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Patrick McCroskey named Lawyer of the Year; Partners Listed in Best Lawyers 2020 Edition

Patrick McCroskey named Asheville’s Lawyer of the Year in Family Law

The GHMA|LAW Firm is pleased to announce that all firm partners have been included in the 2020 Edition of Best Lawyers in America in their respective fields of practice and that Patrick McCroskey has again been named Lawyer of the Year in Family Law for the Asheville Metropolitan Area.

Patrick McCroskey's 2020 Best Lawyers Badge Janet Amburgey's 2020 Best Lawyers Badge David Hillier's 2020 Best Lawyers Badge

David Hillier is a North Carolina Board Certified Legal Specialist in Bankruptcy Law serving clients throughout Western North Carolina. Dave is consistently recognized through peer review in the Legal Elite Bankruptcy Section, in the Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law section at Best Lawyers in America since 2009, and holds an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell and is selected to Super Lawyers North Carolina continuously since 2011. Dave has been practicing law in Asheville for more than 40 years.

Patrick McCroskey is a North Carolina Board Legal Specialist in Family Law and Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Patrick is consistently recognized through peer review in the Legal Elite Family Law Section, in the Family Law Section at Best Lawyers in America since 2007, at North Carolina Super Lawyers since 2012, and he holds an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Patrick has been named Lawyer of the Year in Family Law for the Asheville Metropolitan Area by Best Lawyers in America in 2015, 2017 and 2020. Patrick has been practicing family law in Asheville for more than 20 years.

Janet Amburgey is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law. She earned her JD from Appalachian School of Law and holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Tennessee. Janet has been recognized by Business North Carolina Legal Elite in 2015 and 2017, by Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2017 and 2018, and by Best Lawyers in America since 2019. She has been practicing law for more than a decade.

Best Lawyers© compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive confidential peer-review of leading lawyers through survey of other lawyers practicing within the same legal and geographical area. More information about Best Lawyers methodology is found on their website at https://www.bestlawyers.com/methodology.

Gum, Hillier, McCroskey & Amburgey, P.A. is an Asheville-based family and bankruptcy law firm serving clients in western North Carolina. The firm helps individuals and families create lasting resolutions to conflict and financial crisis. The partners are North Carolina Board Certified Legal Specialists in their respective fields of family and bankruptcy law, and offer mediation services to other lawyers and their clients. As legal specialists, the partners welcome referrals of family and bankruptcy law matters and are commonly associated by their peers on complex matters.

This article is for information purposes only and is not to be considered or substituted as legal advice. The information in this article is based on North Carolina state laws in effect at the time of posting.