WASHINGTON D.C. – A group of 23 Troutman Pepper attorneys have been named to the 2022 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll by the D.C. Access to Justice commission and the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center.

The Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll recognizes attorneys who have provided 50 or more hours of pro bono services in the past year. Attorneys earning the Honors designation volunteer 50 to 99 hours and those qualifying for High Honors completed 100 or more hours.

Troutman Pepper attorneys recognized with High Honors include John Morrissett, Armeen Mistry Shroff, Daniel Cohen, Richard Hagerty, Jenna Tyrpak, Steve Boughton, M. Lisanne Crowley, Christopher Healy, Katherine O’Konski, Cassidy Webb, Madeleine Cane, and Mary Zinsner.

Troutman Pepper attorneys recognized with Honors include Scott Bergeson, Ronni Fuchs, Savannah Billingham-Hemminger, Corey Neal, Elizabeth Briones, Quintessa Davis, Jeremy Heep, Dustin J. H. Plumadore, David Wormser, Elizabeth McCormick, and Sahara D. Shrestha.

The D.C. Access to Justice Commission seeks to improve the ability of low– and moderate–income residents to access the civil justice system. The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center provides volunteer attorneys with resources and trainings to help provide pro bono legal services. These organizations partner with the D.C. Courts to recognize attorneys who demonstrate an ethical commitment and principled belief in equal access to justice through their pro bono legal services.

Each year, Troutman Pepper attorneys dedicate thousands of pro bono hours in support of nonprofits, immigrants, military veterans, children, the wrongfully convicted, civil rights and social justice initiatives, and so many more. Learn more at troutman.com/pro-bono.

About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.

Troutman Sanders acted as counsel to The Southern Company in a public offering of $8.5 billion principal amount of senior notes. The offering was completed on May 24, 2016 and consisted of seven series of senior notes with maturities ranging from two years to 30 years. A portion of the proceeds of the offering will be used by Southern Company to fund the purchase price of its pending acquisition of AGL Resources, Inc.

Troutman Sanders has advised Southern Company in the areas of regulatory, tax, corporate disclosure and finance matters relating to Southern Company’s proposed purchase of AGL Resources, which was announced last summer.

The Troutman Sanders team assisting Southern Company includes partners Kevin Greene, Eric Koontz, Roger Reigner, Bob Edwards, Brandon Marzo and Frank Schiller, along with of counsel Amie Broder and associates Erin Reeves McGinnis, Allison Will and Melissa Oellerich.

About Troutman Sanders
With a diverse practice mix, workforce and footprint, Troutman Sanders has cultivated its reputation for a higher commitment to client care for over 120 years. Ideally positioned to help clients across sectors realize their business goals, the firm’s 650 attorneys transact for growth, resolve mission-threatening disputes and navigate complex legal and regulatory challenges. See troutman.com for more information.

ATLANTA – Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce that 33 of its lawyers have been selected for inclusion in Law & Politics’ 2009 Georgia Super Lawyers – Rising Stars edition.

For inclusion and distinction as a “Rising Star,” attorneys are selected by the most recent group of “Super Lawyers” – representing just 5 percent of attorneys in Georgia – and independent research by Law & Politics. The Super Lawyers are asked to vote for leading attorneys who are either 40 or under, or who have been practicing 10 years or less. They are also instructed to vote for lawyers they have personally observed in action (opposing co counsel, co-counsel or other first-hand courtroom observation).

Only 2.5 percent of Georgia attorneys are named Rising Stars, and combined, they represent more than 60 practice areas.

Troutman Sanders’ 2009 Georgia Rising Stars are:

Name/
Primary Practice Area(s)

