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Laurie Beth Biggs
New Bern, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 21 years of experience
220A East Front Street
New Bern, NC 28563
Appeals, Agricultural, Bankruptcy and Business
University of Kentucky College of Law
Laurie Biggs' practice focuses on business and consumer bankruptcy, including chapter 7, chapter 11, chapter 12, and chapter 13 cases. Ms. Biggs primarily represents small business owners, individuals, and those in the agricultural sector who need help addressing their debts or exploring their legal options. Ms. Biggs has been certified as a specialist in business and consumer bankruptcy by the North Carolina State Bar. With almost twenty years of experience helping clients navigate their financial difficulties, Ms. Biggs In addition to bankruptcy cases, Ms. Biggs also practices in the area of out of court financial restructuring, business disputes, civil...
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Tommy Kellis
New Bern, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Mr. Kellis focuses his practice on litigation. No matter is too small. No matter too big. Mr. Kellis litigates criminal matters, traffic/ DWI cases, injury claims, worker’s compensation, estate administration and many other legal matters. Formerly, he was certified with the NFLPA as an NFL agent. He is the President of the Carteret County Republican Men’s club and a member of the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. Tommy is also an USCG Captain. In his free time he enjoys fishing, boating and all things involving being on the water. He also enjoys spending time with his children and wife at our...
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George Oliver
NEW BERN, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 25 years of experience
Appeals, Bankruptcy and Business
University of North Carolina School of Law
Mr. Oliver received his undergraduate and law degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a board certified specialist in Business Bankruptcy Law, certified by the North Carolina State Bar and the American Board of Specialization. Mr. Oliver has received numerous awards including: AV Preeminent Lawyer from Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating, 2013 Legal Elite’s “Young Guns Award in North Carolina”, 2009-2015 North Carolina “Super Lawyer” and 2009-2015 Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite.” He was the Co-Managing Editor of the North Carolina Bankruptcy Practice Manual in 2006 and has served as a Chapter 7 Panel Trustee for the Bankruptcy Court since 2009. In...
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Bradley Nicholas Schulz
Beaufort, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 39 years of experience
Appeals, Business, Family and Personal Injury
New York Law School
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Ann Ochsner
Greenville, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer
Appeals and Personal Injury
Campbell University
Ann Ochsner, of Whitley Law Firm, is qualified and ready to take on your personal injury case with tenacity. Contact a personal injury attorney in Raleigh today for a quality legal consultation!
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Wesley Collins
Morehead City, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Appeals, Elder, Insurance Claims and Nursing Home
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Harvell and Collins, PA is a highly rated and strategic combination of lawyers committed to providing comprehensive legal advice and personalized service in Morehead City, Beaufort, New Bern and Jacksonville, North Carolina. Partner, Cecil S. Harvell is AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated in Estates and Trusts, General Practice, and Aged and Aging. Partner, Wesley A. Collins, is also AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated. The law firm is committed to excellence in the practice of law while maintaining the highest ethical standards, diversity and individuality in its lawyers.
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Melissa Gott
Wilmington, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Family
Campbell Law School
Managing Partner and the founder of The Law Group, Melissa Gott is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Campbell University School of Law. Melissa is a licensed North Carolina attorney, D.R.C. Certified Mediator, Financial (family law) Mediator, and Collaborative Attorney with Coastal Collaborative Colleagues.
At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Melissa graduated with distinction with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration concentrating in finance and the legal environment of business. Melissa then matriculated to Campbell University’s School of Law. While in law school, Melissa was an editor...
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Mark Williams
Wilmington, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Appeals, Collections, Divorce and Family
Campbell University
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Adrian M. Lapas
Goldsboro, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Bankruptcy, Consumer and Foreclosure Defense
Wake Forest University School of Law
I have been practicing bankruptcy law and consumer law for over twenty years. In addition to looking at the relief that bankruptcy can offer, I also look for claims to assert against creditors. I will pursue claims against creditors for violations of the Fair Debt Collections Act, the North Carolina debt collection statute, Truth in Lending and RESPA violations. I also pursue mortgage servicing abuses arising under Regulation X. I am a board certified specialist in consumer bankruptcy law. I am also a two-time graduate of Max Gardner's nationally featured "bankruptcy boot camp" and have...
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Jason Page
WILSON, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 19 years of experience
Appeals, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Campbell University
Jason advises families and small businesses in a wide range of issues. His practice includes estate planning and administration, business law, ans real estate. He is a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
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William Cory Reiss
Wilmington, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 14 years of experience
Appeals, Business, Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home
Wake Forest University School of Law
My broad legal practice covers business litigation, ranging from complex cases in the North Carolina Business Court to more straightforward contract disputes, personal injury, and wrongful death cases, including medical malpractice.
