Ellis & Winters LLP
Profile
For the third consecutive year, nine of the firm’s 14 partners have been named in North Carolina Super Lawyers®. As one of the fastest-growing businesses in North Carolina’s renowned Triangle, Ellis & Winters continues to flourish as what it set out to become in 2000: a select cadre of lawyers who provide sophisticated legal services to blue-chip clients. The Ellis & Winters lawyers named in the 2008 edition of North Carolina Super Lawyers include Chuck Anderson, Andrew Chamberlin, Dick Ellis, Alex Hagan, Leslie O’Toole, Jon Sasser, Matt Sawchak, Paul Sun and Mike Winters.
THE FORTUNE 500’S LAW FIRM
Ellis & Winters’ 22 lawyers provide legal services to more than 30 members of the Fortune 500. The firm continues to attract the finest attorneys with significant trial, appellate and transactional experience. Concentrating in complex litigation and commercial real estate, the firm’s lawyers have been called on in some of the state’s most important disputes and transactions, including a $424 million North Carolina Supreme Court victory. The business community has taken notice, naming more than half of the firm’s members to the North Carolina Legal Elite, with many members also achieving recognition among The Best Lawyers in America.
PROMINENT IN THE PROFESSION
Active in leading legal organizations, the firm’s attorneys hold leadership positions in the American Bar Association, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, the National Defense Research Institute, the North Carolina Bar Association and the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. The firm also includes members of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Members of the firm frequently write and speak on professional issues in their areas of concentration.
COMMUNITY COMMITMENT
Ellis & Winters lawyers are committed to the local community. Mike Winters is chair of the Cary Chamber Board for 2007-2008, and Chuck Anderson is general counsel to the Raleigh Chamber Board and a member of the Raleigh Chamber’s Executive Committee. The firm’s other attorneys have served on the boards of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, the Cary Chamber of Commerce, the North Carolina School of Science and Math Foundation, the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, the Downtown Raleigh Alliance, Artspace and Special Olympics of North Carolina. Lawyers in the firm also serve on many other professional, civic, church and community boards, councils and committees.
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San Francisco
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