PARTNERS OF FIRM
Robert E. Wilhoit (Partner) born Pinehurst, North Carolina, February 9, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1975); Campbell University (J.D., 1979). Delta Theta Phi. Board Attorney, Randolph County Board of Education, 1995. City Attorney, Randleman, 1999. City Attorney, Trinity, 2000. Town Attorney, Ramseur, 1999. Town Attorney, Seagrove, 2001. Seagrove/Ulah Metropolitan Water District, 2001. Town Attorney, Staley, 2003. Member: North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Council of School Attorneys (Chair, 2008-2009); North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys; National School Boards Association (Council of School Attorneys). Reported Cases: State vs. Ferrer 170 N.C. App. 131 (2005). Practice Areas: Education Law; Municipal Law; Corporate Law; Civil Litigation; Traffic Violations; Personal Injury; Estate Administration; Automobile Accidents; Eminent Domain; Expungements; Partnership Law; Premarital Agreements; Assault; Inheritance; Breach of Contract; Business Formation; Business Law; Business Litigation; Buying and Selling of Businesses; General Practice; Real Estate; School Law; Small Business Law; Criminal Law; DUI/DWI; Wills; Probate; Wrongful Death; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Commercial Litigation; Trusts and Estates.Email: Robert E. Wilhoit
Alan V. Pugh (Partner) born Asheboro, North Carolina, July 10, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1973; J.D., 1976). Tax Attorney, Randolph County, 1979-1983. County Attorney, Randolph County, 1994-2008. Deputy Secretary, North Carolina Department of Administration, 1985. Senior Assistant and Special Counsel to the Governor of North Carolina, 1986-1991. Secretary, North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, 1992. General Counsel to the Speaker of N.C. House of Representatives, 1994-1999. Member: Board of Visitors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995-1999; North Carolina Civil Procedure Study Commission, 1998; North Carolina Board of Transportation, 1999; Board of Directors, N.C. School of Government Foundation, 2001-2007. Member: North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar. Reported Cases: Mann Media v. Randolph County 356 N.C. 1 (2002); In Re Allred 351 N.C. 1 (1999); Clark v. City of Asheboro, 136 N.C. App. 14 (1999); Johnson v. Burrow, 42 N.C. App. 273 (1979). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Corporate; Civil Litigation; Estate Planning; Zoning, Planning and Land Use Law; Appellate Practice; Traffic Violations.Email: Alan V. Pugh
Darren C. Allen (Partner) born Greensboro, North Carolina, September 30, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, North Carolina. Education: Western Carolina University (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 2002); Norman A. Wiggins School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Campbell Law Review: Member, 2003-2004; Executive Editor, 2004-2005. Author: "The Constitutional Floor Doctrine and the Right to a Speedy Trial," 26 Campbell L. Rev. 101. Randolph County Attorney, 2008. Member: North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar. Reported Cases: McDowell v. Randolph County 649 SE2d 920 (2007). Practice Areas: Local Government Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Civil Litigation; Domestic Relations; Appellate Practice; Legal Separation; Traffic Violations; Premarital Agreements; Breach of Contract; Business Formation; Child Custody; Child Support; Business Law; Business Litigation; Family Law; Corporate Law; Criminal Law; DUI/DWI; Parole and Probation; Domestic Violence; Divorce; Wills; Estate Planning.Email: Darren C. Allen