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| | Address | | Drhumor Building, 48 Patton Avenue, P.O. Box 3180 | | Asheville, North Carolina 28802 | | (Buncombe Co.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 828-254-8800 | | Fax: 828-252-2438 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.mwbavl.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice in State and Federal Courts, Bankruptcy (Creditors Representation), Business and Corporate Law, Construction Law, Condominium Law, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Probate, Health Care, Insurance, Labor and Employment Law, Labor Relations, Litigation, Media, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Real Estate, Taxation, Securities Law, Appellate Advocacy, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation. | | Year Established: 1894 | Firm Profile:
McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A. is the oldest law firm in Asheville, continuously engaged in the practice of law since 1894. The firm engages in a general civil practice, with a focus on the business, financial and litigation needs of its clients. The firm's practice, although tailored to the needs of western North Carolina, enjoys client relationships throughout the United States. Complementing the firm's practice is the continuing involvement of its members in the Asheville community. Most notably, Mr. Wood (1971-1975) and Mr. Bissette (1985-1989) have served as Mayors of Asheville and Mr. Cloninger has served as Vice-Mayor (1999-2001). | | Firm Size: 21 | Representative Clients:
Advantage West; Archerd-Bell Investment Group, LLC; APAC-Atlantic, Inc.; Appalachian Energy, LLC; Asheville Eye Associates; Blue Ridge Metals Corporation; Branch Banking and Trust Company; Chimney Rock Management, LLC; City of Asheville Claims Corporation; The Cliffs Communities; Colton Groome & Company; The Community Foundation of WNC, Inc.; Daniels Business Services, Inc.; Dave Steel Company, Inc.; Emory Electric, Inc.; The Givens Estates, Inc.; Grove Arcade Public Market Foundation, Inc.; The Grove Park Inn Resort; Hayes & Lunsford Electrical Contractors, Inc.; Home Depot; Jackson County Airport Authority; Kimmel Development Company, LLC; McKee Properties; Mountain Retreat Association; Progress Energy, Inc.; Red Wolf Run, LLC; Reynolds Mountain Partners, LLC; S.B. Coleman Construction Company, Inc.; The Settings Development Companies, LLC; Silver-Line Plastics Corporation; Sisters of Mercy Services Corporation; Spaceplan Architecture Interiors & Planning, PA; Straus Park Development Company; Target Corp.; Transylvania Community Hospital; Trident Micro Systems, Inc.; W.P. Hickman Company; Wachovia Bank; Western Carolina Industries (WCI); Whiteside Fund, LLP; Wilcox Travel Agency, Inc. |
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Asheville Savings Bank; Bank of America; Branch Banking and Trust Company; Chicago Title Insurance Company; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Cunningham & Company; Fidelity National Title Insurance Company; First Citizens Bank; Investors Title Insurance Company; HomeTrust Bank; LandAmerica Commercial Services; Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation; Old Republic Title Insurance Company; RBC Centura Bank, Security Union Title Insurance Company; Stewart Title Insurance Company; SunTrust Bank; Title Company of North Carolina; Wachovia Bank; Wells Fargo Bank. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard
American Express
Discover | | W. Louis Bissette, Jr. (Member) born Statesville, North Carolina, September 18, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1965); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1968); University of Virginia (M.B.A., 1970). Phi Delta Phi. Mayor, City of Asheville, 1985-1989. Member: North Carolina (Member: Probate and Fiduciary Law Section and Business Law Section) and American (Member: Tax Section and Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Corporate Law; Business Law; Health Law; Estate Planning. Email: W. Louis Bissette, Jr. | | Douglas O. Thigpen (Member) born Macon, Georgia, November 4, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1972; J.D., 1976). Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Real Property Section; Member, Real Property Council, 1992-1997). (Board Certified Specialist in Real Property Law, Residential Transactions, Business, Commercial and Industrial Transactions, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate. Email: Douglas O. Thigpen | | Joseph P. McGuire (Member) born Asheville, North Carolina, August 16, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, North Carolina; 1976, Georgia; 1978, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1972); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1975). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice. Email: Joseph P. McGuire | | Doris Phillips Loomis (Member) born Asheville, North Carolina, August 27, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, North Carolina. Education: Davidson College (B.S., 1978); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1981). Commissioner, Town of Biltmore Forest. Member: North Carolina (Member, Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section) American (Member, Real Property Section) Bar Associations. (Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate Law. Email: Doris Phillips Loomis | | M. Charles Cloninger (Member) born Shelby, North Carolina, December 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, North Carolina; 1984, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., 1979; J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Asheville City Council, 1995-2001; Vice-Mayor, 1999-2001. Co-Author: "North Carolina Construction Law: Rights and Remedies," Lorman Education Services, 1998. Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member: Litigation Section and Construction Law Section; Construction Law Council, 1993-2000); American Bar Association (Member, Forum on the Construction Industry); North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury. Email: M. Charles Cloninger | | Thomas C. Grella (Member) born Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, North Carolina. Education: James Madison University (B.B.A., 1982); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1985). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Mortar Board. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, Civil Procedure; North Carolina Bar Association Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 1989-1990. Member: North Carolina (Chair, YLD Professionalism Committee, 1988-1990; Chair, YLD Pro Bono Committee, 1991-1993; YLD Division Director, 1990-1992, 1994-1995; Member: Real Property Section; Law Practice Management Section; Business Law Section) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1993-1995; YLD Division Director, 1996-1997; Chair, YLD Ethics and Professionalism Committee, 1994-1996; YLD Liaison, Standing Committee on Professional Discipline, 1994-1996; YLD Liaison, Law Practice Management Section, 1997-1999; Member, Law Practice Management Section Council, 1999—; Section Chair, 2004-2005; Section Secretary, 2003-2004; Chair, Law Practice Management Section Diversity Committee; Member, Law Practice Management Section Publishing Board, 2000—; Chair, Law Practice Management Section Core Group, 2002-2003; Member, ABA Task Force on the Model Definition of the Practice of Law; Law Practice Management Liaison, Commission on Racial and Ethical Diversity in the Profession, 1999-2002; Member, Real Property and Probate and Trust Section; Member, Section on Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law; Member, Section on Business Law) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar (Member, Task Force on District Bars); N.C. Christian Legal Society (Member, Advisory Board, 1985-1988). Practice Areas: Condominium Law; Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Property; Exempt Securities; Exempt Transactions; Corporate Law; Business Law. Email: Thomas C. Grella | | Grant B. Osborne (Member) born Charlotte, North Carolina, May 31, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, North Carolina; 1989, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1981); Duke University Law School (J.D., 1985). Author of numerous articles on employment and wage and hour law, Lorman Education Services. Member, Rotary Club of Asheville. Member: 28th Judicial District Bar Association (President, Young Lawyers Division, 1993-1994); North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Labor Law; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation. Email: Grant B. Osborne | | T. Douglas Wilson, Jr. (Member) born Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, North Carolina; 1974, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1968); University of North Carolina Law School (J.D., 1973). Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1972-1973). Associate Justice Moot Court Board. Co-Author: "North Carolina Construction Law: Rights and Remedies," Lorman Education Services, 1998. Certified Mediator, North Carolina. Member: State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association (Member, Antitrust Section); North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Construction Litigation; Personal Injury; Arbitration; Mediation. Email: T. Douglas Wilson, Jr. | | Richard A. Kort (Member) born Charlotte, North Carolina, June 29, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, North Carolina. Education: Emory University (B.B.A., 1987); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1991). Beta Alpha Psi; Beta Gamma Sigma. Certified Public Accountant, North Carolina, 1992. (Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Corporate Law; Business Law. Email: Richard A. Kort | | John N. Fleming (Member) born Trenton, New Jersey, May 18, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Georgia; 1988, Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Court of Appeals, State of Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1995, North Carolina. Education: The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1984); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1987). Phi Delta Phi. Student Writing Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1986-1987. Member: State Bar of Georgia; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Health Care Law. Email: John N. Fleming | | Susan Strayhorn Barbour (Member) born Durham, North Carolina, June 12, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1981; J.D., with honors, 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Order of the Golden Fleece; Order of Barristers. Member: Holderness Moot Court Bench, 1983-1984; Invitational Moot Court Team, 1984. Member: 28th Judicial District, North Carolina (Member, Real Property Section) and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate. Email: Susan Strayhorn Barbour | | Mary E. Euler (Member) born Charleston, West Virginia, October 9, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Alabama; 1998, North Carolina. Education: University of Alabama at Birmingham (B.A., summa cum laude, 1989); Washington and Lee University (J.D., 1994). Omicron Delta Kappa. