Janet Ward Black Ranked Among Nation’s Best Lawyers for Tenth Year

Audrey Snyder | | News
Janet Ward Black - Personal Injury Attorney at Ward Black Law

Greensboro attorney Janet Ward Black has earned the distinction of being named to The Best Lawyers in America© listing for ten consecutive years. The 2016 Best Lawyers® list recognizes Black for her expertise in the areas of personal injury litigation and mass tort/class actions litigation.

Black is the founder of Ward Black Law, a 36-person firm located in Greensboro, NC. She is a recipient of the North Carolina State Bar’s Distinguished Service Award and the Duke University School of Law Charles Murphy Award for public service. Black served as the third woman president of the North Carolina Association of Trial Lawyers and the fourth woman president of the North Carolina Bar Association. She is only the second lawyer in history to serve as president of both organizations.

Best Lawyers has been recognized as the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice. Attorneys are selected each year based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation.

“It is an honor to be recognized by my peers for my work,” says Black. “I love practicing law and serving the people of our state through my profession.”

Ward Black Law is one of the largest woman-owned firms in North Carolina. The firm represents people in accident injury, workers’ compensation, defective products, family law, veterans’ disability, and Social Security disability matters. Ward Black Law has been recognized for five consecutive years as a Best Law Firm for personal injury litigation by US News World Report’s Best Lawyers® list.

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Author: Audrey Snyder

Audrey Snyder is an attorney supporting the firm in the areas of injury claims, including defective products, occupational diseases, and workers’ compensation. She began working with Ward Black Law late in 2017 as a contract attorney and formally joined the team in the spring of 2018.  She engages her passion for helping the defenseless and has a desire to “stand up for the little guy.”