Business. The list of leading lawyers and law firms in the country is published annually by Chambers and Partners.

Brooks Pierce’s Antitrust, Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions, Environment, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Real Estate and Tax practice areas were recognized.

The 26 attorneys recognized as leaders in their respective practice areas are:

• Daniel Adams (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• Tony Barwick (Real Estate)
• Arty Bolick (Construction)
• Forrest Campbell (Healthcare)
• Charles Coble (Litigation: Appellate)
• John Cross (Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions)
• Mark Davidson (Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions)
• Kearns Davis (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• Shana Fulton (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• Tricia Goodson (Labor & Employment)
• George House (Environment)
• Beth Langley (Labor & Employment)
• Iain MacSween (Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory)
• Clint Morse (Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Jeff Oleynik (Antitrust, Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Gary Parsons (Litigation: General Commercial)
• Reid Phillips (Litigation: General Commercial)
• Jim Phillips (Litigation: General Commercial)
• Coe Ramsey (Intellectual Property)
• David Sar (Intellectual Property)
• Bob Singer (Banking & Finance, Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory)
• John Small (Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Marcus Trathen (Energy & Natural Resources)
• Jennifer Van Zant (Antitrust, Litigation: General Commercial)
• Ed West (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• Howard Williams (Tax)

Chambers USA is the leading guide to the legal profession and determines its annual rankings through confidential in-depth interviews with clients and attorneys and an assessment of recent work. Attorneys are ranked in their respective practice areas on the basis of legal knowledge and experience, ability, effectiveness and client service. Law firm departments are ranked using these qualities, as well as the effectiveness and capability of the department as a whole. More information on the ranking process can be found at https://chambers.com/legal-guide/usa-5