Manning Fulton shareholder, Deborah Hildebran-Bachofen, was one of twenty-five who received a Triangle Business Journal 2005 Women in Business Award during the Journal's award's luncheon on Thursday, August 4, 2005. Each year the Triangle Business Journal selects 25 female business leaders for this award.  Mrs. Hildebran-Bachofen is a fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.  Also, she is currently serving as the Vice Chair of the North Carolina Bar Association's Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section. 

In addition to her leadership in the community and the bar, Mrs. Hildebran-Bachofen heads the firm's estate administration and probate practice and serves on the firm's management committee.