Fox Rothschild LLP congratulates 23 attorneys who were named to the 2022 "Legal Elite" list by Business North Carolina magazine in the following areas:

• Brian R. Anderson (Bankruptcy)
• Lisa Williford Arthur (Young Guns)
• E. Kent Auberry (Corporate) 
• Laura D. Burton (Immigration)
• William E. Burton III (Bankruptcy)
• Michelle D. Connell (Appellate)
• Richard A. Coughlin (Litigation)
• Robert H. Edmunds Jr. (Appellate)
• Kimberly Bullock Gatling (Intellectual Property)
• Wesley P. Gelb (Family)
• Elizabeth Sims Hedrick (Litigation)
• Neale T. Johnson (Construction)
• Patrick M. Kane (Appellate)
• Robert D. Kidwell (Corporate)
• Amy S. Klass (Tax and Estate Planning)
• Deana A. Labriola (Corporate)
• Marilyn Feuchs-Marker (Family)
• Catherine B. Mitchell (Real Estate)
• Kip D. Nelson (Appellate) 
• Stephen W. Petersen (Criminal) 
• Jeremy R. Sayre (Employment)
• Troy D. Shelton (Appellate) 

Connell was profiled in a special section and is now a member of the Legal Elite Hall of Fame for receiving the most votes in the appellate category for 2022.

Seven additional attorneys were included in the magazine's Legal Elite Hall of Fame, including:

• Brian W. Byrd (Real Estate, 2014)
• Jonathan Heyl (Antitrust, 2012)
• Matthew Nis Leerberg (Appellate, 2018)
• George J. "Jerry" Oliver (Employment, 2003)
• Diana R. Palecek (Real Estate, 2021)
• Elizabeth Brooks Scherer (Appellate, 2021)
• Larry B. Sitton (Antitrust, 2005)

This annual list is compiled through peer nominations and includes attorneys from across the state of North Carolina in 15 legal practice areas. View the full list.