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David T. Courie
Fayetteville, NC Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
Campbell Law School
2018 Lawyer of the Year DWI (Best Lawyers), A Rated with Martidale-Hubbell Law Directory, 10.0 AVVO Rating, NC Super Lawyers 2018-2020 For Criminal Defense and DWI. (Award criteria at BeaverCourie.com) Senior Partner at Beaver Courie, Attorneys at Law
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Melissa Dewey Brumback
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 25 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation and Insurance Defense
University of North Carolina School of Law
Melissa Dewey Brumback is an AV-rated litigation partner at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, where she focuses her practice on defending and protecting engineers and architects in both construction law and business disputes. The bulk of Melissa's practice consists of representing architects and engineers in construction-related claims, including construction administration and management, plan defects, testing failure claims and delay claims. Melissa has represented design professionals in State and Federal courts as well as in binding arbitration, when the parties wish to avoid the formality, time, and expense of a trial. Her practice includes the defense of all sizes of claims, from...
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Laurie Beth Biggs
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Appeals, Bankruptcy, Business and Tax
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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R. Daniel Gibson
Apex, NC Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationAdministrative, Appeals, 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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Lawrence Edward Tickle Jr.
Louisburg, NC Attorney with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationCampbell Law School
Lawrence founded Tickle Law Office in 2013 after graduating from Campbell University School of Law and passing the North Carolina State Bar. Lawrence earned his Bachelor of Science in Political Science from East Carolina University in 2010 as well as his Master of Science in Criminal Justice and Public Administration from Liberty University in 2015. Lawrence served in the United States Marine Corps after high school where he learned the essential leadership and management skills necessary to be successful as a zealous advocate for his clients. A native of Reidsville, NC, Lawrence now calls Franklin County home. He prides himself...
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David A Coolidge Jr.
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
Duke University School of Law
David Coolidge is a skilled and experienced criminal defense attorney at Coolidge Law Firm, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Coolidge is dedicated to defending the rights of clients throughout the area who have been charged with crimes, including DWI, drug charges, sex crimes, domestic violence and a variety of felony and misdemeanor charges. Coolidge graduated in the top 5 percent of his class from the Duke University School of Law, which is one of the top law schools in the country. There he received top-notch training both inside the classroom and in the field as a student. ...
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John Alan Jones
Raleigh, NC Lawyer
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
University of North Carolina School of Law
John Alan Jones is the founding member and managing partner of Martin & Jones, where he has worked since he began practicing law in 1982. John Alan handles both trial and appellate work in state and federal courts throughout North Carolina and around the U.S. He heads the firm's medical malpractice group, which is comprised of three attorneys and seven staff members. John Alan dedicates a large percentage of his practice to representing individuals catastrophically injured by medical negligence, defective pharmaceuticals, toxic substances or other negligence. He also devotes a significant amount of his work time to consumer...
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Angela Darlene Vandivier-Stanley
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation and Workers' Comp
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Angela was born in Connersville, Indiana in 1970. She was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 2000. Angela practices law in the following areas: workers’ compensation and personal injury. She attended Ball State University (B.S., 1993); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., 1999) Memberships/Associations: North Carolina State Bar Association; Onslow County Bar Association; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and North Carolina Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section.
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Tyler Benson
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationUniversity of Miami School of Law
Tyler S. Benson is an attorney based out of Raleigh, NC. Tyler focuses his practice on criminal, DWI, and traffic matters, and has represented clients throughout the State of North Carolina on thousands of cases. He knows the ins-and-outs of traffic laws and DMV regulations, and has handled criminal matters ranging from felonies to misdemeanors. He is also an experienced entertainment attorney, and handles contract and venue negotiations for a number of musical acts. Prior to working with iTicket, Tyler worked for a large criminal & traffic firm in Chapel Hill, and his practice has taken him all over central...
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Matthew Stauff
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 17 years of experience
Employment
Roger Williams University School of Law
Matthew Stauff believes the practice of law is a privilege that requires him to fight for those needing advocacy during life’s most trying times. He represents clients in divorce proceedings, child custody hearings, and defends those who have been wrongfully terminated from their jobs. During his nearly seven years with Legal Aid of North Carolina he developed extensive experience in family law, employment law, and civil litigation. While court is an option in many cases, Matthew believes that working matters out amicably through settlement leads towards a longer lasting outcome that is more cost-effective and efficient outcome.
