MEMBERS OF FIRM
Joe Thomas Knott, III (Member) born Raleigh, North Carolina, July 25, 1951; admitted to bar, 1980, North Carolina, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina (B.S., Business Administration, 1974; J.D., 1980); Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M. Div., 1978). Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1981-1985, Chief of Civil Section, 1981-1983 and Criminal Prosecutor, 1983-1985, Eastern District of North Carolina. Member, Board of Directors: Southern Baptist Sunday School Board, 1984-1992; Board of Directors, St. David's High School, 1989. Chairman, 1998-2002, 2005 and Member, Board of Directors, 1994-2002, St. Timothy's Elementary School. Member: Wake County and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Federal Tort Claims; Torts.Email: Joe Thomas Knott, III
Bruce W. Berger (Member) born Beech Grove, Indiana, September 29, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, West Virginia; 1981, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1988, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, with honors, 1977); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1980). Member: Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, 1983-1987; Defense Research Institute, 1990-1997. Member: Wake County and North Carolina Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Litigation; Nursing Home Negligence.Email: Bruce W. Berger
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Kenneth R. Murphy, III (Associate) born Charlotte, North Carolina, July 7, 1969; admitted to bar, 1999, North Carolina; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1991; J.D., 1999). Member: Durham County and North Carolina Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Wills; Estate Administration.Email: Kenneth R. Murphy, III
OF COUNSEL
W. Stacy Miller, II (Of Counsel) born United States Air Force Base, Bent Waters, England, 1963; admitted to bar, 1994, North Carolina, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1989); Campbell University (J.D., 1994). Phi Delta Phi Academic Legal Fraternity; Order of Old Kevitt. Member, Susie Sharp Inn of Court. Member: North Carolina State Bar; Wake County and North Carolina (Member, Sections on: Health Law; Criminal Law; Torts) and American (Member, Section on: White Collar Crime; Health Law) Bar Associations; Wake County Academy of Criminal Trial Lawyers; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Sections on: Criminal Law; Auto Torts); The Association of Trial Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Institute for Trial Advocacy; Raleigh City Council; Christian Legal Society. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Catastrophic Injury; Wrongful Death; Criminal Law; Health Care Fraud; Negligence; Premises Liability.Email: W. Stacy Miller, II