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Tharrington Smith Lawyers Honored by North Carolina Super Lawyers™ 2018

We are pleased to announce that ten of our lawyers have been named to 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers™, and six have been named to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars:

  • Hill Allen, North Carolina Super Lawyers™
  • Lynn Burleson, North Carolina Super Lawyers™
  • Eva DuBuisson, North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars
  • Evan Horowitz, North Carolina Super Lawyers™
  • Douglas Kingsbery, North Carolina Super Lawyers™
  • Steve Mansbery, North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars
  • Jaye Meyer, North Carolina Super Lawyers™
  • Melissa Michaud, North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars
  • Fred Morelock, North Carolina Super Lawyers™
  • Stephen Rawson, North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars
  • Jeffrey Russell, North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars
  • Colin Shive, North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars
  • Roger W. Smith, Jr., North Carolina Super Lawyers™
  • Roger W. Smith, Sr., (Retired) North Carolina Super Lawyers™
  • Wade Smith, North Carolina Super Lawyers™, Top 100 North Carolina Super Lawyers™, Top 25 Raleigh Super Lawyers™
  • Alice Stubbs, North Carolina Super Lawyers™, Top 50 Women North Carolina Super Lawyers™

In selecting attorneys for Super Lawyers™, a rigorous, multiphase process is employed. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. Super Lawyers™ inducts only 5% of the attorneys in any given state.

Hill Allen has been selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ continuously since 2009. Mr. Allen focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation.

Lynn Burleson has been selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ continuously since 2006. Additionally, he was selected to the North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Top 100 list in 2006-2008. Mr. Burleson is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law. He focuses his practice exclusively on matrimonial matters.

Eva DuBuisson has been selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars since 2014. Ms. DuBuisson focuses her practice in the area of education law.

Evan Horwitz has been selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ since 2015. Mr. Horwitz is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law and focuses his practice exclusively on matrimonial matters.

Douglas Kingsbery has been selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ continuously since 2008. Mr. Kingsbery focuses his practice primarily in the area of white collar criminal defense, with an emphasis on criminal tax defense.

Steve Mansbery has been selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars since 2015. He was previously selected to this list in 2010-2013. Mr. Mansbery is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law and focuses his practice exclusively on matrimonial matters.

Jaye Meyer has been selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ since 2006. She has been selected to the North Carolina Top 50 Women Super Lawyers™ from 2010 to 2014 and again in 2017; and to the Top 100 Super Lawyers™ list in 2011. Ms. Meyer is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law and focuses her practice exclusively on matrimonial matters.

Melissa Michaud is first selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars this year. She is an associate in the Education Section.

Fred Morelock was first selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ in 2006 and continuously since 2008. Mr. Morelock is a Certified Family Financial Mediator and a Certified Superior Court Mediator. He focuses primarily in the areas of mediation and matrimonial law.

Stephen Rawson is first selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars this year. He is an associate in the Education Section.

Jeffrey Russell has been selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars in 2016. This is Mr. Russell’s first appearance on the list. Mr. Russell is a member of the firm’s Family Law Section.

Colin Shive is first selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars in 2016 and is listed again in this category in 2018. He is an associate in the Education Section.

Roger Smith, Jr. is selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ in 2018. He is a partner in the firm focusing his practice in the area of Criminal Defense and Civil Litigation.

Roger W. Smith, Sr. has been continually selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers™ since 2006. Additionally, he was selected to Super Lawyers™ Top 100 list in 2006 and 2007. Mr. Smith’s practice focuses primarily in the areas of criminal defense and civil litigation. Mr. Smith retired at the end of 2017.

Wade Smith has been selected to Super Lawyers™ North Carolina since 2006. He has additionally been selected to the North Carolina Super Lawyers™ Top 100 List since 2006, to the Top 10 List in 2006-2010, 2012-2014, and 2016, and to the Top 25 Raleigh Super Lawyers™ List since 2013. In 2016, Mr. Smith was the featured cover attorney and tagged “Our Own Atticus Finch”. Mr. Smith’s practice focuses primarily in the areas of criminal defense and civil litigation.

Alice Stubbs has been listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers™ continuously since 2010. She is also included for the second consecutive year in the North Carolina Super Lawyers Top 50 Women list. She is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law and a Certified Family Financial Mediator. She focuses her practice exclusively on matrimonial matters.

Tharrington Smith LLP was established in 1964 and has since become one of the most widely respected firms in North Carolina and has cultivated a positive reputation that reaches across the nation. Our 35 attorneys serve clients in the areas of criminal law, taxation and seizure, family law and mediation, education law, election law and redistricting, and civil litigation. The firm ardently supports excellence in the legal profession, the arts, education and the community through professional service and financial support. The firm’s lawyers welcome referrals and associations in our primary practice areas and are commonly associated by our peers to assist with complex matters in our individual fields of practice. To find out more about Tharrington Smith LLP, visit our website at https://tharringtonsmith.com.