Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts



Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense


1560 Westbrook Plaza Drive, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103

Practice Areas

  • Asbestos Litigation
  • Automobile Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Bankruptcy
  • Mediation
  • Premises Liability
  • Product Liability Defense
  • Professional Liability
  • Trial and Appellate Practice
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Medical Malpractice Defense
  • Education Law
  • Business Law
  • Arbitration
  • Contract Disputes
  • Corporate Law
  • Estate Litigation
  • Wills
  • Trusts


About Us

The firm's attorneys practice in the North Carolina state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels and are frequently called upon by attorneys from other states to serve as local counsel for their clients.


Client Information

Insurance Clients

Non-Insurance Clients

  • Cornerstone Health Care, LLC
  • Hospice of Winston-Salem/North Carolina Inc.
  • Select Specialty Hospital
  • Wake Forest Baptist Health

Personnel Information

Partners


Rodney A. Guthrie

Winston-Salem, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 1980
Education:
  • Stetson University, B.A. (cum laude), 1974
  • Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D., 1980

Joshua H. Bennett

Winston-Salem, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 2004
Education:
  • Davidson College, B.A., 2000
  • The University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., 2004

Erik M. Harvey

Winston-Salem, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 2008
Education:
  • Santa Clara University, B.A., 1998
  • San Jose University, M.B.A., 2001
  • The University of Iowa, M.A.c.c., 2005
  • The University of Iowa, J.D., 2005

Associate Attorneys


Mitchell H. Blankenship

Winston-Salem, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 2016
Education:
  • East Carolina University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2013
  • Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D., 2016

Elizabeth F. Lawson

Winston-Salem, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 2019
Education:
  • Appalachian State University, B.S.B.A., 2001
  • Elon University School of Law, J.D., 2016

Senior Counsel


Matthew F. C. Arundale

Winston-Salem, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 2004
Education:
  • Marymount University, B.A. (cum laude), 1999
  • Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D., 2004

Emeritus


  • Richard V. Bennett

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