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Partners named to 2018 Best Lawyers in America

We are pleased to announce that partners Howard L. Gum, David R. Hillier, and Patrick S. McCroskey have been included in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers in America.

Howard Gum has been included in the list since 1993 and was named Asheville’s Lawyer of the Year in Family Law in 2014. Patrick McCroskey has been included in the Family Law Section of the list since 2007 and was named Asheville’s Family Law Lawyer of the Year in 2015 and again in 2017. David Hillier made his appearance on the list first in 2008 and was named Asheville’s Bankruptcy “Lawyer of the Year” in 2013. The partners are also each North Carolina Board Certified Specialists in their individual fields of practice, are included in North Carolina Super Lawyers, and are AV Preeminent Peer Rated Lawyers by Martindale Hubbell.

Established in 1979, Gum, Hillier & McCroskey, P.A. (now known as GHMA | LAW) 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 crisis. The lawyers in the firm are North Carolina Board Certified Legal Specialists in their respective fields of family and bankruptcy law and are mediators and arbitrators. The firm welcomes referrals of family and bankruptcy law matters and are commonly associated with their peers on complex matters. David Hillier and Howard Gum offer civil and family law mediation services in Asheville and the surrounding areas.

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.