DURHAM, N.C.--Lisa Lanier, founder of Lanier Law Group, was recently invited to join the BB&T Corporation Regional Advisory Board. Lanier joins the BB&T Board with more than 12 years of experience managing her notable North Carolina personal injury law firm. Lanier Law Group is one of the largest and fastest-growing, with eight locations across the state.

“I am honored and very enthusiastic about serving in an advisory role with BB&T,” said Lanier. “I respect its stability in this region and the ongoing corporate commitment to the communities it serves.”

Lanier manages a heavyweight legal group with a strong reputation for personal injury law. She is a member of the N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers, N.C. Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, and is a former chairperson for the Education Committee of the N.C. Association of Women Attorneys. Born in High Point, N.C., Lanier received both her undergraduate and law degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Lanier Law Group, P.A., is among the largest and fastest-growing North Carolina personal injury law firms, with eight offices across the state in Durham, Raleigh, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Wilmington, Fayetteville and Greenville. The firm consists of 50 professionals, North Carolina personal injury lawyers, insurance adjusters and paralegals that specialize in assisting clients with issues such as health insurance problems, property damage and total loss evaluations.

A unique team approach at Lanier Law Group manages each case with a dedicated attorney, an insurance adjuster, and a paralegal to provide full attention and counsel not available from most personal injury law firms. Visit www.LanierLawGroup.com or contact the firm’s 24-hour statewide consultation center at 1-888-CONSULT for a free evaluation of your case. It costs you nothing to get the facts about your rights.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based BB&T Corporation and its subsidiaries offer full-service commercial and retail banking and additional financial services such as insurance, investments, retail brokerage, corporate finance, payment services, international banking, leasing and trust.

BB&T operates more than 1,450 financial centers in the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Indiana and Washington, D.C.

With $118.5 billion in assets, BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT) is the nation’s 11^th largest financial holding company. Visit www.BBT.com for more information about the company.