Thomas B. Bosch
Securities Litigation

Daniele Elena Bourgeois
Intellectual Property

Benjamin D. Briggs
Employment & Labor

Vincent Bushnell
Business Litigation

Heather M. Ducat
Securities & Corporate Finance

Andrea M. Farley
Mergers & Acquisitions

Nicholas R. Farrell
Mergers & Acquisitions

Seth T. Ford
Employment & Labor

David W. Ghegan
Securities & Corporate Finance

Alison A. Grounds
General Litigation

Brian C. Harms
Energy & Natural Resources

Steven J. Hewitson
Business Litigation

David C. Kirk
Land Use/Zoning

Eric A. Koontz
Securities & Corporate Finance

Brandon F. Marzo
Energy & Natural Resources

Carroll W. McGuffey III
Environmental

Kevin G. Meeks
Administrative Law

Hallie M. Meushaw
Environmental

Evan H. Pontz
Employment & Labor

Thomas E. Reilly
Business Litigation

John G.Rigney
Civil Litigation Defense

Andrea Rimer
Environmental

F. Richard Rimer Jr.
Intellectual Property

Thomas J. Schramkowski
Mergers & Acquisitions

James E. Schutz
Intellectual Property

Rebecca Williams Shanlever
Employment & Labor

Lynette Eaddy Smith
Business/Corporate

John W. Stephenson, Jr.
Business/Corporate

Robert C. Stevens
Employment & Labor

Jaime L. Theriot
Business Litigation

Richard E. Thompson, II
Energy & Natural Resources

Christopher A. Wiech
Business Litigation

Hunter Yancey
Intellectual Property

About Law & Politics:
Law & Politics is a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. As a polling and research entity, it has been publishing legal magazines and conducting Super Lawyers balloting since 1990.

About Troutman Sanders
With a diverse practice mix, workforce and footprint, Troutman Sanders has cultivated its reputation for a higher commitment to client care for over 120 years. Ideally positioned to help clients across sectors realize their business goals, the firm’s 650 attorneys transact for growth, resolve mission-threatening disputes and navigate complex legal and regulatory challenges. See troutman.com for more information.

RICHMOND, Va. – Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce that 38 of its Virginia attorneys were selected as 2009 Legal Elite by Virginia Business magazine.

For inclusion and distinction as a member of the Legal Elite, attorneys are selected by their peers based on an extensive balloting system. Virginia Business magazine’s editorial staff along with the Virginia Bar Association mail out ballots to several thousand lawyers who are members of the state bar, practice law in Virginia and whose practice areas correspond to those being highlighted in this special edition.

The Troutman Sanders attorneys included in the 2009 edition of Legal Elite are:

Name
Primary Practice Area
City

Robert A. Angle
Intellectual Property
Richmond

David N. Anthony
Civil Litigation
Richmond

Coburn Robinson Beck
Under 40
Richmond

Lile Trice Benaicha
Under 40
Richmond

Thomas F. Betz Jr.
Real Estate/Land Use
Virginia Beach

Robert L. Brooke
Intellectual Property
Richmond

John K. Burke
Civil Litigation
Richmond

Dabney J. Carr IV
Intellectual Property
Richmond

David E. Constine III
Labor/Employment
Richmond

Bradfute W. Davenport Jr.
Construction
Richmond

Malcolm P. Friddell
Taxes/Estates/Trusts
Richmond

Gregory A. Giordano
Labor & Employment
Virginia Beach

Steven D. Gravely
Health Law
Richmond

John Owen Gwathmey
Business Law
Richmond

Jonathan L. Hauser
Bankruptcy
Virginia Beach

F. Claiborne Johnston Jr.
Business Law
Richmond

Nancyellen Keane
Legislative/Regulatory/Admin
Richmond

Anne Leigh Kerr
Legislative/Regulatory/Admin
Richmond

Neil S. Kessler
Real Estate/Land Use
Richmond

Michael Edward Lacy
Under 40
Richmond

John C. Lynch
Civil Litigation
Virginia Beach

David I. Meyers
Business Law
Richmond

Stephen A. Northup
Pro Bono
Richmond

R.J. Nutter II
Real Estate/Land Use
Virginia Beach

Ethan G. Ostroff
Under 40
Virginia Beach

Stephen D. Otero
Civil Litigation
Richmond 

Russell V. Palmore
Civil Litigation
Richmond

James C. Roberts
Civil Litigation
Richmond

Jimmy F. Robinson Jr.
Under 40
Richmond

Stephen D. Rosenthal
Health Law
Richmond

George A. Somerville
Legislative/Regulatory/Admin
Richmond

Harold E. Starke Jr.
Taxes/Estates/Trusts
Richmond

Ashley L. Taylor Jr.
Civil Litigation
Richmond

Anthony F. Troy
Legislative/Regulatory/Admin
Richmond

D. Eugene Webb Jr.
Labor/Employment
Richmond

John S. West
Criminal Law
Richmond

James J. Wheaton
Business Law
Virginia Beach

Laura Denise Windsor
Labor & Employment
Richmond

About Virginia Business:
Virginia Business, a subsidiary of Media General Inc., publishes information and analysis on business trends for the Virginia business community. The publication reaches over 100,000 readers, focusing on its targeted audience of influential business leaders, small businesses and startup entrepreneurs.

