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We are pleased to announce that David R. Hillier and Patrick S. McCroskey have again been selected to the 2019 North Carolina Super Lawyers list. Super Lawyers is a research-driven and peer-influenced rating service of lawyers who have achieved a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers selects attorneys using their patented multiphase selection process across 70 areas of practice. Third-party research is combined with peer nominations and evaluations to create a…
Job Titles:
- Board Certified Specialist in Family Law
- Earns Certification As a Family Financial Mediator
- President of the 28th Judicial District Bar
Janet Amburgey is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law as recognized by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Certified Family Financial Mediator by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission. She focuses her practice exclusively on family law matters, both to her own clients and to other lawyers and their clients as a family financial mediator.
We are pleased to announce that Janet Amburgey has been certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission as a Family Financial Mediator. Janet Amburgey is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law who has been recognized by Business North Carolina Legal Elite, North Carolina Super Lawyers, and Best Lawyers in America. She has been practicing family law for 14 years. Janet will offer mediation services to area family law attorneys and their clients and…
We are pleased to announce that Janet Amburgey will serve as President of the 28th Judicial District Bar in Buncombe County beginning June 7, 2023. She is the 103rd person to serve in this position since the Bar's inception in 1920, and the eleventh woman to hold this office. Janet has served the Executive Committee of the 28th Judicial District Bar in Buncombe County in numerous capacities including Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, and President Elect.…
Job Titles:
- Board Certified Specialist in Family Law / Asheville Divorce Lawyer
In 2015 Janet began service as a member of the Executive Committee of the 28th Judicial Distirct Bar. Now more commonly known as the Buncombe Bar and widely recognized throughout North Carolina as a paradigm of service to its membership, Janet took the oath of office as its President at the Bar's Annual Meeting in 2023. When she finalizes her duties in 2025, she will have dedicated 10 years of service to local legal governance in Western North Carolina. She is a member of the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, and co-chaired its Parent's Rights Committee in 2017, opening the door to statewide service of the professional practice of law. Janet is widely recognized by her peers as among the best in her field through North Carolina Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America, North Carolina Legal Elite, and Martindale Hubbell.
Janet is a native of Asheville. She earned her law degree from Appalachian School of Law in 2008 and holds her undergraduate in Business Administration and Marketing from University of Tennessee. She and her lawyer husband, Thomas, have three beautiful kids, one of which happens to be furry and four-legged.
Job Titles:
- Board Certified Specialist in Family Law
- Family Law
- LAW Partners
- Lawyer of the Year Partners Listed in Best Lawyers 2020 Edition
Again in 2011, Patrick McCroskey has been named to Best Lawyers in America. Of the nearly 20,000 lawyers practicing in North Carolina, 28 family law attorneys are included in the The Best Lawyers list. The two family law attorneys included from Western North Carolina are members of the Gum, Hillier firm. The Best Lawyers in America also lists the top rated law firms in any given area. U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers released…
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. David Hillier is a North Carolina Board Certified Legal Specialist in Bankruptcy Law serving clients…
Gum, Hillier McCroskey & Amburgey, PA, is pleased to announce that Patrick McCroskey has been included in the 2019 Business North Carolina Legal Elite. Business North Carolina's Legal Elite is a listing of the state's top lawyers categorized by practice area chosen through a balloting process which includes all lawyers living in North Carolina. Now in its 17th year, Business North Carolina's Legal Elite is the only award of its type that gives every active…
Patrick McCroskey included in the Legal Elite for the 7th Consecutive Year
Patrick McCroskey named to multiple Best Of Lists in 2009
Super Lawyers Rising Stars In 2009, Patrick McCroskey was selected to the Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars. Super Lawyers™ Magazine names attorneys in each state who received the highest point totals, as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics. Super Lawyers™ Rising Stars names the state's top up-and-coming attorneys, typically under age 40 and who have been practicing law for 10 years or less. Read This Article >>
Patrick McCroskey and Janet Amburgey, partners in Asheville's GHMA | LAW, have been listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers 2022. This is Patrick's 11th consecutive year recognized on the main list. Janet has been included on the Super Lawyers main list since 2020. Both were previously included in Super Lawyers Rising Stars before being named to North Carolina Super Lawyers. Patrick McCroskey is a North Carolina Board Legal Specialist in Family Law and a Fellow…
GHMA LAW partners Patrick McCroskey and Janet Amburgey have been recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers 2023. Patrick has been included at Super Lawyers for 12 consecutive years, while Janet has been included on the list since 2020. Patrick McCroskey is a North Carolina Board Legal Specialist in Family Law and a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is an AV Preeminent Rated Lawyer at Martindale-Hubbell. He is consistently recognized in the…
Patrick McCroskey and Janet Amburgey have again been included in the Family Law Section of Business North Carolina's Legal Elite. Business North Carolina ballots lawyers in the state annually for votes of confidence for their peers. Ballots are write-ins for each practice area surveyed by Business North Carolina. Patrick has been included in the Legal Elite twelve times. This is Janet's sixth appearance on the list. Now in its 23rd Class, Business North Carolina's Legal…