George R. Ragsdale Named Among Top North Carolina Lawyers

RALEIGH, N.C. – Ragsdale Liggett PLLC has announced that George R. Ragsdale, senior partner and founding member of the firm, has been recognized among the top lawyers in North Carolina by North Carolina Super Lawyers, an annual consumer’s guide published jointly by Charlotte Magazine and Law & Politics magazine.

Super Lawyers are the top 5 percent of attorneys in each state, as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics, which performs the polling, research and selection in a process designed to identify lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Throughout the selection process, Law & Politics meets and corresponds with hundreds of law firms in the state to identify the top lawyers in those firms. The Law & Politics attorney-led research team actively searches for outstanding attorneys to complement the statewide survey of lawyers. The research team evaluates prospective candidates on more than a dozen indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement as a supplement to the balloting and blue ribbon panel review. Civic service and pro bono activities are also considered. This year marks the second consecutive Super Lawyers recognition for George R. Ragsdale.

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News Facts:

· George R. Ragsdale, senior partner and founding member of Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, has been recognized among the top lawyers in North Carolina by North Carolina Super Lawyers, an annual consumer’s guide published jointly by Charlotte Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine.
· Super Lawyers are designated based on balloting and research conducted by Law & Politics magazine, the parent publication of North Carolina Super Lawyers.
· Civic service and pro bono activities are also considered.
· Only 5 percent of North Carolina attorneys are selected to this group.
· This year marks the consecutive Super Lawyers recognition for George R. Ragsdale.

Quotes:
“I am humbled to again be included among the North Carolina Super Lawyers,” said Ragsdale. “It is a great horror to be selected among those lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and profession achievement.”

About George Ragsdale:
George R. Ragsdale, a senior partner and a founding member of Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America, Who’s Who in American Law, The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, and has a lifetime membership in the National Registry of Who’s Who. Ragsdale enjoys the prestigious designation of Diplomate status in the National College of State Trial Judges and has been a recipient of numerous awards, among them the North Carolina Distinguished Citizens Award. He practices in all state courts and in the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, as well as the Supreme Court of the United States. Ragsdale successfully argued Darden v. Nationwide, U.S. Supreme Court, (112 S. Ct. 1344 (1992)), resulting in a unanimous decision in favor of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. Ragsdale is co-author of “You Can Be Sued By People Who Are Not Your Patients;” “Punitive Damages: Are they Constitutional in North Carolina and Does Your Liability Policy Cover Them;” and “Race-Based Peremptory Challenges of Civil Jurors Held Unconstitutional.” A frequent lecturer, Ragsdale has lectured on the collapse of the Kansas City Hyatt Hotel Skywalks, a complex insurance liability and mass tort litigation, in which he was lead defense counsel to the insurance carriers. He has spoken before the North Carolina Association of Defense Counsel on the Doctrine of Comparative Negligence in Admiralty Cases and before the Excess/Surplus Lines Claims Association on the Defense of Mass Catastrophe Litigation.

About Ragsdale Liggett PLLC:
The law firm of Ragsdale Liggett PLLC is comprised of lawyers with extensive legal expertise across a broad range of practice areas. Known for their innovations in the arena of corporate law, Ragsdale Liggett lawyers are equipped to handle all of a business' legal needs, including formation, day-to-day business counseling, acquisition, disposition, merger and dissolution of companies ranging in size from small local businesses to national financial institutions and large international insurance conglomerates. The diverse real estate practice group at Ragsdale Liggett handles a wide variety of real estate transactions, from residential purchases and sales to all aspects of commercial real estate development, including entity formation, final project completion, complex public and private bond financing transactions, and the privatization of university student housing. Since its formation in 1972, the firm has developed an extraordinary reputation in the area of civil litigation and has enjoyed significant courtroom successes ranging from local state courts to the United States Supreme Court in areas with far-reaching implication, such as insurance/reinsurance coverage disputes, shareholder derivative actions, ERISA disputes, professional negligence defense, catastrophic personal injury defense and complex construction disputes. For more information please call (919) 787-5200 or view the firm's Web site at http://www.rl-law.com.

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