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Amanda B. Mason
Wilmington, NC Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Divorce and Family
University of Arizona
I spend my time helping my clients and their families face the reality of handling child custody, asset divisions, child support and divorce. Many of these issues involve not only legal, but emotional, practical and even business implications. Our effective team understands the nuances of these cases, and provides supportive, competent, and, when needed, aggressive representation.
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Latrice Knighton
Wake Forest, NC Lawyer with 18 years of experience
(919) 944-4811
1740 Heritage Center Dr Suite 202
Wake Forest, NC 27587
Divorce and Family
University of Wisconsin Law School
Attorney Latrice Knighton is a dedicated divorce attorney with over 18 years of experience, licensed in both Wisconsin and North Carolina. Specializing in family law, she has developed a comprehensive skill set through rigorous training as a mediator and guardian ad litem. This unique background enables her to navigate both the legal and emotional complexities of divorce, ensuring that her clients receive balanced, compassionate, and effective advocacy.
"I believe that understanding the full scope of a family's situation—both financially and emotionally—is essential to providing true support during a divorce. My training in mediation and guardianship advocacy allows me to offer a...
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Ann Paradis
Durham, NC Lawyer with 33 years of experience
(919) 942-1430
3326 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd.
Suite 210-C
Durham, NC 27707
Education and Elder
Western New England University School of Law
I concentrate in education law including special education law. I also represent petitioners and respondents in guardianship hearings in the Triangle area. Gahagan Paradis, PLLC accepts education law cases in every North Carolina county, and we are the largest parent friendly education law firm in North Carolina.
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Heidi Chapman
Chapel Hill, NC Attorney with 42 years of experience
Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Elizabeth A Wood
New Bern, NC Attorney with 9 years of experience
Immigration
Concord Law School
Elizabeth focuses her practice on reuniting families and helping individuals reach their American dream. As an adoptive mom of four siblings, she understands the importance of keeping families together.
From 2006 until 2013, Elizabeth assisted an immigration attorney as a paralegal managing the processes for immigration matters including permanent resident/green card applications, petitions for family members, immigrant and non-immigrant visa applications, adjustment of status applications, and citizenship and naturalization. She realized that she wanted to take the lead and help people reach their American dream. It was at that time that she decided to enroll in law school.
In 2015, she graduated...
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Nathaniel Coates Smith
Chapel Hill, NC Lawyer with 32 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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Russell Nugent
Wilmington, NC Attorney with 20 years of experience
Business, IP, Patents and Trademarks
Georgetown University Law Center
Russell is a native of Wilmington, North Carolina and has been practicing law in Eastern North Carolina since 2004. Russell attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated in 1998 with degrees in Biology and Psychology. For the next few years, Russell worked in Chapel Hill and Durham as a research technician for the UNC Neuroscience Center, Intronn, LLC and Trimeris, Inc. During these years, Russell worked as part of research teams exploring RNA based gene therapies, viral fusion inhibitors, and the role Galactocerebroside plays in protein localization near nodes of Ranvier. After gaining...
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Wesley Scott Jones
Wilmington, NC Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationCollections, Construction and Consumer
Visit my Website at www.wsjlaw.com. 21 years experience with emphasis on Construction Law Litigation Cases. Reasonable Fees, Free Initial Phone Consultation; Personal Attention, Direct Communications with me, not an associate or paralegal. I represent Homeowners, General Contractors, Subcontractors, Material Suppliers, and virtually every over participant in the construction context. I have brought legal claims against Engineers, Surveyors, Realtors, Brokers and Real Estate Agents, Sellers, Contractors, and all types of Subcontractors. Breach of Contract, Negligence, Defective Work, Fraud, Misrepresentation and Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices. Graduated from the Norman...
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Hugh A. Hudson
Durham, NC Lawyer
Immigration
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Attorney Hudson has been a successful advocate fighting the US Immigration System on behalf of immigrants, including himself and his family members, who have all successfully been granted citizenship in the US. Additionally, Attorney Hudson has served as an advocate to many undocumented immigrants by defending deportations, filing for temporary protected status and asylum, and many more.
Hugh Hudson, Esq. M.B.A. is a full service United States Immigration Attorney. Attorney Hudson provides exceptional counsel and representation for immigration needs including employment-based, family-based, and removal defense cases.
Attorney Hudson is the founding member of the The Law Office of Hugh...
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Omari M Wilson
Durham, NC Attorney with 17 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning and Foreclosure Defense
Capital University Law School
During much of past fifteen years of my career as an attorney, I worked in the non-profit public interest law sector to provide legal services and technical support to North Carolina’s financially distressed and limited resource property owners seeking to preserve their homes, land, farms, and rural livelihood. I've also worked briefly at a small private law firm representing clients in personal injury and business litigation cases.