Born and raised in...
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James Penry
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Business, Insurance Claims and Securities
Wake Forest University School of Law
I am a trial lawyer, and concentrate on commercial trials and arbitrations, with a special concentration in construction and securities matters. After law school, I clerked for a U.S. District Judge, and have been engaged in trial practice since 1983. I practiced in large regional and national firms until 2000, at which time my partner and I formed our litigation firm. I have tried, arbitrated and mediated hundreds of cases. I am licensed to practice law in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and California.
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Mysty Blalock Blagg
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 3 years of experience
Administrative, Business and White Collar Crime
Campbell Law School
Mysty Blagg is a second-career Health Law Attorney that brings 20 years of previous health care industry experience into her practice of law. She has lived the full health care life cycle. In her previous career, Mysty was a health dental hygienist, Medicaid Appeals Specialist, and a Health Care Compliance Investigator.
Mysty is uniquely positioned to understand the business of health care, the power of health care innovation, and the pressures the intense regulatory environment.
She advises health care clients on issues stemming from regulatory matters, licensing disputes, health care fraud and abuse, digital health matters,...
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James Laurie III
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 31 years of experience
Business
Campbell University
Construction & Business Lawyer representing Owners, Developers, Sureties, General Contractors, Subcontractors, Suppliers, and other Construction Industry Participants in Litigation, Mediation, and Arbitration. Federally Certified Mediator for the EDNC, United States District Court. Certified Arbitrator for Wake County District Court. Private Arbitrator for Construction and Commercial disputes. Arbitrator and Mediator, Construction Industry Panel of Neutrals, American Arbitration Association (AAA)
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William Alexander
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 47 years of experience
Business
Wake Forest University School of Law
Bill Alexander has practiced law for over 43 years in North Carolina and maintains the highest attorney ratings possible— ‘A-V Preeminent’ peer rating by Martindale-Hubbell and a “10-Superb Attorney” Avvo rating. He now manages an asset protection, estate and eldercare planning law practice as the founding attorney of W.G. Alexander & Associates, PLLC.
His law practice was heavily influenced by life circumstances; his older brother was severely injured, unconscious for two months and survived with traumatic brain injury. Hence Bill learned how to deal with special needs; eventually, he became his brother’s care manager and Trustee. He also...
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Patrick Michael Megaro
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals and White Collar Crime
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
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Peter D. Singh Jr.
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 7 years of experience
(919) 283-1076
2409-107 Crabtree Boulevard
Suite 203
Raleigh, NC 27604
Free ConsultationDuke University School of Law
Peter currently works as an attorney with Fourscore Business Law in Raleigh. Prior to this position, Peter's most recent experience was working with the Start-Ups practice group at Smith Anderson in Raleigh, which followed an in-house stint with a private equity company in Durham as a Corporate Counsel and M&A Attorney at Eli Global.
Singh received his J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 2015 with Intellectual Property and Corporate Law concentrations and a B.B.A. from Hofstra University in 2012, cum laude, as a Legal Studies in Business major. After law school, Peter worked with Winslett Studnicky McCormick & Bomser...
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Robert Morton
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 27 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
North Carolina Central University
Raleigh corporate lawyer Bob Morton is a true business and civil litigation generalist. He has successfully tried multiple civil jury trials. He regularly assists his business clients with planning, litigation avoidance, employment matters and virtually all other legal matters that his business clients face.
Bob believes that providing personal service and going the extra mile for clients isn’t just a good way to do business — it’s the only way to do business.
He has been featured as a consumer advocate on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” has served Three Terms as Chairman of the local Better Business Bureau (BBB), been recognized as...
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Hunt M. Willis
Raleigh, NC Lawyer
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Campbell Law School
Hunt's practice at Martin & Jones focuses on representing people who have been harmed by the negligence of others, including from tractor-trailer collisions, car wrecks, defective products and construction accidents. He has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict for his clients before juries across the state of North Carolina. He is licensed to practice in all North Carolina courts, as well as all federal courts in North Carolina and the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Hunt has been recognized by Super Lawyers every year since 2016 as a Rising Star.
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William Lenox Fay
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationSaint Louis University School of Law
I finished law school in 2005 and immediately opened my own firm in Raleigh, North Carolina. I began my practice taking criminal cases in North Carolina state courts, with matters ranging from simple speeding tickets up to high level felonies. My practice has been a success because I care deeply for my clients, I consistently get them fantastic results, and I create fee structures that people can actually afford. Over my career, I have taught several seminars to other attorneys on how to properly defend criminal and traffic cases, with a significant emphasis on teaching defense of...
