Fox Rothschild congratulates 18 attorneys who were named to the 2026 "Legal Elite" list by Business North Carolina magazine in the following areas:

• Kip D. Nelson (Appellate)
• Brian C. Bernhardt (Appellate)
• Brian R. Anderson (Bankruptcy)
• Robert D. Kidwell (Business)
• Sarah M. Rozek (Corporate)
• E. Kent Auberry (Corporate)
• Jeremy R. Sayre (Employment)
• Lisa M. Williford (Employment)
• Benjamin L. Snowden (Environmental)
• William E. Burton III (Environmental)
• Patrick M. Kane (Litigation)
• La-Deidre D. Matthews (Real Estate)
• Thomas E. Terrell Jr. (Real Estate)
• Stephen E. Klee (Real Estate)
• Marshall Horsman III (Real Estate)
• Jennifer C. Noble (Tax & Estate Planning)
• Amy Smith Klass (Tax & Estate Planning)
• Ashley Barton Chandler (Young Guns)

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

• Jonathan Heyl (Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes)
• Elizabeth Brooks Scherer (Appellate)
• Matthew Nis Leerberg (Appellate)
• Neale T. Johnson (Construction)
• George J. "Jerry" Oliver (Employment)
• Afi S. Johnson-Parris (Family)
• Laura Deddish Burton (Immigration)
• Kimberly Bullock Gatling (Intellectual)

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.