I was raised in the West End community of Mebane – my father’s hometown and a historical black community founded by former slaves after the Civil War in Alamance County. During the past several years, the West End Revitalization Association...
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Lynn Norton-Ramirez
Chapel Hill, NC Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Domestic Violence and Traffic Tickets
University of California - Davis
I have been a practicing attorney since 1987. I began my legal career in Los Angeles, California. I joined the Office of the Public Defender in 1990. During my 18 year career as a Deputy Public Defender, I was able to gain invaluable trial experience. I was promoted to the highest trial level position and was assigned death penalty cases. I lectured at attorney training seminars on the topic of juvenile mitigation and fitness and taught a felony trial series for new felony lawyers.
Upon relocating to North Carolina, I worked as an Assistant District Attorney for the County of Durham...
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Al Patrick
Greenville, NC Attorney with 39 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Wake Forest University School of Law and University of Arkansas School of Law
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Amy Ann Edwards
Greenville, NC Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Divorce and Family
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Upon graduation from law school, I joined my present firm and began practicing family law. I am a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law, handling child custody and support, adoptions, alimony, equitable distribution (division of marital property), paternity, domestic violence, and issues related to military family law and non-traditional families. I also practice collaborative family law, a type of alternative dispute resolution.
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Barry K. Henline
Carolina Beach, NC Attorney with 11 years of experience
(910) 707-1555
1009 North Lake Park Blvd. Suite B1
Carolina Beach, NC 28428
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Juvenile and Traffic Tickets
North Carolina Central University
I am a retired State Trooper with 29 years experience building DWI cases. If you have recently been charged with DWI or any other traffic or criminal offense, let me put my training, knowledge, and decades of experience to work for you. I know the process used to administer a breath or blood test. I know the training an officer has to stop someone, to administer field sobriety tests, to administer portable breath tests, to conduct DWI check points, and to arrest someone for DWI. I know the procedures used to operate and maintain...
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Margaret Megerian
Asheboro, NC Attorney with 15 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence, Family and Juvenile
North Carolina Central University
I am a Randolph County native and Family Law practitioner in Asheboro, NC. I provide quality legal counsel and aggressive representation and enforcement for those involved in Randolph County child custody and child support cases, property disputes stemming from separation and divorce, alimony/post-separation support actions, domestic violence, and juvenile petitions.
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Mark V.L. Gray
Washington, NC Attorney with 43 years of experience
153 W Main St
#100
Washington, NC 27889
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Traffic Tickets
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Attorney Mark V.L. Gray, founder of the North Carolina law firm of Gray Legal Group has been practicing law since 1982.
Our founding lawyers are trusted in the legal community and are members of many prestigious organizations. Mark V.L. Gray is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a group that is limited only to those who have recovered many millions of dollars for victims of negligence, as well as the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). We are respected by our peers for our diligence in standing up for the rights of our clients.
Attorney Grays’ longevity means that...
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Bevin Wall
Newport , NC Lawyer with 37 years of experience
(252) 223-4411
7025 Highway 70, Ocean Way Plaza, Suite F
Newport , NC 28570
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Foreclosure Defense
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Bevin W. Wall, Attorney at Law is a General Practice of Law emphasizing DWI, Traffic & Criminal Defense, Real Estate & Bankruptcy Law, and Wills & Estates.
Located in Newport, North Carolina, the primary jurisdictions of practice are the District & Superior Courts of Carteret & Craven Counties, NC, including Beaufort, Morehead City, Newport, Havelock, New Bern, and the Crystal Coast Beach communities of Atlantic Beach, Pine Knoll Shores, Indian Beach and Emerald Isle.
A Leader in the Legal Community, the goal of Bevin W. Wall, Attorney at Law is to provide quality legal services to his clients, in an...
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William Wickward Jr
Durham, NC Attorney
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Insurance Claims, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Durham disability, personal injury and traffic lawyer representing clients in Durham, Raleigh, Cary, Hillsborough, Chapel Hill and throughout North Carolina.
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Mariana Vazquez Garcia
Durham, NC Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration
The George Washington University Law School
Mariana Vázquez-García is the founder of Vazquez Garcia Law, PLLC. Her passion for helping people with their immigration cases was ignited when she joined the Immigration Law Clinic at the George Washington University Law School in the fall of 1997. While she was still a law student, she won two cases before the Immigration Court in Arlington, Virginia. She knew then that once she graduated law school in 1998, she only wanted to practice immigration law. That enormous desire to help others continues to this date with much success.
Since 1998, now as an Attorney, Mariana has...
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Cameron Lambe
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 8 years of experience
Business, Collections, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
University of North Carolina School of Law
Cameron Lambe is a civil litigation attorney with experience in contract negotiation and dispute, real estate law and litigation, and business and employment law.
She is also a North Carolina native with a background in small business ownership and marketing, specifically in the areas of real estate, property management, and the beauty industry.
