Four Ward and Smith, P.A. Attorneys Named "Lawyer of the Year" by The Best Lawyers in America® 2015

Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named four Ward and Smith, P.A. attorneys as 2015 “Lawyer of the Year.” Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each North Carolina metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

Ward and Smith attorneys recognized as 2015 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” are:

Derek J. Allen – Litigation – Land Use and Zoning – Asheville
Gregory T. Peacock – Trusts and Estates – Wilmington
C. H. Pope, Jr. – Real Estate Law – Wilmington
Kenneth R. Wooten – Litigation – Construction – Wilmington

Mr. Peacock, Mr. Pope, and Mr. Wooten predominantly practice from the Firm’s New Bern office. Best Lawyers® does not recognize New Bern as a separate metropolitan area and includes it in the Wilmington metropolitan area. All three were recognized as a “Lawyer of the Year” for the Wilmington metropolitan area.