But whatever type of case, I use investigative instincts that I honed over more than 14 years as a professional journalist before turning to the Bar.
I exited the University of Virginia in 1994 skilled in various forms of writing and on a mission to get to the bottom of things. A freelance writer and part-time newspaper reporter while still in school, I became a full-time journalist upon...
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Elliot Sol Abrams
Raleigh, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Appeals, Criminal Defense, Family and White Collar Crime
The George Washington University Law School
Our nationally recognized Raleigh law firm focuses on criminal defense, family law, and professional license defense. A small firm mentality allows us to provide personalized attention to each matter. Our philosophy of tireless devotion to our clients and uncompromising honesty has earned us the reputation as one of the go-to firms in the State. We counsel our clients through all aspects of the case, providing the individual attention necessary to achieve justice and return peace to your life.
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Lucky Narain
Wilmington, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney
Appeals, Business, Criminal Defense and White Collar Crime
Fordham University School of Law
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Nathan Coleman
Wilmington, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney
Appeals, Antitrust, Bankruptcy and Business
EnnisColeman LLP is a mid-sized law firm that currently consists of 4 attorneys and 2 legal assistants. We serve both English and Spanish-speaking clients. We practice in all areas of the law and have offices in Hampstead, Wilmington, and Leland.
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Kenneth Shanklin
WILMINGTON, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 51 years of experience
Appeals, Business, Environmental and Estate Planning
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Carolyn J. Woodruff
Greensboro, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 41 years of experience
Appeals, Divorce and Family
Duke University School of Law
Carolyn has practiced family law for more than 20 years, helping North Carolina family law clients achieve their individual objectives with every case she takes. She is the managing shareholder of Woodruff Family Law Group in Greensboro, North Carolina, is a board-certified Family Law Specialist, and concentrates her legal practice in the areas of family law and divorce. She is very experienced in complex equitable distribution, business valuation in divorce, complex custody, alienation of affection, domestic violence, alimony, child support, grandparents' rights, and other areas falling within family law, such as termination of parental rights and adoption.
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Daphne Edwards
Raleigh, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 27 years of experience
Appeals, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law
Daphne Edwards & her team focus exclusively on divorce and family law matters addressing the most complex issues facing divorcing couples: custody, asset division, alimony and child support, mediation and divorce arbitration, and the crafting of reliable separation agreements, as well as issues surrounding domestic violence, surrogacy, and assisted reproductive technology matters. Daphne’s approach is simple: each case is unique and each client receives personalized attention and the highest standard of care available while her team works to achieve that client’s specific goals.
Daphne has over twenty years of experience and is known to be an aggressive advocate for her clients...
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Krispen Culbertson
Greensboro, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Appeals, Business, Divorce and Family
Mr. Culbertson has nearly 25 years of legal experience and is a widely recognized Federal and State Court Litigator.
In the past year, Mr. Culbertson has been in both National and State news (see his website for links to newspaper articles (https://culbertsonatlaw.com/news/). He is also one of the elite percentage of attorneys that has a case reported in Federal Law Reports — the large law books that contain the controlling case law of the United States. He has handled dozens of Federal criminal and white-collar crimes, in addition to important Federal and State civil cases.
Mr. Culbertson practices appellate law...
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Jonathan D. Csuka
Greensboro, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Wake Forest University
Jonathan, a director at Woodruff Family Law Group since 2006, has practiced family law for over 10 years, and is certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a Family Law specialist. Jonathan focuses on the areas of custody, divorce, and property division, including retirement. He received his JD from Wake Forest School of Law.
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Dr. Ilonka Aylward
Charlotte, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Appeals, Divorce and Immigration
University of Virginia School of Law
Prior to founding Aylward Law in 2004, Dr. Aylward practiced law at Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP in New York City, where she worked with a team representing Microsoft in government antitrust litigation. She also practiced at Katten Muchin Rosenmann, LLP in Charlotte.
Ilonka received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served on the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review and was a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics (1999-2001). At graduation, she was awarded the Olin Prize—an award for the best paper written in law and economics by a member of the...
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Ronald Lawrence Frey II
Charlotte, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
Cleveland State University
If you are charged with a criminal offense and require aggressive representation, please contact Charlotte, North Carolina Criminal Defense Attorney Ron Frey of The Frey Law Firm, PLLC at (844) 766-3739 for a free consultation. Please visit us on the web at http://www.FreyLegal.com
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R. Daniel Gibson
Apex, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Consumer
Wake Forest University School of Law
I have worked for the North Carolina Supreme Court, prosecutor's offices, criminal defense firms, and large and small civil law firms.
My practice focuses on representing businesses, in and out of court, and appeals.