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Jason Page
WILSON, NC 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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Andrea Bosquez-Porter
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Family
University of Wisconsin Law School
Andrea Bosquez-Porter is the founding member of Bosquez Porter Family Law, a boutique family law firm that provides exceptional and hands-on service to its clients. She is a Board Certified Family Law Specialist, a Certified Family Financial Mediator, and a Parenting Coordinator.
Ms. Bosquez-Porter is originally from San Antonio, Texas. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York and a Master of Business Administration degree from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Ms. Bosquez-Porter graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Ms. Bosquez-Porter is admitted to practice law...
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Kevin Hopper
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Divorce and Family
Texas Tech University - Texas Tech University
A native of Texas, Mr. Hopper was born in Beaumont and graduated from Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas. Mr. Hopper then attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 1989. Immediately following, Mr. Hopper attended Texas Tech University School of Law, and in 1993, graduated Doctor of Jurisprudence.
Subsequent to his graduation from law school, Mr. Hopper relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina where, in 1994, he opened his own practice and has since been practicing law within Wake County and the greater Triangle area.
Currently, Mr. Hopper maintains a trial practice concentrating...
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Scott Montgomery
Cary, NC Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Divorce and Family
Wake Forest University School of Law
Scott Montgomery is a N.C. Board Certified Specialist in Family Law, as certified by the North Carolina State Bar. Scott limits his practice exclusively to family law. His practice is focused on equitable distribution of marital property, child custody and support, alimony, as well as adoption and various other legal issues arising from separation and divorce. Scott was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and grew up in Cary. He attended Ravenscroft High School in Raleigh, class of 1999. He graduated with honors from Wake Forest University in 2003 with...
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Mark Finkelstein
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 39 years of experience
(919) 755-8819
Suite 2800
Two Hannover Square/434 Fayetteville Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
Antitrust, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Health Care
University of North Carolina School of Law
Mark is recognized for excellence by many peer rating organizations such as Best Lawyers in American and Super Lawyers. He is a former president of the Chief Justice Susie M. Sharp Inn of Court and the 2015 president of the 10th Judicial District which comprises all of Wake County including Raleigh and much of Research Triangle Park (RTP)
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Charles Ullman
Raleigh, NC Lawyer
Divorce and Family
Campbell University and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Charles R. Ullman is Board Certified by the North Carolina State Bar’s Board of Legal Specialization in Family Law.
At the time of his certification he was one of less than 300 lawyers state-wide to achieve this distinction.
He is also a member of the Wake County Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association and a member of the Christian Legal Society.
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Steven Palme
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 19 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Tulane University School of Law
Attorney Steve Palme has devoted his practice exclusively to family law since 2005. The Palme Law Firm prides itself on the individual attention it offers to clients and their cases. Steve Palme has extensive experience both in and out of the courtroom and handles all aspects of family law, including: child custody, child support, interstate custody and support, alimony, equitable distribution, domestic violence, separation and prenuptial agreements, and alienation of affection and criminal conversation claims.
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Elliot Sol Abrams
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 14 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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Fred M. Morelock
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 49 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
University of North Carolina School of Law and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Fred Morelock received his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1974 and his law degree from UNC in 1976. He then practiced as a trial attorney for ten years in the areas of criminal defense and family law litigation before being appointed to the bench. He joined Tharrington Smith in 2001.
In 1986, Mr. Morelock was appointed by Governor James G. Martin to a Wake County district court judgeship. He was reelected three times and served for fourteen years. In 1990, Mr. Morelock became the first judge in Wake County to become a Certified...
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Daniel W Clark
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 37 years of experience
Business, Employment and IP
University of North Carolina School of Law
Marsha Comeau
A native of upstate New York, Dan Clark moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1979 and in 1985 graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served first as a staff writer and then as an editorial board member on the North Carolina Law Review and upon graduation from UNC Law School in 1988 he joined Tharrington Smith.
Mr. Clark’s areas of practice include employment law, civil and business litigation, intellectual property law, and administrative law. He has counseled businesses and individuals, including legal, medical and other professional practices, individual executives, physicians, attorneys, scientists, engineers,...
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Russell D. Babb
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Criminal Defense
University of North Carolina School of Law
Russell D. Babb was born in Wilson, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and co-captain of the 1995 Carolina football team. A four-year starter as an offensive lineman for the Tar Heels, Mr. Babb was also the winner of the 1995 Jim Tatum Award, which is presented each year to the top Senior Scholar-Athlete in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
After college, Mr. Babb entered the University of North Carolina School of Law. During law school, he participated in the UNC Criminal Law Clinic and served...