About Troutman Sanders
With a diverse practice mix, workforce and footprint, Troutman Sanders has cultivated its reputation for a higher commitment to client care for over 120 years. Ideally positioned to help clients across sectors realize their business goals, the firm’s 650 attorneys transact for growth, resolve mission-threatening disputes and navigate complex legal and regulatory challenges. See troutman.com for more information.

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NEW YORK – Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce that five of its lawyers have been selected for inclusion in the 2008 edition of Law & Politics’ New York Super Lawyers – Metro Edition.

For inclusion and distinction as a “Super Lawyer,” attorneys are selected by their peers based on an extensive balloting, research and blue-ribbon review process. This year, Law & Politics sent out approximately 109,000 ballots to active lawyers in the New York metro area and asked them to nominate attorneys whom they have personally observed in litigation, transactional or other legal matters. The voting attorneys were asked not to choose a candidate based on reputation alone, but on certain criteria, such as peer recognition, professional achievement, civic service and pro bono activities.

Based on this rigorous selection process, five attorneys at Troutman Sanders have been ranked by their peers in the top five percent of active, licensed attorneys in the New York metro area.

Troutman Sanders’ 2008 New York Super Lawyers are:

Name Primary/Practice Areas
Aurora Cassirer
Business Litigation

Hollace T. Cohen
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
 
Leonard Grunstein
Real Estate

Caroline G. Harris
Land Use/Zoning

Mitchel H. Perkiel
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

About Law & Politics
Law & Politics is a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. As a polling and research entity, it has been publishing legal magazines and conducting Super Lawyers balloting since 1990.

About Troutman Sanders 
With a diverse practice mix, workforce and footprint, Troutman Sanders has cultivated its reputation for a higher commitment to client care for over 120 years. Ideally positioned to help clients across sectors realize their business goals, the firm’s 650 attorneys transact for growth, resolve mission-threatening disputes and navigate complex legal and regulatory challenges. See troutman.com for more information.

 

• Troutman Sanders is advising on more currently pending M&A transactions in the Southeast than any other law firm
• Since January 1, 2013, Troutman Sanders has advised on more M&A transactions involving companies acquired in its primary market area – Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas – than any other law firm*

Troutman Sanders LLP advised BNC Bancorp in connection with the signing of a definitive merger agreement with Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. On a pro forma basis, Pinnacle is expected to be a top 50 public U.S. banking franchise by assets, with $20 billion in assets. Based on Pinnacle’s 20-day trailing average closing price as of Friday, January 20, 2017, the transaction is valued at approximately $35.70 per share, or $1.9 billion in the aggregate. Detailed information on the transaction can be found here.

Troutman Sanders previously advised BNC in connection with its acquisitions of High Point Bank Corporation and Southcoast Financial Corporation and its purchase of seven South Carolina branches of CertusBank, N.A.

About Troutman Sanders LLP

Troutman Sanders LLP is an international law firm with more than 650 lawyers in 16 offices located throughout North America and Asia. Founded in 1897, the firm’s lawyers provide counsel and advice in practically every aspect of civil and commercial law related to the firm’s core practice areas: Corporate, Energy and Industry Regulation, Finance, Litigation and Real Estate. Firm clients range from multinational corporations to individual entrepreneurs, federal and state agencies to foreign governments, and non-profit organizations to businesses representing virtually every sector and industry. See troutmansanders.com for more information.

About Troutman Sanders Financial Institutions Practice

Troutman Sanders Financial Institutions Practice has a long history of service to financial institutions that is consistently recognized by publications such as The American Banker, Chambers, Best Lawyers in America, Thomson Financial, Legal Elite and Super Lawyers. Our excellence in client service has been recognized by our inclusion in the BTI Consulting Group’s “Most Recommended Law Firms” by General Counsel list for over five years. Our financial institutions lawyers have substantial experience in mergers and acquisitions, public and private offerings, de novo formations, securities reporting, corporate governance and regulatory compliance and negotiations. Our experience and focus enable us to provide exceptional representation to financial institutions.

* Source – S&P Global Market Intelligence

ATLANTA – Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce that 63 of its lawyers have been selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of Law & Politics’ Georgia Super Lawyers.

For inclusion and distinction as a “Super Lawyer,” attorneys are selected by their peers based on an extensive balloting, research and blue-ribbon review process.

