Six Nexsen Pruet Lawyers Named Among North Carolina's "Super Lawyers"

GREENSBORO, NC - Six attorneys in the Greensboro office of Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, PLLC have been named among North Carolina's "Super Lawyers" in a Law & Politics publication survey.

The six, who were recognized in the February edition of North Carolina Super Lawyers, include:

Margaret Shea Burnham, a Member who practices in the areas of commercial real estate transactions and litigation, and is a Board Certified Specialist in Real Property Law: Business, Commercial, and Industrial Transactions by the North Carolina State Bar;

M. Jay DeVaney, a Member who practices in the areas of commercial real estate and land-use litigation, and is a Board Certified Specialist in Real Property Law - Business, Commercial, and Industrial Transactions by the North Carolina State Bar ;

Walter L. Hannah, Of Counsel, who is the senior member of the firm's Construction Practice Group handles arbitrations and mediations;

R. Harper Heckman, a Member who practices in the firm's Construction Practice Group and handles, lien, bond, and construction matters, as well as civil litigation;

Christine L. Myatt, a Member who practices in the areas of bankruptcy, creditors' rights and workouts, and is a Board Certified Specialist in Business Bankruptcy Law by the NC State Bar Board of Legal Specialization and the American Board of Certification.

David A. Senter, a Member who chairs the firm’s Construction Practice Group.

Additionally, Burnham and Myatt were named to the publication's "Top 50 Female Super Lawyers" list.

"We're proud to be so well-represented in such a prestigious survey," said Leighton Lord, board chairman of Nexsen Pruet.

"Super Lawyers" are designated based on balloting and research conducted by Law & Politics, the parent publication of North Carolina Super Lawyers.

Burnham is a Board Certified Specialist in Real Property Law: Business, Commercial, and Industrial Transactions by the North Carolina State Bar; a certified mediator; a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers; councilor for the 18th Judicial District of the North Carolina State Bar; and a member of the state bar's Board of Governors and former chair of its Real Property Section Council.

DeVaney is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers Board of Governors and a fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. He is also a former chair of the North Carolina Bar Association's Real Property Section and a former member of the Board of Governors. He is a Board Certified Specialist in Real Property Law - Business, Commercial, and Industrial Transactions by the North Carolina State Bar. He is also listed in Best Lawyers in America for real estate law and the "Legal Elite" by Business North Carolina Business, and is a member of Outstanding Lawyers of America.

Hannah is a certified mediator; a fellow of the American Bar Association and the American College of Construction Lawyers; a member of the National Panel of Arbitrators for Large Complex Case Program of the American Arbitration Association; and a member of the ABA's Alternative Dispute Resolution Section. He has also been elected to the General Practice Hall of Fame of the North Carolina Bar Association and earned the Bar's Evelyn M. Corman Distinguished Service Award.

Heckman is a former chair of the North Carolina Bar's Construction Law Section and is a member of the Contract Documents Steering Committee of the American Bar Association's Forum on the Construction Industry. Additionally, he has been included in the Triad Business Journal's "40 Leaders Under Forty" and was named among the "Legal Elite" by Business North Carolina.

Myatt is a Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law by the Board of Legal Specialization of the North Carolina Bar and in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification. She chairs the North Carolina Bar's Bankruptcy Section; is a former chair of the Bar's Board of Legal Specialization and Business Law Curriculum Committee; and was named among the "Legal Elite" by Business North Carolina.

Senter is a member of the Governing Committee of the American Bar Association's Construction Forum and is a past member of the council of the North Carolina Bar’s Construction Law Section. He is also a member of the Forum on the Construction Industry, the Tort and Insurance Practice Section, and the Litigation Section of the ABA, and is listed in Best Lawyers in America for construction law and among the "Legal Elite" by Business North Carolina.

Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, PLLC is one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas, with more than 170 attorneys and offices in Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C. and in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Head, and Myrtle Beach, S.C. Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier provides a broad range of legal services to the business community and represents companies and other entities in local, state, national, and international venues.