|   | | Law Firm in Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| | (Formerly Edwards & Kirby) |
| | Address | Suite 100
3201 Glenwood Avenue, P.O. Box 31665 | | Raleigh, North Carolina 27622 | | (Wake Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Kirby & Holt, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Personal injury, including medical malpractice, products liability and catastrophic injury, and business torts, trucking and auto accidents, workplace safety. | | Firm Size: 4 | | David F. Kirby (Member) born Goldsboro, North Carolina, March 4, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, North Carolina; 1978, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; 1988, U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1973; J.D., 1977). Law Clerk to Judge John Webb, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1978. Co-Author: "North Carolina, Preparing and Trying the Automobile Accident Case," 1991. Named, 1996 Lawyers Weekly USA Lawyer of the Year. Recipient: Steven J. Sharp Public Service Award, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1997; Philanthropist of the Year, Easter Seals/United Cerebral Palsy, 2005. Listed: Best Lawyers in America, 2000—; North Carolina's Legal Elite by Business North Carolina Magazine, 2001-2007; Top 100 North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2006-2007; Lawdragon - 500 Leading Litigators, 2006-2007. Endowment Donor: Rebekah Fulghum Kirby English and Literature Scholarship; J. Russell Kirby Public Service Scholarship. Member: Board of Visitors, 2003-2004; Campaign Board, University of North Carolina. Lifetime Inductee, William Horn Battle Society. Member: Editorial Board, Trial; Inner Circle of Advocates. Member: Wake County (Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1987; 1995-1996); North Carolina (Member, Section on Litigation) and American (Member, Section on Litigation) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Auto Torts Section; PAC Chair, 2001-2002); American Board of Trial Advocacy; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member: Liquor Liability Group, 1990; Aquatic Injury Safety Group, 1989; Inadequate Security Group). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Email: David F. Kirby | | C. Mark Holt (Member) born Oxford, North Carolina, October 29, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1983); University of Essex, England (M.A., 1984); University of North Carolina (J.D., with honors, 1987). Hankins Scholar. Omicron Delta Kappa. Rotary Foundation Scholar. Order of the Coif. Jessup Cup International Law Moot Court Team, 1986-1987. North Carolina Law Review, 1985-1986. Wake Forest University Board of Trustees, 1980-1982. Governor's Advocacy Council on Children and Youth, 1977-1981. Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Young Lawyers Division of North Carolina Bar Association, 1990-1991. Chair, (Professional Negligence Section) North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1999-2000. Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Barrister, Chief Justice Susie M. Sharp Inn of Court. Email: C. Mark Holt | | William B. Bystrynski (Member) born Springfield, Massachusetts, August 26, 1957; admitted to bar, 1994, North Carolina. Education: Hofstra University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); University of North Carolina (J.D., with honors, 1994). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, North Carolina Law Review. Wake County Bar Association Scholar. Author: "Riggins v. Nevada: Toward a Standard for Medicating the Incompetent Defendant to Competence," 71 North Carolina Law Review 1206, 1993. Member: Wake County (Chair, Scholarship Fund), North Carolina and American Bar Associations. North Carolina State Bar; The North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Catastrophic Injury; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability. Email: William B. Bystrynski | | Isaac L. Thorp (Member) born Rocky Mount, North Carolina, January 20, 1957; admitted to bar, 1987, New York; 1991, North Carolina. Education: Hampshire College (B.A., 1981); New York University (J.D., 1986). Co-Author, Thorp's North Carolina Trial Practice Forms, 4th Edition, 1998. Assistant District Attorney, Sex Crimes Bureau, Brooklyn, New York, 1986-1990. Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Sections on: Professional Negligence; Product Liability; Auto Torts; Member, Electrical Accident Litigation Group). Practice Areas: Negligence; Products Liability; Premises Liability. Email: Isaac L. Thorp | | —————————— | | Laurie G. Armstrong (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., 1988; J.D., 2003). |
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