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Elliot Sol Abrams
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Appeals 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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Mariana Vazquez Garcia
Durham, NC Lawyer with 25 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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Benjamin H. Whitley
Raleigh, NC Attorney
Consumer and Workers' Comp
Mississippi College School of Law
Do you need quality legal advice? Then look to Ben Whitely, of Whitley Law Firm. Don’t suffer through your personal injury alone. Contact a Raleigh personal injury lawyer to schedule a meeting today!
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Bryant Paris
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(919) 832-5577
130 South Salisbury Street
First Floor
Raleigh, NC 27601
Free ConsultationUniversity of Mississippi School of Law
Need a Raleigh Family Law or Contract Litigation Attorney? Call Bryant Paris today at (919) 832-5577.
Since 2002, Bryant has represented people from all walks of life across North Carolina as well as small businesses in a wide-variety of civil and criminal law cases. Through the years, he worked tirelessly to obtain just results for his clients in an effort to put them in a position to move on with their lives after their cases are resolved. Bryant uses his vast experience gained from actual courtroom hearing and trial experience, as well as in arbitration and mediation, to...
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Jeffrey Marshall
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 27 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation
Capital University Law School
Jeff Marshall has practiced family law for over 21 years. He brings a high level of experience to the firm along with a strong commitment to ethics and the desire to aggressively advocate for his clients and their best interests. Mr. Marshall is a Board Certified family law and divorce attorney in Raleigh who is well known for his ability to handle difficult cases in a professional manner. He handles a wide variety of family law and divorce-related cases including complex equitable distribution matters and highly contested child custody cases. Most of his clients come from...
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Kelly Stevens
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Workers' Comp
University of Missouri - Columbia
Kelly A. Stevens is a co-founder and managing member of the law firm of Hemmings & Stevens, P.L.L.C. and has been practicing as an attorney since 1994. She grew up in the mid-west and graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. While in college she was elected President of her pre-law fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta. She attended law school at the University of Missouri-Columbia and graduated in 1994. While in law school she performed an internship at the Attorney General's Office for the State of Missouri and later clerked for...
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Ana S. Nunez
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationNorth Carolina Central University School of Law
Ana S. Nuñez practices in both our Criminal Defense and our Immigration practice areas. She was recruited from the Public Defender’s office in Wake County. Being an immigrant herself, she understands the importance of having an advocate in your corner when you need it the most. Fluent in Spanish, Ana serves on the Governor’s advisory council on Hispanic/Latino affairs, she has been named a Top 40 Under 40 Attorney by the National Trial Lawyers, and she was recognized with the Citizen Lawyer Award by the NC Bar Association for exemplary public service to her community. She is a graduate of...
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Rebecca Adlam Olla
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Appeals 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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Brian J. Reilly
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Mr. Reilly brings a wealth experience to our immigration clients throughout the United States and around the world. He is focused on start-up companies, entrepreneurs, and highly qualified individuals eligible for self-sponsorship.
Mr. Reilly is admitted to practice law in North Carolina, New York, Connecticut, and Washington D.C. He can assist in corporate and business matters related to immgration with a focus on getting the desired outcome for visa or permenant residence.
Our services cover nonimmigrant work visas: O-1, L-1, TN, E-1, E-2, H-1, E-3; immigrant visas: EB-1, EB-2, NIW, EB-3, PERM, EB-5 Investor immigrant visas. We also complex family-based immigration...
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Troy Shelton
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Troy is a board-certified appellate specialist. Clients hire Troy to protect their vital interests when cases are appealed. Setting the stage for a successful appeal often means hiring an appellate attorney while the case is still at trial. Troy works alongside trial counsel, collaborating on critical motions to ensure that clients are well positioned on appeal. Once a judgment is entered, clients rely on Troy either to defend their judgment or find creative paths to reversal.
Troy has a wide variety of trial and appellate experience involving class actions, antitrust, criminal, employment, land use, and family law cases. He also frequently...
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Jeannette Griffith Congdon
Fuquay Varina, NC Attorney with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation and Workers' Comp
Georgia State University College of Law
Jeannette has 11 years of experience working in the insurance industry in claims handling. She has represented both plaintiffs and defendants and is bilingual in Spanish and English.
