Poyner Spruill LLP is pleased to announce 64 firm attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers® in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America in nearly 50 practice areas.
Nick Ellis, Samuel Johnson, and Matt Weiner earned “Lawyer of the Year” distinctions. Ellis was recognized for his work in Litigation – Municipal, Johnson for Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, and Weiner for Banking and Finance Law.
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers® recognitions are compiled based on an exhaustive Purely Peer Review® evaluation. This year, The Best Lawyers® in America recognized 50 Poyner Spruill attorneys.
In addition, 14 firm attorneys were named by their peers to the 2025 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America list, which recognizes extraordinary lawyers who have been practicing for fewer than 10 years.
The 64 attorneys named to the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers® in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America and their respective ranked practice areas are:
*Denotes a first-time ranking in 2025
Lawyer of the Year
- Litigation – Municipal
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Banking and Finance Law
The Best Lawyers® in America
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Real Estate Law
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Real Estate Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Real Estate Law
- Corporate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Project Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Environmental Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law – Management
- Government Relations Practice
- Litigation – Municipal
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Commercial Litigation
- Administrative/Regulatory Law
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Real Estate Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Tax Law
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Banking and Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Environmental Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation – Environmental
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Litigation – Antitrust
- Litigation – Health Care
- Litigation – Securities
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Appellate Practice
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Commercial Litigation
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Immigration Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Tax Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Real Estate Law
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Corporate Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Health Care
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Corporate Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Health Care
- Real Estate Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- FinTech Practice
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Advertising Law
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Patent Law
- Trademark Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
Amy Clay *
- Education Law
- Insurance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Labor and Employment Law – Management
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Education Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Education Law
- Education Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
