(Main Office)

Hester, Grady & Hester, P.L.L.C. was founded by R.J. Hester in 1926. Serving clients throughout Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus and surrounding counties, the firm engages in a general practice with individual lawyers practicing in specific areas of law.

Statement of Practice

General Practice. Domestic, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Negligence, Workers Compensation, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Municipal Law, School Law, Divorce, Driving While Intoxicated, Child Support, Contracts, Business Law, Automobile Accidents and Injuries, Wills, Probate, Insurance.

Representative Clients:

Bladen Electric
Wachovia Bank & Trust
International Paper Company
C.S. Sholar & Sons' Chipping & Logging
Bladen Housing Assn., Inc.
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
Bladen Builders Supply
First Investors Savings & Loan, Whiteville
Westwood Manufacturing
J. Earl Faircloth Construction Co.
Elizabethtown Commerce & Development Co.
Carolina Power & Light Co.
Bank of America, N.A.
State Highway Commission (North Carolina)
Town of Clarkton, N.C.
General Motors Acceptance Corp.
Ward Lumber Co.
Town of White Lake
Cape Craftsman Inc.
Nature Conservancy
Murphy Farms, Inc.
Browns of Carolina, Inc.

Clients

APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Cape Fear Farm Credit, ACA
Cooperative Bank for Savings
Nationwide Insurance Co.
Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.
The Federal Land Bank of Columbia, South Carolina
Southern Title Insurance Co.
Jefferson-Pilot Title Insurance Co.
American Title Insurance Co.
Commercial Standard Title Insurance Co.
First Title Insurance Co.
VA, FHA and Farmers Home Administration
Investors Title Insurance Cos.
The Title Company of North Carolina.

References:

First Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
United Carolina Bank
Wachovia Bank of North Carolina
Bank of America, N.A.
Branch Banking and Trust Co.

Address

115 Courthouse Drive P.O. Drawer 130
Elizabethtown, NC 28337, (Bladen Co.)

Phone

Phone: 910-862-3191
Fax: 910-862-4802

Website

http://www.lawyers.com/hestergradyhester

Office Hours

Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Gary A. Grady (Member) born Elizabethtown, North Carolina, July 11, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, North Carolina. Education: Appalachian State University (B.A., 1976); North Carolina Central University (J.D., 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Assistant District Attorney, Fourth Judicial District of North Carolina, 1978-1980. Member: North Carolina State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Domestic Relations Law; Personal Injury.Email: Gary A. Grady

H. Clifton Hester (Member) born Bladen County, North Carolina, September 19, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia; 1983, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. Education: Davidson College (A.B., 1978); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi. Town Attorney: Clarkton, 1965—; White Lake, 1983—. Member: North Carolina and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Workers Compensation Law; Civil Trial; Social Security Disability.Email: H. Clifton Hester

OF COUNSEL

Myra Gooden Pate (Of Counsel) born Lumberton, North Carolina; admitted to bar, 2002, North Carolina. Education: Salem College (B.A., 1999); Campbell University (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Wills; Estate Administration.Email: Myra Gooden Pate