32 Hedrick Gardner Attorneys Included in 2025 Best Lawyers® Lists
Hedrick Gardner is pleased to announce that 32 of our attorneys have been included in the 2025 Best Lawyers® lists. 30 of the firm’s attorneys have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and two have been included in the 2025 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America list.
Additionally, Mel Garofalo is included as the Charlotte, NC “Lawyer of the Year” in Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants.
Best Lawyers in America
The attorneys included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America are:
Charlotte, NC
- Neil P. Andrews – Insurance Law
- Mel J. Garofalo – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Matthew D. Glidewell – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Melissa H. Grimes – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Michael F. Hedgepeth – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Jeffrey A. Kadis – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Ryan W. Keevan – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Paul C. Lawrence – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- David L. Levy – Construction Law
- Amanda Brookie McDonald – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Shannon P. Metcalf – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Jennifer I. Mitchell – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Thomas W. Page – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Allen C. Smith – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Gerald A. Stein II – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Rebecca L. Zoller – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Raleigh, NC
- Anna Baird Choi – Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Tonya Davis – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Jeffrey A. Doyle – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants and Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Catherine E. Lee – Employment Law – Individuals
- M. Jackson Nichols – Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Patricia P. Shields – Appellate Practice, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Joel K. Turner – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Brian M. Williams – Construction Law
- C. Rob Wilson – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Insurance, and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Asheville, NC
- Kristie L. Hedrick – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Columbia, SC
- Lee E. Dixon – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Marcy J. Lamar – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Jonathan G. Roquemore – Commercial Litigation and Construction Law
- Joshua D. Shaw – Construction Law and Insurance Law
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America
The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list includes attorneys who are earlier in their careers and have demonstrated outstanding professional excellence in private practice. The attorneys included in the 2025 list are:
Charlotte, NC
- Salvatore Popolillo III – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Raleigh, NC
- Grant Simpkins – Administrative / Regulatory Law
About Best Lawyers
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. More than 123,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and Best Lawyers has received more than 20 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America is considered a singular honor.
Lawyers included in the Best Lawyers lists are divided by geographic region and practice area. They are reviewed by their peers and undergo an authentication process to ensure they are in current practice and in good standing.
