Davis Hartman Wright LLP is pleased to congratulate five partners recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite, a listing of the state’s top lawyers in business-related categories as selected by other lawyers.

Business North Carolina distributes ballots each year to every member of the N.C. State Bar living in North Carolina — asking each a simple question: Of the Tar Heel lawyers whose work you have observed firsthand, whom would you rate among the current best in these categories? Voters are not allowed to vote for themselves and may only select members of their firms if they also pick out-of-firm lawyers in the same categories, with the latter votes weighted more heavily. The attorney who receives the most votes in each category becomes a member of Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite Hall of Fame and is ineligible to win again.

The DHW attorneys honored as Business North Carolina’s 2024 Legal Elite include:

I. Clark Wright, Jr., Environmental

John C. Bircher III, Bankruptcy

Karen M. Hinkley, Appellate

Ashley M. Coghill, Construction

Dan Gibson, Appellate