Graybill, Lansche & Vinzani, LLC awards, honors and recognition.
Jacob S. Barker
- Certified by South Carolina Bar as Court Mediator
 - AV (Preeminent) Peer Review Rated in Martindale Hubbell
 - Legal Elite, Business Litigation, Charleston Business Magazine
 - Legal Elite, Civil Litigation, Charleston Business Magazine
 - Legal Elite, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights, Charleston Business Magazine
 - Legal Elite, Bankruptcy Law, Columbia Business Monthly
 - Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Real Estate Law
 - J. Bratton Davis Bankruptcy American Inn of Court
 - Graduate, South Carolina Bar Leadership Academy
 - South Carolina Bar Publications Committee, Member
 - SC Bankruptcy Law Association, Member
 - Board Member, Huguenot Society of South Carolina
 
Brett D. Budlong
- Legal Elite 2020 & 2024, Commercial Real Estate, Charleston Business Magazine
 - Best Lawyers, Real Estate Law, 2025 & 2026
 - Super Lawyers – Rising Stars: 2022 – 2024
 - Council Member, Real Estate Practice Section of South Carolina Bar
 - SC Biz News Real Estate Attorneys Power List
 - Practical Guide to Commercial Real Estate in South Carolina, Second Edition – Contributing Author
 - International Council of Shopping Centers
 - LEED Green Associate Designation, U.S. Green Building Council
 
Haley C. Floyd
- Legal Elite 2021, Commercial Real Estate, Columbia Business Monthly
 
Wesley M. Graybill
- Peer Review Rated – AV (Preeminent) in Martindale Hubbell
 - Best Lawyers, Real Estate Law, Commercial Finance Law and Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), since 2016
 - Legal Elite 2018, Commercial Real Estate Law, Columbia Business Monthly
 - 2017 Best Lawyers in the Midlands, Real Estate Law, Columbia Metropolitan Magazine
 - Member, International Council of Shopping Centers
 - North Carolina/South Carolina State Government Relations Committee Chair, International Council of Shopping Centers, 2009-2011
 - Leadership Columbia, Class of 2004
 - Leadership South Carolina, Class of 2007
 - Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 2005
 - Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of the Midlands, Former Member of Board of Directors
 - Member, Real Estate Practice Section of South Carolina Bar, Former Chairperson
 - “20 Under 40,” The State Newspaper, Class of 2008
 
William O. Higgins
- Peer Review Rated – AV (Preeminent) in Martindale Hubbell
 - Included in Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate and for Ethics and Professional Responsibility since 2007
 - South Carolina Bar Professional Responsibility Committee, Past Chair (2001-2002 and 2002-2003), Current Member
 - South Carolina Bar Ethics 2000 Subcommittee, Past Chair (2001-2003)
 - South Carolina Bar Real Estate Practice Section Council, Former Member (Chair, 2010-2011)
 - South Carolina Bar Ethics Advisory Opinions Committee, Past Chair
 - Frequent CLE lecturer/presenter on real estate and legal ethics issues
 - “Legal Ethics and Practice Program-Ethics School” sponsored by Office of Disciplinary Counsel and Professional Responsibility Committee of the South Carolina Bar, Faculty Member
 - First Presbyterian Church, Member, Deacon
 
Kate H. Laffitte
- Legal Elite 2021 – 2024, Commercial Real Estate, Greenville Business Magazine
 - Legal Elite 2018, Bankruptcy, Greenville Business Magazine
 - Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2025 & 2026, Real Estate Law
 - Ones to Watch 2021, Commercial Real Estate, Greenville Business Magazine
 - Best & Brightest 35 and Under 2018, Greenville Business Magazine
 - Leadership Greenville Class 44
 
John E. Lansche, Jr.
- Peer Review Rated – AV (Preeminent) in Martindale Hubbell
 - 2022 Real Estate Attorneys Power List, SCBiz Magazine
 - 2022 Super Lawyers for Real Estate Law in South Carolina
 - Best Lawyers, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), since 2018
 - Legal Elite 2020 & 2024, Commercial Real Estate, Charleston Business Magazine
 - Legal Elite 2020, Banking & Finance, Columbia Business Monthly
 - Legal Elite 2018, Commercial Real Estate Law, Columbia Business Monthly
 - 2011 Legal Elite of the Midlands (Real Estate)
 - Member, International Council of Shopping Centers
 - Leadership Columbia, Class of 2007
 - Hampton Trace Homeowners Association, Past President
 - Edventure Children’s Museum, Prior Development Committee Member
 
M. Emma Masse
- Published twice in The Missouri Law Review:
- Imputed Liability, How to Determine When Parent Companies Should Be Held Liable for the Patent Infringements of Their Subsidiary Companies, 82 Mo. L. Rev. (2017).
 - Missouri Shows the True Meaning of the “Show-Me” State – Missouri’s Unfounded Hesitation to Enact a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, 83 Mo. L. Rev. (2018).
 
 
Ryan W. Newton
- Legal Elite 2018 – 2020 & 2024, Commercial Real Estate Law, Columbia Business Monthly
 - Best Lawyers, Real Estate Law, since 2018
 - Member, International Council of Shopping Centers
 - Member, Urban Land Institute
 - Leadership Columbia, Class of 2008
 - Leadership Columbia Advisory Board, 2010-2014
 - Leadership Columbia Alumni Association Advisory Board, 2014-2021
 
Graeme F. Philp
- Best Lawyers – Tax Law, Corporate Law and Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law (2016-present, 2023 “Lawyer of the Year”)
 - Legal Elite – Tax and Estate Planning Law (2017-present) and Corporate Law – Mergers and Acquisitions (2021-present, 2022 Top Vote Recipient), Charleston Business Magazine
 - Peer Review Rated – AV (Preeminent) in Martindale Hubbell
 - President, Charleston Estate Planning Council (2019-2020)
 - Member, Tax, Estate Planning and Probate Section, South Carolina Bar Association
 - Leadership Charleston – Class of 2007
 
M. Jeffrey Vinzani
- Legal Elite 2020, Hospitality & Tourism, Charleston Business Magazine
 - Legal Elite 2018 – 2020 & 2024, Commercial Real Estate Law, Charleston Business Magazine
 - Board of Trustees of South Carolina State University (2015-2022)
 - Chairman of the Real Estate Practices Section of the SC Bar (2008-2009)
 - Chairman of the Developers Council of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce
 - Board Member, Partnership Board, University of South Carolina Honors College
 - Contributing author to Practical Guide to Commercial Real Estate in SC (SC Bar Press, 2012)
 - Member, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
 - Founder – ICSC Group on LinkedIn – 50,000+ members
 - Member, Urban Land Institute
 - Member, The Gaillard Foundation
 - Member, The Spoleto Society
 - Founding Member of the Daniel Island Yacht Club
 - Participant, 2011 ULI SC Sustainable Leadership Institute
 - Ninth Circuit Governor on Board of Governors of University of South Carolina
 - Recipient of Distinguished Alumnus Award from USC’s Honors College
 - Past President, Charleston County Carolina Alumni Club
 - Past Vice President, Board of Trustees, Charleston Stage Company
 - Associate Member, Commercial Investment Division, Charleston Trident Association of Realtors
 - Licensed Real Estate Broker
 - Peer Review Rated – AV (Preeminent) in Martindale Hubbell
 - Included in Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate since 2010
 - Included in Best Lawyers 2017 by Charleston Living Magazine
 - Included in Top Attorneys in Greater Charleston 2018, by Charleston Living Magazine
 
