The Firm

Since 2002, Business North Carolina magazine has honored Tar Heel lawyers by publishing Business North Carolina magazine’s Legal Elite, a listing of the state’s top lawyers in business-related categories as voted on by their peers.  The Legal Elite listing is published in the January issue of Business North Carolina magazine.

Additon, Pendleton & Witherspoon, P.A. Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers® in 2017 is pleased to announce that two firm attorneys were named to the Super Lawyers® 2017 list of top attorneys in Intellectual Property Litigation in North Carolina.  One firm attorney was named to the Super Lawyers® 2017 North Carolina Top 100 list and the Super Lawyers® 2017 Charlotte Top 25 list.

In its January 2017 issue, Business North Carolina featured John Nipp for achieving the status of Legal Elite Hall of Fame in the category of Intellectual Property.  This honor is given to the attorney receiving the most votes in a statewide survey of members of the North Carolina State Bar asking them to select the most distinguished attorney in the state in each field of law.

Additon, Pendleton & Witherspoon, P.A. was awarded Top-Tier “Best Law Firm” Rankings again for 2019 in the annual U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" rankings. For the 2019 "Best Law Firms" rankings, our firm was recognized nationally in Trademark Law, and our firm was recognized in five practice areas: Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Patent Law, Copyright Law, and Trademark Law in the Charlotte, North Carolina metropolitan region.