I have litigated and won 6 figure disputes. I have represented clients before North Carolina state and federal courts, North Carolina appellate courts, the North Carolina Industrial Commission, and the American Arbitration Association. I have represented businesses, individuals, and consumers in cases against other individuals, other businesses, and state and local governments.
I attended Wake Forest University School of Law. While there, I received the North Carolina Advocates for...
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Paul Tharp
Charlotte, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Appeals, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Paul Tharp, born in Chicago, attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington on a basketball scholarship, where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in English and a minor in Philosophy. He then attended law school at UNC-Chapel Hill and was part of the Moot Court Invitational Team. After passing both the Florida and North Carolina Bar Exams, Tharp settled in Charlotte.
Mr. Tharp is an experienced trial attorney who has tried bench and jury trials in state and federal courts in North Carolina. Mr. Tharp has written appeals and petitions in civil and criminal cases before the United...
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Scott M. Anderson
Asheville , NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Attorney Scott Anderson has a passion for helping the injured and protecting their interests against insurance companies. Mr. Anderson has extensive trial, and strategic negotiation experience is personal injury, wrongful death, and workers compensation matters in North Carolina and South Carolina. He is licensed in both states and has handled matters in both states over the past 29 years. He is managing partner of Grimes Teich Anderson LLP, a North Carolina and South Carolina personal injury law firm with 8 offices in both states. Before becoming a personal injury attorney, he was an insurance defense lawyer, which gives...
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Hal Walker Broadfoot Jr.
Fayetteville, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Business and Personal Injury
Campbell Law School
Hal Walker Broadfoot, Jr., is a partner at Beaver Courie, Attorneys at Law, with a practice focused on civil cases.
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Derrick J Hensley
Hillsborough, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Appeals, Family, Immigration and Juvenile
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Derrick Hensley is a Child Welfare, Family, and Immigration lawyer who manages a small law firm in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Derrick founded his own firm in order to ensure he could take cases that make a real difference for his clients, and to ensure that his practice always observed the highest principles of the legal profession. Derrick is dedicated zealously advocating for his clients and to fostering an open, communicative attorney-client relationship based on trust and honesty.
Derrick's firm has practices in several fields of law, focusing on the intersections between them, including international family law, humanitarian and family immigration, and...
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Benjamin Davis Ridings
Greensboro, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Appeals, Business, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Ben Ridings a Board Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. He is a member of the firm practicing primarily in the areas of workers’ compensation and general civil litigation.
Ben graduated from the University of North Carolina at Asheville in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts, with Honors and Distinction, in History. He received his law degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2007, where he served as Articles and Comments Editor of the First Amendment Law Review and interned with The Honorable Robin E. Hudson of...
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Rebecca Adlam Olla
Raleigh, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Appeals, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
The University of Texas School of Law
Attorney Rebecca A. Olla was raised in Austin, Texas. She obtained her undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania and her Law Degree from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin.
Before joining The Bishop Law Firm, Rebecca worked for the Texas State Office of the Attorney General and the U.S. District Court of Southern New York.
After working for the government (by the people), Rebecca refocused her practice to represent clients in federal appeals in U.S. District Court (for the people).
Through her prior legal experience, Rebecca has learned that lawyers are needed to ensure positive outcomes for their...
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Trey Lindley
Charlotte, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 21 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Construction
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
After graduating from high school in Charlotte, Trey attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Focused on attending law school and becoming a litigator, he pursued degrees in philosophy (with a focus on the ethicists) and political science. He graduated with Highest Distinction (ranking in the top three percent of 3% of his class) and was inducted as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Trey returned to Chapel Hill for law school and Trey served on the Attorney General’s Staff for the law school’s Honor Court and was a member of the North Carolina Law Review. Upon graduating...
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Michael S. Litrenta
Charlotte, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, DUI & DWI and Family
Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
Attorney Michael Litrenta brings the unique experience of working for years as both a prosecutor and then as a defense attorney. He has worked in multiple different state and federal courts on a variety of different matters.
Bringing extensive courtroom experience to Litrenta Law, Michael knows the best offense is always a good defense. He is a dedicated advocate for his clients and has won Avvo’s Client’s Choice Award. Attorney Litrenta is committed to listening and understanding each of his client’s needs and is determined to secure the best outcome possible.
Attorney Litrenta began his career as a prosecutor before he transitioned...
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Pamela Williams
Charlotte, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer
Appeals, Business, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
University of South Carolina School of Law
Pamela Williams is a North Carolina native who worked as a paralegal before attending law school at the University of South Carolina. She now practices civil litigation, family law, personal injury, and appellate matters at Arnold & Smith, PLLC. She is licensed to practice law in North and South Carolina.