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Creditor's Rights. Member: 28th Judicial District and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; Alabama State Bar. [Capt., U.S. Air Force, Judge Advocate, 1994-1999]. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Commercial Disputes; Professional Disputes; Insurance. Email: Mary E. Euler | | Douglas J. Tate (Member) born Moses Lake, Washington, March 27, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (A.B., 1985); Emory University (J.D., 1988). Order of Barristers. Member: Emory University School of Law Moot Court Society, 1984-1985; Moot Court Board of Directors, 1984-1985; Intra-State Moot Court Team, 1985. Qualified Arbitrator, District 10. Member: North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; 28th Judicial District Bar of North Carolina. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Landlord and Tenant Law; Creditors Rights; Insurance. Email: Douglas J. Tate | | Sarah Sparboe Thornburg (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 21, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee; 1997, North Carolina. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1990); Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member, Wake Forest Law Review, 1994-1995. Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Thomas A. Higgins, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1996-1998. Author: "Must Bar Examiners Accommodate the Disabled on Bar Exams?" 30 Wake Forest L. Rev. 391 (1995). Member: 28th Judicial District and North Carolina Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate. Email: Sarah Sparboe Thornburg | | Christopher B. Lyman (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1993, Georgia; 2002, Colorado; 2004, North Carolina. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1988); Tulane University (J.D., 1993). Formerly with Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia. Member: Southwest Colorado and Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Construction Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Christopher B. Lyman | | Harris M. Livingstain (Member) born Charleston, South Carolina, July 28, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania (inactive); 1986, District of Columbia (inactive) and U.S. Tax Court; 1992, North Carolina. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1979); Howard University (J.D., 1982); New York University Law School (LL.M., Gen., 1985); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Tax, 1990). Counsel to Aviation Subcommittee of U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, 1986-1987. Trial Attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1989-1992. (Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Taxation; Tax Controversies; Estate Planning; Probate. Email: Harris M. Livingstain | | Jeffrey J. Owen (Member) born Jacksonville, Florida, December 22, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, North Carolina and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., History, with honors, 1997; J.D., 2000); University of Denver (LL.M., Taxation, 2001). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Tax Section). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Business Law. Email: Jeffrey J. Owen | | Rendi Mann-Stadt (Associate) born Springfield, Massachusetts, November 26, 1955; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois; 2002, North Carolina. Education: Boston College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Louisville (M.B.A., cum laude, 1986); University of Illinois (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Recipient, Rickert Legal Writing Award. Member and Notes Editor, University of Illinois Law Review. Judicial Clerk to Honorable Benjamin Miller, Illinois Supreme Court, 1994-1996. Author: note, "Limitation of Liability for Interruption of Service for Regulated Telephone Companies: An Outmoded Protection?" 1993 U. Ill. L. Rev. 629. Co-Author: "Negligence Liability in Illinois Schools," Illinois Bar Journal, 1992. Member: 28th Judicial District Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Rendi Mann-Stadt | | Annika Marie Brock (Associate) born Lansing, Michigan, September 26, 1970; admitted to bar, 2000, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1992); Campbell University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Union County (Treasurer) and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Civil Litigation. Email: Annika Marie Brock | | Brian G. Morrison (Associate) born March 27, 1973; admitted to bar, 2007, North Carolina. Education: University of Florida (LL.M., 2006); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2005); University of North Carolina (B.A,. 1996). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Taxation; Corporate Law; Business Law. Email: Brian G. Morrison | | RETIRED | | Richard A. Wood, Jr. (Retired Partner) born Knoxville, Tennessee, August 18, 1937; admitted to bar, 1962, North Carolina. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1959; LL.B., 1962). Delta Theta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, Duke Law Journal, 1961-1962. Mayor, City of Asheville, 1971-1975. Member, North Carolina Bar Association (Labor Law Section and Law Management Section). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Labor Law. Email: Richard A. Wood, Jr. | | All Members of the firm are Members of the North Carolina and American Bar Associations and the 28th Judicial District and North Carolina State Bars. |
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