This year, Law & Politics contacted several thousand active Georgia lawyers and asked them to nominate attorneys whom they have personally observed in litigation, transactional or other legal matters. The voting attorneys were asked not to choose a candidate based on reputation alone, but on certain criteria, such as peer recognition, professional achievement, civic service and pro bono activities.

Ranking in the top five percent of active, licensed attorneys in the state, Troutman Sanders’ 2009 Georgia Super Lawyers are:

Name Primary/
Practice Areas

James W. Addison
Real Estate

Saba Ashraf
Tax

Gregory W. Blount
Environmental

Terry C. Bridges
Mergers & Acquisitions

Richard H. Brody
Mergers & Acquisitions

Randy E. Brogdon
Environmental

Robert H. Buckler
Employment & Labor

Maureen Theresa Callahan
Real Estate

Margaret Claiborne Campbell
Environmental

Ezra H. Cohen
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

Mark H. Cohen
Government/Cities/Municipalities

John J. Dalton
Business Litigation

N. Karen Deming
Personal Injury Defense: Products

Hazen H. Dempster
Banking

W. Brinkley Dickerson Jr.
Securities & Corporate Finance

William M. Droze
Business Litigation

Mark L. Elliott
Real Estate

Scott A. Farrow
Personal Injury Defense: Products

Robert H. Forry
Energy & Natural Resources

Ira Genberg
Construction Litigation

Richard Gerakitis
Employment & Labor

David F. Golden
Estate Planning & Probate

Kevin C. Greene
Energy & Natural Resources

Robert W. Grout
Mergers & Acquisitions

Stanley H. Hackett
Tax

Ashley Z. Hager
Employment & Labor

Charles A. Hawkins
Employment Litigation: Defense

Douglas A. Henderson
Environmental Litigation

Hollister A. Hill
Environmental

Michael D. Hobbs Jr.
Intellectual Property

William W. Hopson
Construction/Surety

John P. Hutchins
Intellectual Property Litigation

John H. Johnson Jr.
Environmental

Jeffrey W. Kelley
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

James A. Lamberth
Business Litigation

Bryan B. Lavine
Criminal Defense: White Collar

Stephen E. Lewis
Mergers & Acquisitions

Daryll Love
General Litigation

Alan E. Lubel
Business Litigation

J. Timothy Mast
Securities Litigation

John T. W. Mercer
Securities & Corporate Finance

David M. Moore
Environmental

Mark J. Newman
Immigration

Charles F. Palmer
Government/Cities/Municipalities

Thomas O. Powell
Banking

J. Kirk Quillian
Business Litigation

Daniel S. Reinhardt
General Litigation

Stephen W. Riddell
Employment & Labor

Frank E. Riggs Jr.
Construction/Surety

Douglas D. Salyers
Intellectual Property Litigation

June Ann Sauntry
Antitrust Litigation

Herbert D. Shellhouse
Business Litigation

James L. Smith III
Securities & Corporate Finance

William Calvin Smith
Mergers & Acquisitions

Mark S. VanderBroek
Intellectual Property Litigation

Wayne R. Vason
Estate Planning & Probate

E. Fitzgerald Veira
Environmental

Robert W. Webb Jr.
Business Litigation

Robert P. Williams II
Utilities

Allen S. Willingham
General Litigation

A. Michelle Willis
Real Estate

Harris B. Winsberg
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

William N. Withrow Jr.
Class Action/Mass Torts

Margaret Claiborne Campbell and N. Karen Deming were not only honored by their peers as Super Lawyers, but were ranked as two of the top 50 female lawyers in the state. Campbell’s current practice focuses on environmental and natural resource issues. Deming’s current practice focuses on products and tort liability, and healthcare issues.

Additionally, Campbell and Deming, as well as Jack Dalton, Richard Gerakitis, Douglas A. Henderson, John H. Johnson Jr., Daniel S. Reinhardt, Frank E. Riggs Jr. and William N. Withrow Jr. were ranked as nine of the top 100 lawyers in the state. Dalton focuses his practice on media and entertainment, and complex litigation. Gerakitis focuses his practice on labor and employment issues. Henderson focuses his practice on environmental and natural resources, complex litigation, construction, energy and international issues. Johnson focuses his practice on environmental and natural resources. Reinhardt focuses his practice on tort liability and complex litigation. Riggs focuses his practice on construction and energy, and Withrow focuses his practice on complex litigation.

About Law & Politics
Law & Politics is a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. As a polling and research entity, it has been publishing legal magazines and conducting Super Lawyers balloting since 1990.

