Wilder Pantazis Law Group

Attorney Annemarie Pantazis

Bar Admissions:

• North Carolina, 1999
• U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

Education:

• Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina, J.D., 1999
• The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, B.A., 1995

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Super Lawyer Top 25 Attorneys in Charlotte (2018-2021, 2023-2026)
• Super Lawyer Top 100 Attorneys in North Carolina (2015-2016, 2018-2021; 2023-2026)
• Super Lawyer Top 50 Women Attorneys in North Carolina (2015-2026)
• NC Lawyers Weekly Power List of Workers’ Compensation Attorneys (2022)
• Business North Carolina “Legal Elite” Recognition (2022)
• US News Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year Award-Workers’ Compensation Claimants” (2019, 2021, 2024-25)
• Admitted as a Fellow in The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers (2020)
• Lawyers’ Weekly Women in Justice Recognition (2019)
• NCAJ Mentorship Award from Young Lawyers Division (2018)
• Lawyers Weekly Leaders in the Law Award (2017)
• US News Best Lawyers in America-Workers’ Compensation Recognition (2017-2021)
• Super Lawyer Recognition in the area of Workers’ Compensation (2014-2026)
• Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG) Rising Star Award (2013)
• AVVO Client’s Choice Recognition in Workers’ Compensation and 10.0 Rating
• “Rising Star” by North Carolina Super Lawyers (2009-2013)
• Charlotte Business Journal 40 Under 40 Award (2011)
• “Standout Charlottean” Award by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2010)
• NC Advocates for Justice Order of Service Award Winner (2009-2017)
• Martindale Hubble AV Peer Review Rating

Attorney Beau Wilder

Bar Admissions:

• North Carolina, 2008
• South Carolina, 2011
• Western District of North Carolina
• Middle District of North Carolina
• Eastern District of North Carolina
• District of South Carolina

Education:

• University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina
• North Carolina State University
  • Honors: summa cum laude

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Workers’ Compensation and Auto Torts
• Member of the Mecklenburg County Bar Association
• Member of the North Carolina State Bar Association, Workers’ Comp Section
• South Carolina Bar Member
• NC Board Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist
• North Carolina Super Lawyers (2026)
• Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell (2025)
• Listed in Charlotte Business Journal, “People on the Move” (2010)
• Top 10 under 40 for 2021 (National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys)
• Enjuris Million Dollar Advocate (2022-2023)

Attorney Jeanette Byrum

Bar Admissions:

• North Carolina

Education:

• Western New England University School of Law, Springfield, Massachusetts
• University of North Carolina

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Chair, Workers’ Compensation Section, NCBA, 2023-2024
• North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA)
• Mecklenburg Bar Association (MBA)
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ)
• Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG)

Attorney Vince Varano

Bar Admissions:

• North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina

Education:

• Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, J.D.
• University of South Carolina, B.A.
  • Major: History

Attorney Todd King

Bar Admissions:

• South Carolina
• North Carolina

Education:

• Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, J.D.
• East Tennessee State University, B.B.A.

Attorney Allison Vaughn

Bar Admissions:

• North Carolina, 2014
• South Carolina, 2023
• Western District of North Carolina, 2017

Education:

• Charleston School of Law, Charleston, South Carolina, J.D., 2014
  • Honors: cum laude
• University of South Carolina, B.A., 2011
  • Honors: magna cum laude
  • Major: Journalism and Mass Communication

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Auto Torts, and Workers’ Compensation Section Member
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice Women’s Caucus
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice NEXT Graduate (2023)
• Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group Member
• Criminal Law Society (2012-2014)
• Federal Courts Law Review (2013-2014)
• Peer Mentor for Charleston School of Law (2012-2014)
• CALI Award for Business Associations (2013)
• CALI Award for Health Law and Bioethics Seminar (2013)
• CALI Award for Constitution Law I (2013)
• CALI Award for Property I (2012)

Attorney Sam McGee

Bar Admissions:

• North Carolina, 1998
• Tennessee, 2003
• U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit

Education:

• Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, J.D., 1998
• Wake Forest University, B.A.
  • Honors: summa cum laude
  • Major: Politics

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• American Association for Justice, Nursing Home Litigation Group; Construction Defects Litigation Group; Amicus Committee
• Southern Trial Lawyers Association
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Chair, Nursing Home Litigation Group; Legal Affairs Committee
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Committee; Education, Legislative, Membership, Communications, Board of Governors
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Board of Governors
• NCAJ, Member, Board of Directors
• Super Lawyers, 2014 - 2015
• Super Lawyers “Rising Star”, 2012 - 2013
• AV® Preeminent Rating from Martindale–Hubbell
• NCAJ’s Trial Brief’s magazine, Published
• AAJ’s Trial magazine, Published
• Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College, Graduate