Frank R. Liggett III Named One Of North Carolina’s Super Lawyers

RALEIGH, N.C. – Ragsdale Liggett PLLC has announced that Frank R. Liggett III, managing partner and a 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.

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News Facts:

· Frank R. Liggett III, managing partner and a 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.

Quotes:
“I am honored to be named one of North Carolina’s Super Lawyers,” said Liggett. “This selection carries particularly high value due to the fact that is comes from my peers, other attorneys across the state of North Carolina.”

About Frank R. Liggett III:
Frank R. Liggett III is a founding member and managing partner at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC. A seasoned corporate lawyer in insurance law, mergers and acquisitions, Frank is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, United States District Court for Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, United States Tax Court, and all North Carolina State Courts.
Frank practices in the areas of corporate and business law as well as insurance and insurance regulatory law. He is vice chairman to the Board of Directors of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel, an exclusive nationwide association of insurance lawyers dedicated to excellence in the practice of insurance regulatory law. He is also a member of the American, North Carolina and Wake County Bar Associations.

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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Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
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patty@mmimarketing.com

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