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Mr. Kevin Bunn
Cary, NC Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Kevin Bunn is a Raleigh, NC area workers' compensation lawyer representing injured NC workers. He is a Board Certified Specialist in North Carolina Workers' Compensation Law. Please go to www.ncworkercomp.com for your free consultation with a North Carolina workers' comp attorney. Mr. Bunn is licensed to practice in State and Federal courts, and the Cherokee Tribal Courts, Kevin focuses his practice primarily on workers' compensation, exclusively representing injured North Carolina workers. He is a member of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers where he serves on the Workers' Compensation Section Executive Committee. Mr. Bunn is...
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Leah King
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation and Workers' Comp
Campbell University
Leah was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina in 1967. Leah practices law in the following areas: workers’ compensation, personal injury litigation, trials in state and federal courts and arbitrations.
She is a Board Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist through the North Carolina State Bar and a frequent lecturer at the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.
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Jerry Parker Jr
Dunn, NC Attorney
Free ConsultationBusiness and Workers' Comp
Campbell University
Jerry D. Parker, Jr., is a co-founding principal partner of Parker & Frey, PLLC. Mr. Parker directs all litigation operations. Mr. Parker is personally involved in every case and insures that each client receives impeccable representation. Mr. Parker's litigation team includes very experienced attorneys and paralegals as well as investigators who have worked as a cohesive unit successfully for over 25 years.
Jerry recently received an AV rating from his peers, which means that he was deemed to have very high professional ethics and preeminent legal ability. Only lawyers with the highest ethical standards and professional ability receive a...
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Rebecca F. Redwine
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Environmental and Insurance Claims
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Douglas Kingsbery
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 44 years of experience
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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Mark Sullivan
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 47 years of experience
Mark E. Sullivan is the principal of Law Offices of Mark E. Sullivan, P.A. in Raleigh, North Carolina. A retired Army Reserve JAG colonel and a Board-Certified Specialist in Family Law, Mr. Sullivan is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the author of The Military Divorce Handbook, (ABA, 2nd Ed. 2011).
He was co-founder of the military committee of the North Carolina State Bar in 1981, and he has been a member of the committee or its director ever since. He is a past chair of the Military Committee of the ABA Family...
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John T. Briggs
Raleigh, NC Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims and Workers' Comp
Naval Justice School and Campbell Law School
John started his legal career in the trenches as a Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps Lieutenant with the United States Navy. He graduated from Naval Justice School in 1991, boarded the Guided Missile Cruiser (USS CHOSIN) in Hawaii, and finally reported to his permanent duty station at the Naval Legal Service Office in Yokosuka, Japan. As a Navy defense attorney for three years, John battled in court, day after day, for the wrongly accused. It was there that he developed and honed his advocacy skills for the injured, for whom he now goes to battle everyday in the...
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H. Gerald Beaver
Fayetteville, NC Attorney with 50 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
University of North Carolina School of Law
Founding parter of Beaver Courie, Jerry Beaver is one of North Carolina's best known and well-respected trial attorneys. He has been listed in "Best Lawyers in America" for more than two decades and as one of North Carolina’s Legal Elite by North Carolina Business Magazine since the inception of the directory. Since 2003, he has been selected for recognition in the publication North Carolina Super Lawyers, a listing of lawyers made up of 5% of North Carolina lawyers selected by peer review. He has been listed as an AV lawyer by Martindale Hubble Legal Directory for twenty-five years....
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David Vtipil
Raleigh, NC Attorney with 31 years of experience
Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Campbell Law School
David Vtipil is a skilled personal injury lawyer serving North Carolina. He handles cases in many different areas including car accidents, work injuries, dog bites, and more. David is also a NC certified board specialist in Workers' Compensation cases. He has won many awards including being named one of the Best Lawyers in America in the field of workers' compensation law.
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Daniel Brinson Finch
RALEIGH, NC Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Daniel assists families immediately after the loss of a loved one, assisting with all aspects of probate, estate and trust administration, and tax issues. He served as one of the public administrators in Wake County from 2003 to 2008. During this time, regularly served as the Administrator of a decedent’s estate or as the Guardian of the Estate for an incompetent individual. Serving in this capacity provided him with valuable experience in estate and guardianship administration.
Born in Oxford, North Carolina in 1975, he graduated from North Carolina State University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree...