Kilpatrick Attorneys Once Again Named to <em>Business North Carolina's</em> 2025 Power List

NORTH CAROLINA (May 2) - Kilpatrick announced today that Business North Carolina has named Kilpatrick’s Winston-Salem Office Managing Partner Steve Berlin, Employee Benefits Team Lead Lois Colbert, and Raleigh Office Managing Partner Ford Robertson to the 2025 Power List.

The 2025 Power List is based on nominations, source interviews, considerable research, and years of experience covering North Carolina’s business community from the magazine’s unique statewide perspective.

Business North Carolina profiles each 2025 Power List honoree:

Steve Berlin: An experienced environmental litigator, Berlin has spent 38 years at Kilpatrick's Winston-Salem office. He received the N.C. Bar Association's Citizen Lawyer Awar din 2023 for his longtime advocacy of the arts. The Wake Forest University graduate serves on the UNC Scholl of the Arts board of trustees and chairs the board of the Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County. 

Lois Colbert: Colbert has spent her 30-plus-year careers focusing on employee benefits, joining Kilpatrick ins 1993. She leads the national firm's employee benefits practice group. An author and editor of several professional publications and frequent speaker on employee benefits and equity compensation, Colbert has been consistently recognized by Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America, and other industry journals. 

Ford Robertson: Robertson has been managing partner of Kilpatrick's Raleigh office for eight years. He practices in all areas of commercial real estate, with a focus on development, leasing, and joint venture formation. He helped bring the United States Golf Association's second headquarters to Pinehurst. Robertson's real estate expertise consistently lands him on top lawyers lists by industry publications. He is a member of the board of directors for the Boys & Girls Club of Wake County and Communities in Schools.

Click here to read Steve, Lois, and Ford's columns on pages 89, 90, and 94, respectively. 

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