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| | Address | | P.O. Box 8088 | | Greenville, North Carolina 27835-8088 | | (Pitt Co.) | | Mailing Address: 120 West Fire Tower Road, Winterville, NC, 28590 | | | |
| | | Ward and Smith, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General and Trial Practice. Admiralty Law; Bankruptcy; Banks and Banking; Business Law; Civil Rights; Commercial Law; Construction Law; Contracts; Copyrights; Corporate Law; Debtor and Creditor; Elder Law; Eminent Domain; Employee Benefits; Environmental Law; Family Law including Divorce; Finance; Franchise Law; Government; Government Contracts; Health Care Law; Immigration and Naturalization; Insurance; Intellectual Property; International Law; International Trade; Investments; Labor and Employment including Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, and Workers' Compensation; Landlord and Tenant; Litigation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Personal Injury including Automobile Accidents, Legal Malpractice and Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Real Estate; Real Estate Development; Securities; Taxation; Technology and Science including Internet Law, Trademarks, and Patents; Trusts and Estates including Estate Planning and Wills and Probate; Trusts and Estates Litigation; Zoning and Land Use. | | Year Established: 1895 | Firm Profile:
Located in Asheville, Greenville, New Bern, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park and Wilmington, we are successor to a practice founded in New Bern, North Carolina in 1895. Our firm has grown to over 70 attorneys and more than 165 support staff members who are committed to quality and responsiveness. We strive to deliver a product that is tailored to our clients' unique needs wherever and whenever the need should arise. Our attorneys may be contacted by either a phone call or a confidential email, in or out of the office and at home. Attorney availability reinforces our commitment to a strong attorney-client relationship and a proactive and preventive approach to our clients' legal issues. Our philosophy is to utilize other attorneys in the firm whose knowledge and expertise allows a more efficient and timely delivery of our clients' legal services. In summary, the collective mission of our attorneys, paralegals, and administrative staff is to provide our clients with the highest quality legal service at an affordable cost. | | Firm Size: 76 | Representative Clients:
Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc.; Allies for Cherry Point's Tomorrow (ACT); Atlantic Coast Foods, Inc.; Bank of the Carolinas; Barnhill Contracting Company; Bill Clark Homes; Branch Banking and Trust Company; BSH Home Appliances Corporation; Cape Fear Bank; Cape Fear Community College; Capital Crossing Bank; Carteret County General Hospital; Channel Walk Homeowners Association, Inc.; Coastal Beverage Company, Inc.; Craven Community College; Daedong USA, Inc. (Kioti Tractors); Diversified Energy, LLC; E. J. Pope & Son, Inc.; The East Carolina Bank; Eastern Aviation Fuels, Inc.; Eastern Carolina Internal Medicine, P.A.; Eastern Carolina Regional Housing Authority; Eastern North Carolina Medical Group, PLLC; Eastern Radiologists, Inc.; etrials Worldwide, Inc.; Eye America, LLC (Doctors Vision Center); Farmville North Carolina Housing Authority; Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.; The Fidelity Bank; First Flight Federal Credit Union; First Citizens Bank & Trust Company; Fountain Powerboats, Inc.; Franklin Street Partners, Inc.; Global TransPark Foundation, Inc.; Greystone Investments LLC; City of Havelock; The Heritage Bank; Ironstone Bank; Janus Development Group, Inc.; Joe Pecheles Volkswagen, Inc.; Johnson Lexus of Raleigh, Inc.; L. Harvey & Son Company; Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation; Longleaf Community Bank; Marina Business Ventures, LLC; McKim and Creed, P.A.; Mid-East Regional Housing Authority; Mountain 1st Bank; National Spinning Co., Inc.; Neuse Regional Water and Sewer Authority; New Bern Anesthesia Associates, P.A.; North Carolina State Firemen's Association; PCS Phosphate Company, Inc.; Physicians East, P.A.; Pitt County Anesthesia Associates., P.A.; Potash Corporation; Regional Acceptance Corporation; Sampson Regional Medical Center, Incorporated; Severn Peanut Company, Inc.; Sound Banking Company; Southern Bank and Trust Company; Specialty Risk Services, Inc.; St. Regis of Onslow County N.C. Owners Association, Inc.; SunTrust Banks, Inc.; Synpac (North Carolina), Inc.; T.A. Loving Company; U.S. Cellular; W. T. Humphrey, Inc.; Wachovia Bank, National Association; Washington Housing Authority; Weyerhaeuser Company; Wheatstone Corporation; Whit-Mart, Inc.; Wilmington Cardiology, PLLC; Wilson Housing Authority. |
Other Office Locations of Ward and Smith, P.A.
