PARTNERS OF FIRM
William H. Lambe, Jr. (Partner) born Winston-Salem, North Carolina, December 8, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1973). Phi Delta Phi. Member, 1971-1972 and Managing Editor, 1972-1973, Wake Forest Law Review. Member: 14th Judicial District Bar (Treasurer, 1986-1987; Vice President, 1990-1992; President, 1992-1993) and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar (Trustee, IOLTA Program, 1998-2003). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Business Transactions; Contracts; Real Estate Law; Personnel Law; Employment Law.Email: William H. Lambe, Jr.
Stephen C. Rhudy (Partner) born Schenectady, New York, September 4, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, North Carolina; 1980, U.S. Tax Court. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., with honors, 1973); Duke University (J.D., with distinction, 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Lecturer, North Carolina State University, 1988-1992. Member: Durham County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate and Trust Administration; Business Transactions; Tax Law; Tax Exempt Organizations.Email: Stephen C. Rhudy
Mark O. Costley (Partner) born Stillwater, Oklahoma, June 12, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Oklahoma; U.S. District Court, Northern and Western District of Oklahoma; 1990, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Oklahoma State University; Duke University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1982; J.D., 1985). Editor, Duke University Legal Research Program, 1984-1985. National Moot Court Team. Trustee, Duke University, 1982-1985. Certified Court Mediator, North Carolina, 1993. Member: Oklahoma, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate and Trust Administration; Business Law; Non-Profit Organizations; Business Transactions; Mediation; Estate Litigation; Business Litigation.Email: Mark O. Costley
OF COUNSEL
Edwin J. Walker, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Concord, North Carolina, May 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, North Carolina; 1980, U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1966); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1969). Phi Delta Phi. Duke University Estate Planning Council. Member: North Carolina and American (Member, Section of Taxation; Adjunct Member, Committee on Employee Benefits and Committee on Estate and Gift Taxes, 1979) Bar Associations; Fourteenth Judicial District Bar (Treasurer, 1982-1983). (Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Tax Law; Estate Planning; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Estate and Trust Administration.Email: Edwin J. Walker, Jr.
Peggy S. Vincent (Of Counsel) born Jefferson City, Missouri, August 4, 1951; admitted to bar, 1988, North Carolina, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of North Carolina, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Missouri (B.S., 1973); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1988). Certified Mediator. Practice Areas: Business Law; Collections; Employment Law; Computer Law; Intellectual Property; Wills and Estates.
Ralph Lee McCaughan (Of Counsel) born Gainesville, Florida, November 14, 1939; admitted to bar, 1966, Florida; 1970, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1971, U.S. Tax Court; 1984, District of Columbia; 1988, North Carolina. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1961; LL.B., 1966). Senior Lecturer in Law, Duke University School of Law, 1985-1989. President, Durham/Orange Estate Planning Council, 1986-1987. Member, The Duke University Estate Planning Council, 1981. Member: Durham County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations. [U.S. Navy Reserve, LCDR (SC) 1961-1972]. Practice Areas: University Law; Estate and Trust Law; Tax Law; Technology Licensing and Research Law.Email: Ralph Lee McCaughan
Katharine B. Buchanan (Of Counsel) born Boulder, Colorado, November 6, 1970; admitted to bar, 2001, Virginia; 2002, North Carolina. Education: Duke University (A.B., cum laude, 1992); University of Virginia (J.D., 2001). Hardy C. Dillard Fellow, University of Virginia. Member, Managing Board, Virginia Tax Review. Member: Durham County, North Carolina, Virginia and American Bar Associations; Durham-Orange Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations.Email: Katharine B. Buchanan
ASSOCIATE
Vaddrick Q. Parker (Associate) born Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, September 16, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, North Carolina. Education: East Carolina University (B.S., 2001); North Carolina Central University (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Author, "Giving Pharmaceutical Manufacturers A Pill to Swallow," 26 N.C. Cent. LJ 140, 2004. Member: North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association. [U.S. Air Force, 1998-2004]. Practice Areas: Business; Corporate; Health Law; Intellectual Property; Corporate Sustainability; Social Entrepreneurship Law.Email: Vaddrick Q. Parker