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Hill Allen
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 33 years of experience
Antitrust, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and White Collar Crime
University of Virginia School of Law
Hill Allen is a partner in the firm and handles a broad range of civil and criminal litigation. His practice areas and recent cases include:
white-collar criminal defense;
healthcare fraud;
False Claims Act and qui tam, or whistleblower, litigation;
wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury;
antitrust litigation;
administrative law;
aviation and workplace accidents;
class actions and other commercial litigation;
campaign finance and political corruption matters;
environmental crimes;
intellectual property litigation;
mortgage fraud;
securities fraud;
trade secret and non-compete litigation; and
criminal tax investigations.
Mr. Allen's clients have included a former Olympic Gold medalist; a former North Carolina Lieutenant Governor...
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Melissa Hill
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 38 years of experience
(919) 821-4711
150 Fayetteville Road, Suite 1800
P.O. Box 1151
Raleigh, NC 27602
Criminal Defense
University of North Carolina School of Law
Melissa Hill is a native of Asheville, North Carolina. She received her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1984. She also attended law school at UNC, where she was admitted to the Order of the Coif, was on the North Carolina Law Review and received her J.D. with honors in 1987. Ms. Hill is the author of Tennessee v. Garner - The Use of Deadly Force to Arrest as an Unreasonable Search and Seizure, 65 N.C.L. Rev. 155 (1986);...
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Erich M. Fabricius
Knightdale, NC Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy and Consumer
University of North Carolina School of Law
Erich has lived in North Carolina his entire life, and takes great pride in helping his fellow North Carolinians--individuals, families, and small businesspersons. Much of his practice is devoted to assisting people who have trouble with debt. A knowledgeable bankruptcy lawyer, he counsels clients on whether filing bankruptcy is their best option, and carefully guides them through the bankruptcy process. Erich also represents clients in debt-related non-bankruptcy litigation, including collections defense and unfair debt collection. Drawing on his experience as a bankruptcy law clerk, Erich can assist individuals and business that are parties to bankruptcy litigation, including defense of...
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Roger Smith Jr.
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and Traffic Tickets
Campbell Law School
Roger W. Smith, Jr., was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended the Raleigh public schools. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of North Carolina in 1991. While at UNC he was inducted into the Order of Gimghoul.
After college, Mr. Smith moved to Wyoming where, during a period of about two years, he learned to hand-make rough white-pine furniture in the Western tradition. He returned to North Carolina and co-founded Appalachian Designs, a company through which he continued to manufacture and market this furniture.
In the fall of 1996, Mr. Smith entered the Norman A....
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Sara Cadwallader Willingham
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of Arkansas - Little Rock
Sara Willingham is an experienced trial attorney. Ms. Willingham has extensive experience handling motor vehicle cases, including complex motor vehicle accidents where liability is contested. In addition, Ms. Willingham has handled numerous product liability cases, medical malpractice cases, negligent security cases and premises liability cases. In addition to her extensive courtroom litigation practice, Ms. Willingham arbitrates uninsured and underinsured motorist cases on behalf of injured policy holders.
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Sean A. Cole
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Products Liability
Wake Forest University
I'm originally from Buchanan County, Virginia. I graduated from King University in 1994, and from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1997. I started practicing in Raleigh in 1997, and worked for insurance companies for three years. In 2000, I changed sides to represent injury people and have done that ever since. I have tried cases across North Carolina, and have represented thousands of personal injury clients across the southeastern United States, Canada, and Central America. I opened my own firm in April 2000, after practicing with some of the largest personal injury firms in North...
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Paula Clarity
Leland, NC Attorney with 17 years of experience
Sugargrove Trail NE
Leland, NC 28451
Estate Planning and Probate
St. John's University School of Law
After relocating from NY to NC, I discovered that newcomers in my community required help with estate planning and administration. Consequently, I have broadened my practice to include Brunswick and New Hanover Counties, as there are many newcomers to the area.
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Rebecca Allen Poole
Apex, NC Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
University of North Carolina School of Law
Attorney Rebecca Poole brings a powerful combination of skill, passion, and advanced training to the practice of law. Certified by both the North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization and Center for Cooperative Parenting, Rebecca has established a reputation for excellence – and results – in the areas of mediation, arbitration, litigation, and the collaborative divorce process. She also assists the firm’s clients in developing comprehensive estate plans that ensure family members and financial affairs are protected and preserved.
Over the course of her legal career, Rebecca has maintained an unwavering commitment to achieving client goals, even when faced with challenging...
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David Spencer
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp
Campbell Law School
A North Carolina native, David was born and raised in a commercial fishing family on the Outer Banks. He decided to attend law school while he was at North Carolina State University earning dual BAs in Economics and Business Management. Even then, he knew that “fighting for the little guy” was his destiny. After 20 years, he and his partners continue to stand for the same principles.
An avid Top Dragster racer (with an IHRA Class B license), David has written articles on the importance of adequate insurance coverage and appropriate legal representation for several racing industry publications.
He spent years dedicated...