Whitmeyer Tuffin Partner Named Top Business Lawyer in N.C.

RALEIGH, N.C. (January 16, 2012) — Whitmeyer Tuffin PLLC (www.whit-law.com), a Raleigh-based law firm serving emerging technology companies and entrepreneurs, announces today that partner Amalie Tuffin has been selected as a 2012 Legal Elite business law practitioner by Business North Carolina magazine. Tuffin is the state’s top vote-getter in the business law specialty.

“I am honored to be named as a top business attorney by my peers and Business North Carolina,” says Tuffin. “I look forward to serving our clients in 2012 and continuing to work with entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.”

Legal Elite attorneys were selected from more than 20,000 active members of the North Carolina State Bar. Chosen by their peers, this year the distinction was earned by only 650 of the total, with only 14 attorneys being named the top vote-getter in their specialty. The Legal Elite list of winners is available in Business North Carolina’s January 2012 issue and online at http://tinyurl.com/2012LegalElite.

Tuffin, a 20-year veteran of the legal industry, helped found Whitmeyer Tuffin in 2011. She regularly contributes content to publications discussing tax and other legal issues affecting entrepreneurs, as well as speaking on these topics. Tuffin also serves as an adjunct instructor in the paralegal program at Durham Technical Community College.

About Whitmeyer Tuffin PLLC:
Whitmeyer Tuffin PLLC is a Raleigh, NC-based law firm focused on meeting the business and intellectual property needs of emerging technology companies, as well as other entrepreneurial and middle-market businesses. The firm provides practical business solutions to clients in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, IP and technology contracts, taxes and corporate legal matters. The firm brings a deep knowledge of the IT industry to its engagements. As a niche firm, we regularly assist other law firms with mergers and acquisitions and technology and intellectual property law, including trademark matters. With more than 40 years of combined experience, WT provides effective and business-oriented consulting and legal advice. Visit www.whit-law.com or call 919.429.8110.