Fox Rothschild congratulates 24 attorneys who were named to the 2024 "Legal Elite" list by Business North Carolina magazine in the following areas:

• Troy D. Shelton (Appellate)
• Robert H. Edmunds Jr. (Appellate)
• Patrick M. Kane (Appellate)
• Kip D. Nelson (Appellate)
• Brian R. Anderson (Bankruptcy)
• William E. Burton III (Bankruptcy)
• Robert D. Kidwell (Business)
• Neale T. Johnson (Construction)
• E. Kent Auberry (Corporate)
• W. Alexander Audilet (Corporate)
• Stephen E. Klee (Corporate)
• Jeremy R. Sayre (Employment)
• Benjamin L. Snowden (Environmental)
• Marilyn Feuchs-Marker (Family)
• Laura Deddish Burton (Immigration)
• D. Erik Albright (Litigation)
• Richard A. Coughlin (Litigation)
• Gregory G. Holland (Litigation)
• La-Deidre D. Matthews (Real Estate)
• Thomas E. Terrell Jr. (Real Estate)
• Brian C. Bernhardt (Tax & Estate Planning)
• Amy Smith Klass (Tax & Estate Planning)
• Lisa M. Williford (Arthur) (Young Guns)
• Ashley Barton Chandler (Young Guns)

Troy Shelton and Laura Burton were featured in a special section for receiving the most votes in the Appellate and Immigration categories respectively for 2024.

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

• Larry B. Sitton (Antitrust, 2005)
• Jonathan Heyl (Antitrust, 2012)
• Matthew Nis Leerberg (Appellate, 2018)
• Elizabeth Brooks Scherer (Appellate, 2021)
• George J. "Jerry" Oliver (Employment, 2003)
• Kimberly Bullock Gatling (Intellectual, 2023)
• Brian W. Byrd (Real Estate, 2016)
• Diana R. Palecek (Real Estate, 2021)

This annual list is compiled through peer nominations and includes attorneys from across the state of North Carolina in 17 legal practice areas. View the full list.