New Bern, North Carolina, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.A.
| | Deborah B. Andrews (Member) admitted to bar, 1997, North Carolina; 1999, Georgia; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Tax Court. Education: North Carolina State University (B.A., with honors, 1989); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1997); Georgetown University (LL.M., Taxation, 2003). Certified Public Accountant, North Carolina, 1993. Member: North Carolina (Member: Sections on: Business Law; Tax Law) and American (Member: Sections on: Business Law; Taxation) Bar Associations; North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Business Law; Tax Law. Email: Deborah B. Andrews | | Mary V. Cavanagh (Member) admitted to bar, 1989, Colorado; 1993, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1986); University of Virginia (J.D., 1989). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Litigation. Email: Mary V. Cavanagh | | John P. Crolle (Member) admitted to bar, 2004, North Carolina. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1992); Georgia State University (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Member: North Carolina (Member: Sections on: Business Law; Health Law) and American (Member: Sections on: Business Law; Health Law; Science and Technology Law; Young Lawyers Division) Bar Associations. [Sergeant, U.S.M.C., 1992-1996]. Practice Areas: Business Law; Health Care; Technology Law. Email: John P. Crolle | | Donalt J. Eglinton (Member) admitted to bar, 1982, North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Texas A. & M. University (B.E.D., magna cum laude, 1974); Central Michigan University (M.A., 1980); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1982). Staff Member, 1980-1981 and Research Editor, 1981-1982, Wake Forest Law Review. Member: North Carolina (Member: Sections on: Construction Law; Intellectual Property Law; Litigation) and American (Member: Sections on: Business Law; Intellectual Property Law; Litigation; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar (Member: Board of Law Examiners, Select Drafting Committee; Bar Candidate Committee, Third Judicial District); North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Institute of Architects; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Construction Law; Environmental Law; Intellectual Property; Litigation; Technology Law. Email: Donalt J. Eglinton | | A. Charles Ellis (Member) admitted to bar, 1983, North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., 1980); Campbell University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Member, Campbell University Law Review, 1980-1983. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America ; "Legal Elite" by Business North Carolina ; "Super Lawyers" by North Carolina Super Lawyers . Member: Pitt County (President, 1990-1991), North Carolina (Member: Sections on: General Practice; Health Law; Litigation) and American (Member: Sections on: Litigation; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member: Sections on: Auto Torts; Professional Negligence); American Association for Justice; Literacy Volunteers of America (Member, Board of Directors; President, 1999-2000). Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death. Email: A. Charles Ellis | | E. Bradley Evans (Member) admitted to bar, 2002, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., cum laude, 1998; J.D., cum laude, 2002). Order of the Coif. Member, Wake Forest Law Review. Law Clerk to Honorable Malcolm J. Howard, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of North Carolina, 2002-2003. Member: North Carolina (Member: Sections on: Construction Law; Intellectual Property Law; Litigation) and American (Member: Sections on: Antitrust Law; Intellectual Property Law; Litigation; Young Lawyers Division) Bar Associations; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Business Litigation; Construction Law; Housing Authorities; Intellectual Property; Litigation. Email: E. Bradley Evans | | Lynwood P. Evans (Member) admitted to bar, 1999, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., Business Administration, 1996); Campbell University (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Member, 1996-1999, Business Editor, 1998-1999, Campbell Law Review. Member: North Carolina (Member: Section on: Litigation) and American (Member: Sections on: Litigation; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death. Email: Lynwood P. Evans | | Paul A. Fanning (Member) admitted to bar, 1998, North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of North Carolina at Asheville (B.A., 1993); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1998). Listed in "Legal Elite" by Business North Carolina . Member: North Carolina (Member: Sections on: Bankruptcy; Zoning, Planning and Land Use) and American Bar Associations. (Board Certified Specialist in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Creditors' Rights; Financial Institutions; Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Email: Paul A. Fanning | | J. Michael Fields (Member) admitted to bar, 1991, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., 1988; J.D., with honors, 1991). Staff Member, N.C. Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, 1989-1991. Member: North Carolina (Member: Sections on: Business Law; Health Law) and American (Member: Sections on: Business Law; Health Law) Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; North Carolina Society of Health Care Attorneys. Practice Areas: Business Law; Health Care; Creditors' Rights. Email: J. Michael Fields | | Leslie G. Fritscher (Member) admitted to bar, 2001, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. Education: Peace College (A.A., 1994); North Carolina State University (B.S.W., magna cum laude, 1996); Campbell University (J.D., 2001). Member: North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Family Law; Litigation; Appellate Practice. | | Michael P. Flanagan (Member) admitted to bar, 1971, Florida; 1972, North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., 1968; J.D., 1971). Member, National Moot Court Team; Holderness Moot Court Bench, 1970-1971. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America ; "Super Lawyers" by North Carolina Super Lawyers . Member: North Carolina (Member: Sections on: Bankruptcy (Council, 1979-1984; Vice Chairman, 1987-1988; Chairman, 1988-1989); Business Law; Senior Lawyers Division), Florida, and American (Member: Section on: Litigation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Financial Institutions. Email: Michael P. Flanagan | | Merrill G. Jones II (Member) admitted to bar, 1997, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.S., 1990); East Carolina University (M.B.A., 1993); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1997). Member, Moot Court Board, 1995-1997. Articles Editor, 1996-1997 and Staff Member, 1995-1996, Wake Forest Law Review. Certified Public Accountant, North Carolina, 1994. Member: North Carolina (Member: Sections on: Business Law; Construction Law; Tax Law) and American (Member: Sections on: Business Law; Taxation) Bar Associations; North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Business Law; Construction Law; Health Care. Email: Merrill G. Jones II | | Katherine Evans Lewis (Member) admitted to bar, 1993, Tennessee; 1994, Arkansas; 1999, North Carolina. Education: Arkansas State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1989); University of Mississippi (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Associate Articles Editor, 1992-1993 and Staff Member, 1991-1992, Mississippi Law Journal. Member: North Carolina (Member: Sections on: Real Property; Young Lawyers Division) and American (Member, Young Lawyers Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Creditors' Rights; Real Estate; Real Estate Development. Email: Katherine Evans Lewis | | John M. Martin (Member) admitted to bar, 1975, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Education: North Carolina State University (B.A., with high honors, 1972); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1975). Associate Editor, Wake Forest Law Review, 1974-1975. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America . Recognized, Super Lawyers, North Carolina Super Lawyers. Member: North Carolina (Member, Sections on: Dispute Resolution; Family Law; Litigation) and American (Member, Sections on: Family Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Sections on: Auto Torts; Family Law; Professional Negligence); American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Family Law; Litigation; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Trusts and Estates Litigation. Email: John M. Martin | | Neil W. Morrison (Member) admitted to bar, 2005, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., cum laude, 1993); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (M.A.T., 1996); Campbell University (J.D., 2005). Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Business Litigation; Intellectual Property; Litigation. Email: Neil W. Morrison | | Gregory T. Peacock (Member) admitted to bar, 1996, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S, Business Administration, 1990); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1996). Member, Moot Court Board, 1994-1996. Member, Wake Forest Law Review, 1994-1996. Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Elder Law; Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law); National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. (Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates. Email: Gregory T. Peacock | | Gary J. Rickner (Member) admitted to bar, 1974, Indiana; 1998, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Seventh Circuits; U.S. Court of International Trade; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Taylor University (B.A., 1971); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Associate Editor, Cumberland-Samford Law Review, 1972-1974. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America ; "Legal Elite" by Business North Carolina ; "Super Lawyers" by North Carolina Super Lawyers . Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Member: North Carolina (Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; North Carolina Association of Defense Lawyers. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, North Carolina Committee, 2002—). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Financial Institutions; Litigation. | | Stanley M. Sams (Member) admitted to bar, 1979, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina. Education: East Carolina University (B.S., Business Administration, 1976); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1979). Member, Holderness Moot Court Bench. Lecturer, in Business Law, East Carolina University, 1979-1991. Member: North Carolina (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law; Real Property) and American (Member, Sections on: General Practice; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Development; Construction Law; Government Representation. Email: Stanley M. Sams | | J. Troy Smith, Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 1967, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., 1965; J.D., with highest honors, 1967). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, North Carolina Law Review, 1966-1967. Recipient, Chief Justice Walter Clark Award. Member, General Statutes Commission Code Committee, 1978-1981. Included in The Best Lawyers in America . Recognized in "Legal Elite" by Business North Carolina . Recognized in "Super Lawyers" by North Carolina Super Lawyers . Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business Law; International Law & Practice; Tax Law); American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Practice Areas: Business Law; Government Representation; Health Care. Email: J. Troy Smith, Jr. | | H. L. Stephenson, III (Member) admitted to bar, 1982, North Carolina; U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1979; J.D., 1982); College of William & Mary (LL.M., Taxation, 1983). Recognized in "Super Lawyers" by North Carolina Super Lawyers . Member: North Carolina (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law; Tax Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Taxation) Bar Associations; North Carolina Economic Developers Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Tax Law. Email: H. L. Stephenson, III | | Thomas Stroud, Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 2006, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 2002); Campbell University (J.D., 2006). Member: North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death. Email: Thomas Stroud, Jr. | | Benjamin E. F. B. Waller (Member) admitted to bar, 1998, Alabama; 2001, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina. Education: Goucher College (B.A., with honors, 1992); Washington University (M.A., 1995); Duke University (J.D., 1998). Member: North Carolina (Member, Sections on: Bankruptcy; Business Law; Young Lawyers Division) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Young Lawyers Division) Bar Associations; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Creditors' Rights; Financial Institutions; Intellectual Property; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death. Email: Benjamin E. F. B. Waller | | Kenneth R. Wooten (Member) admitted to bar, 1979, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: North Carolina State University (B.A., with high honors, 1976); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., with honors, 1979). Order of the Coif. Staff Member, North Carolina Law Review, 1977-1978. Member, Invitational Moot Court Team, Holderness Moot Court Bench, 1978-1979. Research Assistant to Justice J. William Copeland, North Carolina Supreme Court, 1979-1980; Listed in The Best Lawyers in America . Listed as "Super Lawyer" by North Carolina Super Lawyers . Member: North Carolina (Chair, 1992-1993, Vice Chair, 1991-1992 and Secretary, 1988-1991, Construction Law; Member, Sections on: Dispute Resolution; Law Practice Management; Litigation) and American (Member, Sections on: Construction Industry; Litigation) Bar Associations; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Housing Authority Law; Litigation. Email: Kenneth R. Wooten | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
New Bern, North Carolina Office: 1001 College Court, P.O. Box 867. Telephone: 252-672-5400. Facsimile: 252-672-5477.
Raleigh, North Carolina Office: Wade II, Suite 400, 5430 Wade Park Boulevard, P.O. Box 33009. Telephone: 919-277-9100. Facsimile: 919-277-9177.
Wilmington, North Carolina Office: University Corporate Center, 127 Racine Drive, P.O. Box 7068. Telephone: 910-794-4800. Facsimile: 910-794-4877.
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Office: P.O. Drawer 12218. Telephone: 919-836-4260.
Asheville, North Carolina Office: BB&T Building, Suite 1403, 1 West Pack Square. Telephone: 828-210-8188. Fax: 828-210-8187.
| | (For complete biographical data on all personnel, see professional biographies at, New Bern, North Carolina). | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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