MEMBERS OF FIRM
Starkey Sharp (Member) born Fort Belvoir, Virginia, May 20, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, North Carolina. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.B.A., 1974); Duke University (J.D., 1977). Certified Mediator, North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission. Certified Arbitrator, Administrative Office of the Courts. Member: Dare County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; First Judicial District and North Carolina State Bars. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Corporations; Commercial Law; Estates Law; Regulatory Law; Mediation; Arbitration; Ship Documentation.Email: Starkey Sharp
Steven D. Michael (Member) born Lexington, North Carolina, January 23, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: East Carolina University (B.S., 1971); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1975). Assistant District Attorney, 10th Judicial District, 1978-1980. Resident Superior Court Judge, First Judicial District, 1991-1992. Certified Mediator, North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission. Certified Arbitrator, Administrative Office of the Courts. Member, Chief Justice's Committee on Political Conduct by Judges and Judicial Candidates, 2004, Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism, 2006-2007. Member: Dare County (President, 1983-1984), North Carolina (Council Member, Criminal Justice Section, 1982-1985; Bench, Bar Law School Liaison Committee, 1992-1995; Administration of Justice Task Force, 1999-2001) and American Bar Associations (Member, House of Delegates, 2008); First Judicial District Bar; North Carolina State Bar (Councilor, 1996-2004, Vice President, 2004-2005, President-Elect 2005-2006, President 2006-2007); North Carolina Disciplinary Hearing Commission. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Law; Family Law; Collections Law; Mediation; Arbitration; Municipal Law.Email: Steven D. Michael
John C. Graham, III (Member) born Charlotte, North Carolina, January 14, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, North Carolina, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: North Carolina State University (B.A., 1982); Mercer University (J.D., 1985). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Dare County (Secretary and Treasurer, 1985), North Carolina and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Criminal and Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Law.Email: John C. Graham, III
Jeanine C. Evans (Member) born Huntsville, Alabama, June 1, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., English, 1992); Campbell University (J.D., 1995). Phi Alpha Delta; American Bar Association, President, Campbell Chapter; John Marshall National Moot Court Team. Member: Dare County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; First Judicial District Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Jeanine C. Evans
Laura Meads (Member) born Elizabeth City, North Carolina, May 23, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007; North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 2002); Regent University (J.D., 2007). Member: Dare County and North Carolina Bar Associations; First Judicial District and North Carolina State Bars. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Family Law; Collections; Wills and Estates; Juvenile Law; Real Estate.Email: Laura Meads