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Evan Horwitz
Raleigh, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Appeals, Divorce and Family
Campbell Law School
Evan Horwitz was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University in 1997 and graduated from the Norman A. Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University in 2001. While in law school, Mr. Horwitz was the managing editor of the Campbell Law Review. After graduating, Mr. Horwitz served as a law clerk to Justice Robert F. Orr at the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Prior to joining Tharrington Smith in 2008, Mr. Horwitz spent almost six years as an associate at Manning, Fulton & Skinner, P.A., where he was a member of the firm’s litigation section practicing...
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Douglas Kingsbery
Raleigh, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 44 years of experience
Appeals and Criminal Defense
Duke University
Upon graduation from law school in 1980, Doug Kingsbery joined the firm of Tharrington, Smith & Hargrove in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he worked as an associate in the areas of education law and criminal defense. He was made Partner in 1985, and has developed an extensive litigation and trial practice which includes trial and appellate work in civil, criminal and administrative law. Over the past 28 years, he has tried dozens of civil and criminal jury trials in numerous state and federal courts across North Carolina and he has received an AV rating from his peers as reported in...
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Jaye Meyer
Raleigh, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Jaye Meyer is listed in the Best Lawyers in America® and North Carolina Super Lawyers®. Ms Meyer received the Super Lawyers award for Top 50 Women Lawyers in North Carolina from 2010-2014, and Top 100 Lawyers in 2011. She has been recognized by Business North Carolina magazine as one of the “Legal Elite” in North Carolina. Ms. Meyer is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law, a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and is certified as a Family Financial Mediator.
Ms. Meyer was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1990. She received her B.A. cum laude from...
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Wade Smith
Raleigh, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 61 years of experience
(919) 821-4711
150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1800
P.O. Box 1151
Raleigh, NC 27602
Appeals and Criminal Defense
University of North Carolina School of Law
Wade Smith has been one of North Carolina’s best known and most acclaimed lawyers for nearly 50 years. His trials are recounted in books, magazines and journals. A renowned story teller, Wade insists that within each case there is a compelling story waiting to be told. In seminars and bar meetings Wade has shared the art of story telling. His cases offer a fine collection of North Carolina Courtroom lore. In 1979, Wade served as counsel to Dr. Jeffrey McDonald in the much studied and discussed Green Beret Murder case. Most recently he was lead counsel for Collin Finnerty, one...
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Nathaniel Coates Smith
Chapel Hill, NC Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Nathaniel “Nat” Smith heads up the firm’s civil litigation practice. He handles serious personal injury and workers’ compensation cases in addition to business litigation, trust and estate litigation cases. He also works on civil appeals on behalf of the firm’s clients. Mr. Smith grew up in Raleigh, where he was a member of Broughton High School’s 50th graduating class in 1979. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics. He graduated with honors from UNC School of Law in 1993. While in law school, he clerked...
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W Kirk Sanders
Winston-Salem, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 29 years of experience
(336) 768-1515
One Salem Tower
119 Brookstown Ave, Suite 400
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Appeals, Business, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
Wake Forest University School of Law
Kirk Sanders litigates estate & trust disputes.
Kirk handles condemnation cases (Eminent Domain Lawyers). He and his old firm represented hundreds of clients statewide and led the challenge of the N.C. Map Act as an inverse condemnation by the NCDOT and collected $300,000,000 for clients since 2018. See landmark decisions in Kirby v. NC Department of Transportation, Chappell v. NCDOT, Beroth v. NCDOT, Stimpson v. NCDOT et al.
Kirk Sanders handles estate and trust litigation cases and eminent domain matters. Kirk Sanders has successfully litigated Will Contests cases (will caveats) for both the caveators (challengers of the will) and propounders...
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John D. Boutwell
Charlotte, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 31 years of experience
Appeals, Business, Divorce and Family
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Harrison A. Lord
Charlotte, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 17 years of experience
Appeals, Business and Collections
Washington University School of Law
Harrison A. Lord is the founder and managing member of Lord & Lindley, PLLC. His practice focuses on helping small businesses reduce their risks, collect the money owed them, and plan for a successful future. Harrison represents clients in commercial litigation and disputes of all sorts. In that role, he’s tried cases before judges and juries all over North Carolina. But first and foremost, Harrison is a problem solver. His focus is always on getting the best result for his clients, and helping them find the solution that works for them and their business. Sometimes...
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William E. Cannon Jr.
Waynesville, NC Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 47 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Construction
The University of Georgia School of Law
Bill Cannon is a native of Leesburg, Georgia and has been practicing law for more than 30 years. He focuses his practice in the area of civil litigation and has extensive experience in complex litigation. Bill enjoys working closely with his clients in finding innovative solutions to the challenges they face. He has a keen interest in professionalism and has been a speaker for orientations on professionalism at law schools. Bill is an author of a variety of professional articles and has made many presentations on professionalism in the practice of law and the importance of the justice system.