MEMBERS OF FIRM
Charles E. Clement (Member) born Valdosta, Georgia, August 4, 1939; admitted to bar, 1964, North Carolina; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Western Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1961); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1964). Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk, North Carolina Supreme Court. Trial Attorney, North Carolina Attorney General's Office. Counsel to North Carolina Governor Dan K. Moore. Blowing Rock City Attorney, 1979-1986. Lees-McRae College, Board of Trustees, 1987-1995. Director, North Carolina Crime Commission, 1967-1969; Board of Directors, Avery Health Care System, 1996-2000; Board of Trustees, North Carolina Natural Heritage Trust, 1996; Advisory Council, Appalachian State University School of Music, 1993. Member: North Carolina (Member, Real Property Council, 1974-1983; Board of Governors, 1999-2002; General Practice Hall of Fame, 2009) and American (Member, Sections on: General Practice; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; 24th Judicial District (President, 1995) and North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys (President, 1986-1987; Member, Board of Directors, 1983-1987); North Carolina League of Municipalities (Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1988); American Land Development Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1990). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law; Civil Litigation; Municipal Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Condemnation.Email: Charles E. Clement
Donald D. Howard (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, November 19, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, California; 2001, North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California; U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. Army Court of Military Review. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1965); Stanford University (LL.B., 1968). Certified Military Judge, 1971; Formerly with Popelka, Allard, McCowan, Jones and Howard, San Jose, California, 1973-1986. Partner, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown and Enerson, San Francisco-San Jose, California, 1986-1995. Of Counsel, Rosenblum, Parish and Isaacs, San Francisco-San Jose, California, 1995-1997. Member: Law Offices of Donald D. Howard, Monterey, California, 1998-2004; Clement Law Office, Boone, North Carolina, 2004; Advisory Board for the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina. Member: North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Bar Association; State Bar of California; American Bar Association. [JAGC, U.S. Naval Reserve active duty, 1969-1972]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Corporate and Business; Real Estate; Construction Law; Insurance; Personal Injury.Email: Donald D. Howard