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powerLIST COMMERCIAL & CONSUMER LITIGATION THE POWER LIST EDWARD L. BLEYNAT JR...........................................................33
JONATHAN HEYL.......................................................................36
DANIEL K. BRYSON...................................................................33
JOHN ALAN JONES...................................................................36
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MATTHEW W. BUCKMILLER.......................................................34 FRED W. DEVORE III..................................................................34
HARRISON A. LORD...................................................................37 EDWARD H. MAGINNIS..............................................................37
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J. NICHOLAS ELLIS...................................................................34 CAREN D. ENLOE......................................................................34
KELLY A. STEVENS....................................................................38
ROBERT W. FULLER...................................................................36
MONA LISA WALLACE...............................................................38
ALEX J. HAGAN.........................................................................36
ROBERT E. ZAYTOUN.................................................................38
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DANIEL K. BRYSON
EDWARD L. BLEYNAT JR.
SENIOR PARTNER MILBERG, COLEMAN, BRYSON, PHILLIPS, GROSSMAN RALEIGH
PARTNER FERIKES BLEYNAT & CANNON ASHEVILLE
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Ed Bleynat has practiced law for more than 30 years, and along the way, he has found that consumer and commercial litigation offers excellent opportunities to help people and businesses emerge from conflicts and refocus on the future. “I work to level the playing field for my clients and help them solve their problems,” he says. Bleynat began his legal career as a HEALTHCARE clerk to the Honorable James G. Exum Jr., then the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. After practicing law for a short time in Greensboro, he moved to his hometown of Asheville to launch a firm and raise his family. Today, his firm has expanded to five attorneys and is named Ferikes Bleynat & Cannon. “In my early years of law practice, commercial and consumer litigation were natural extensions of both my educational background and interests,” he says. “My top goal is to offer zealous advocacy and sound counsel to clients as they face difficulties and challenges.”
For over 34 years, Dan Bryson has handled hundreds of insurance-rated disputes. He was drawn to practice commercial litigation because he liked the complexity of the cases. As a founding partner of Milberg, Coleman, Bryson, Phillips, Grossman, Bryson is a highly respected and experienced attorney in the areas of consumer class actions, mass torts and commercial litigation. It is a role he loves. He has written and taught numerous continuing legal education courses on a variety of insurance-related topics and has significant experience working with attorneys, funders and other partners on international litigation projects. “My overarching goal is to bring justice to people who have been cheated by corporations,” he says. “We have a large team that can go toe-to-toe with the largest corporations.” Bryson is a past president of Public Justice and is now an emeritus board member. In his leadership role with Public Justice, one of his proudest accomplishments was strengthening its committee and initiatives on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
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