Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC - Ten Helms Mulliss & Wicker Members Named Business Law Legal Elite

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 7, 2008)— Peter J. Covington, administrator and managing affiliate of Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC, (HMW) a law close specializing in litigation, accounts and accumulated law, announces today ten associates of the close accept been called Legal Elite by Business North Carolina.

Earlier this year, Business North Carolina asked 18,500 associates of the North Carolina Bar Association to appoint the best attorneys in fourteen convenance specialties. This year, 635 (slightly added than three percent) of State Bar associates becoming Legal Elite recognition. All recipients will be profiled in the January 2008 issue.

HMW attorneys called to the 2008 “Legal Elite” include:
•E. Osborne Ayscue, Jr., Charlotte appointment – Litigation
•Peter J. Covington, Charlotte appointment – Litigation
•Larry J. Dagenhart, Charlotte appointment – Business
•Douglas W. Ey, Jr., Charlotte appointment – Litigation
•David Huffine, Wilmington appointment – Real Estate
•Henry L. Kitchin, Jr., Wilmington appointment – Young Guns
•Robert H. Pryor, Charlotte appointment – Bankruptcy
•Robert W. Simmons, Charlotte appointment – Real Estate
•Aaron G. Spencer, Raleigh appointment – Business
•Scott P. Vaughn, Charlotte appointment – Bankruptcy
“It is consistently an account to accept associates of our close accept peer-nominated recognition,” said Covington. “Being called a ‘Legal Elite’ is abnormally gratifying, as those you convenance with accustomed are the ones who casting the votes. At HMW, we see this acceptance as a able affirmation of our continuing efforts to accommodate arete to our audience and our communities.”

For added advice on HMW and its acknowledged professionals, appointment www.hmw.com.

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About Helms Mulliss & Wicker:
HMW is accustomed as one of America’s Best Law Firms by Corporate Board Member magazine, ranked as a Top Ten Bond Counsel by The Bond Buyer, ranked Highly Recommended in Benchmark :Litigation, The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys and is called a Go-To Law Firm by Corporate Counsel magazine. The close is comprised of 145 lawyers, 20 who are appointed Super Lawyers in the 2007 North Carolina Super Lawyers annual and 23 who are accustomed as Best Lawyers in America. HMW focuses on three convenance areas: bartering litigation, circuitous accounts and accumulated law. Within these practices, specialty areas include: government relations, securities, mergers & acquisitions, employer services, clandestine disinterestedness and others. The close represents Fortune 100 companies and the nation’s better banking institutions as able-bodied as abounding high-growth and start-up companies. Helms Mulliss & Wicker maintains offices in Charlotte, Raleigh and Wilmington, NC. For added information, appointment www.hmw.com.