About Troutman Sanders 
With a diverse practice mix, workforce and footprint, Troutman Sanders has cultivated its reputation for a higher commitment to client care for over 120 years. Ideally positioned to help clients across sectors realize their business goals, the firm’s 650 attorneys transact for growth, resolve mission-threatening disputes and navigate complex legal and regulatory challenges. See troutman.com for more information.

ATLANTA – Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce that 15 of its lawyers have been selected for inclusion in the July/August 2009 Law & Politics’ Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition.

Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition lists attorneys from across the United States that have been recognized in previous 2008-2009 state and regional editions of Super Lawyers magazine in the practice areas of Aviation, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, First Amendment/Media/Advertising, Franchise/Dealership, Government Contracts, Government Relations, Information Technology/Outsourcing, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, and Tax.

The Corporate Counsel Edition is geared toward people within corporate America who hire outside legal counsel. All editorial features and briefs cover in-house corporate activity across the nation.

Troutman Sanders’ July/August 2009 Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition attorneys are:

Name Primary/Practice Areas
Atlanta
Saba Ashraf
Tax

Ezra H. Cohen
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

Stanley H. Hackett
Tax

Michael D. Hobbs Jr.
Intellectual Property

John P. Hutchins
Intellectual Property Litigation

Jeffrey W. Kelley
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

Pete Robinson
Government Relations

Douglas D. Salyers
Intellectual Property Litigation

Mark S. VanderBroek
Intellectual Property Litigation

Harris B. Winsberg
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

New York
Hollace T. Cohen
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

Mitchel H. Perkiel
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

Orange County
Paul L. Gale
Intellectual Property Litigation

Richmond
Robert L. Brooke
Intellectual Property

Harold E. Starke Jr.
Tax

About Law & Politics
Law & Politics is a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. As a polling and research entity, it has been publishing legal magazines and conducting Super Lawyers balloting since 1990.

About Troutman Sanders 
With a diverse practice mix, workforce and footprint, Troutman Sanders has cultivated its reputation for a higher commitment to client care for over 120 years. Ideally positioned to help clients across sectors realize their business goals, the firm’s 650 attorneys transact for growth, resolve mission-threatening disputes and navigate complex legal and regulatory challenges. See troutman.com for more information.

About Construction Lawyers Society of America (“CLSA”)
The CLSA is an invitation-only construction lawyer honorary society with membership limited to 1,200 practicing Fellows from the United States and internationally. The composition of the CLSA is aggressively diverse, with recognition of excellence across all practices relating to construction law, including all transactional and litigation aspects of construction, both nationally and internationally. The purpose of the CLSA is to recognize deserving, experienced, and highly qualified lawyers, to provide an outlet for scholarly authorship of legal articles on construction practice, to provide additional sources for professional development, to promote superior advocacy and ethical standards in the practice of law, to assist in community involvement by its membership, and to advance a superior judiciary, and body of distinguished neutrals, by taking relevant positions on issues or legislation affecting judicial compensation and/or benefits, as well as those affecting the American litigation processes.

About Troutman Sanders
With a diverse practice mix, workforce and footprint, Troutman Sanders has cultivated its reputation for a higher commitment to client care for over 120 years. Ideally positioned to help clients across sectors realize their business goals, the firm’s 650 attorneys transact for growth, resolve mission-threatening disputes and navigate complex legal and regulatory challenges. See troutman.com for more information.

ATLANTA – E. Fitzgerald Veira, a veteran environmental and natural resources attorney, has been elected as a 2023 Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL). He was chosen – along with 26 others – for his “distinguished experience, high standards of practice, and substantial contributions to the field of environmental law.”

The ACOEL is a professional association of distinguished lawyers who practice in the field of environmental law. Membership is by invitation and members are recognized by their peers as preeminent in their field. The association is dedicated to maintaining and improving the ethical practice of environmental law, the administration of justice, and the development of environmental law at both the state and federal level.

He currently represents local, national, and international clients on a broad range of environmental and nuclear regulatory matters, transactions and in litigation with particular emphasis on matters arising under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). He has defended clients in many enforcement and private actions brought under state and federal environmental laws.

Troutman Pepper’s Environmental and Natural Resources Practice Group helps clients navigate critical environmental issues in the context of complex litigation, compliance, enforcement, and transactional matters. The group includes nearly 30 attorneys with valuable government, industry and technical experience, who provide a unique perspective to address the rapidly evolving federal, state, and local environmental issues that clients face on a day-to-day basis.

About Troutman Pepper

Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.