Statement of Practice

Comprehensive business and litigation practice including: Appellate, Arbitration, Banking, Bankruptcy/Creditors' Rights, Complex Business Litigation, Construction, Credit and Financial Services, Eminent Domain/Condemnation, Employment Benefits, Employment Practices, Entertainment Law, Environmental, Estate, Exempt Organizations, General Corporate, Governmental Relations, Health Care, Intellectual Property Law, International, Land Use and Zoning, Limited Liability Companies, Local Government, Mediation, Partnerships, Personal and Financial Planning, Probate, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Railroad, Real Estate, Regulatory and Municipal, Securities, Sports Law, Tax, Technology and Emerging Business, Tort Litigation and Insurance Defense, Transactional including Mergers and Acquisitions, Transportation, Utilities, White Collar Criminal Defense.

Representative Clients:

Alliance One International
BB&T
Boddie-Noell Enterprises, Inc.
Electricities of North Carolina, Inc.
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.
Food Lion, Inc.
H&R Block, Inc.
Investors Holding Company (Golden Corral and affiliates)
Martin Marietta Materials
N.C. Eastern Municipal Power Agency
North Carolina Enterprise Corporation
North Carolina Municipal Power Agency
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
Premium Standard Farms, Inc.
RBC Centura Banks, Inc.
WakeMed.

Rate Information

• American Express

Address

130 S. Franklin Street P.O. Box 353
Rocky Mount, NC 27802-0353, (Edgecombe & Nash Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 252-446-2341
Telecopier: 252-972-7045

Website

http://www.poynerspruill.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For additional personnel and biographical data see listings at Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern Pines)

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Michael S. Colo (Head of Corporate Law Practice Area, Management Committee Member) born Chicago, Illinois, November 4, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Virginia; 1971, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1967); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1970). Listed in: North Carolina Super Lawyers, Securities and Corporate Finance, Law & Politics Magazine, 2006; Legal Elite, Corporate Law, Business North Carolina Magazine, 2004, 2005. Practice Areas: Municipal Law(40%); Corporate Law(30%); Public and Corporate Financing Law(20%); Securities Regulation Law(10%).Email: Michael S. Colo

Richard J. Rose (Partner) born Rocky Mount, North Carolina, January 10, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, North Carolina. Education: Davidson College (A.B., 1969); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1972). [1st Lieut., USAR, 1973]. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Electric Utilities; Zoning, Planning and Land Use.Email: Richard J. Rose

Samuel W. Johnson (Partner) born Hamilton, North Carolina, September 9, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, North Carolina. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1972). Recipient, Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce's Distinguished Citizen Award, 2006. Member, Real Estate Section and Antitrust Section, North Carolina Bar Association. Member: Seventh Judicial District and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations; Nash-Edgecombe Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Real Estate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Samuel W. Johnson

Randall R. Adams (Management Committee Member) born Hamilton, Ohio, September 4, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Michigan; 1990, North Carolina. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1981); Wayne State University (J.D., 1984). Member: American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. Reported Cases: Robert L. Vincent v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 145 N.C. App. 700; 552 S.E.2d 643, 2001; Eatman Leasing, Inc and Russell O. Leitch, Sr. v. Empire Fire & Marine Insurance Company, and Douglas W. Shipley, 145 N.C. App. 278, 2001; G.E.B., Incorporated and Geoffrey E. Bodine v. QVC, Inc., 129 F. Supp. 2d 856 (MDNC, 2000); Charles Adams v. CSX Transportation, Incorporated; Norfolk Southern Railway Company (4th Cir., 2000); Taft B. Turner, Jr. v. CSX Transportation, Incorporated (4th Cir., 1995); Wanda E. Moore, et al v. CSX Transportation (EDNC, 1995). Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation.Email: Randall R. Adams

J. Nicholas Ellis (Chair, Tort Litigation Practice Group) born Newport News, Virginia, April 3, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, North Carolina. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.S., 1982); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1986). Listed in: North Carolina Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, Law & Politics Magazine, 2006-2008; The Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation, 2003-2004 and Commercial Litigation, 2006-2009; Recognized in Business North Carolina Magazine's "Legal Elite," (Litigation), 2008; Certified Mediator, North Carolina. Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Co-Chair, Tort Reform Task Force, 2005; Member, Board of Governors, 2001-2004; Chair, Litigation Section, 1999-2000; Chairman, Public Information Committee, 1997-1998; Chairman, Local Bar Services Committee, 1994-1995); North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (President, 2004-2005); Eastern North Carolina Inn of Court (President, 2005-2006); International Association of Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: State of North Carolina v. Trevally, Inc. (NC Ct. of Apps.; 655 S.E.2d 446 (2008); Depalma v . Cardinal Gibbons High School (No. 03 CVS 7487, NC Court of Appeals, Dec. 2004); Currituck Associates v. Hollowell (NO. COA03-1082, NC Court of Appeals, Sept. 2004); Greene, Admin. for Medlin v. Garner (NO. COA03-196, NC Court of Appeals, March 2004); Carroll v. Strickland (No. 01 CVS 1482, NC Court of Appeals, Aug. 2004); Matilda Lacayo v. Sodoma Farms of North Carolina, Inc., 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 29174. (4th Cir 1997); Desmond Ricketts v. Hugh Vann & Son, Inc., 32 F.3d 71 (4th Cir. 1994); Jeffrey D. Feldstein, M.D., v. Nash Community Health Services Inc., 51 F. Supp. 2d 673; EDNC 1999). Practice Areas: Tort Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: J. Nicholas Ellis

Steven A. Rowe (Partner) born Bethesda, Maryland, November 10, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1985; J.D., 1988). Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Labor and Employment; Workers' Compensation); Defense Research Institute; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Insurance Law; Employment Law; Workers Compensation; Housing Law.Email: Steven A. Rowe

Bradley J. Herring (Partner) born Tacoma, Washington, May 21, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1986); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1989). Member, Business Law and Real Property Sections, North Carolina Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Banking Law; Commercial Law.Email: Bradley J. Herring

Gregory S. Camp (Partner) born Charleston, South Carolina, September 15, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, North Carolina; 1995, Florida. Education: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (B.A., cum laude, 1989); Duke University (J.D., L.L.M., with honors, 1994). Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Council Member, International Law Section); The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: General Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Appellate Litigation.Email: Gregory S. Camp

Timothy Wood Wilson (Partner) born Raleigh, North Carolina, March 18, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, North Carolina and Georgia. Education: Duke University (B.S., 1990); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Member: Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference (Permanent Member); North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; Eastern North Carolina Inn of Court; North Carolina Bar Association; Nash-Edgecombe Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Eminent Domain; Products Liability; Personal Injury.Email: Timothy Wood Wilson

Deborah E. Sperati (Partner) born Greenville, North Carolina, March 12, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., cum laude, 1996; J.D., 1999). Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division, Past Judicial District Representative For District 7; Member, Sections on: Bankruptcy; Litigation); Nash-Edgecombe Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Workouts; Creditor Bankruptcy; Insurance Defense; Banking Litigation.Email: Deborah E. Sperati

James Shields Livermon, III (Partner) born Rocky Mount, North Carolina, March 27, 1969; admitted to bar, 1999, North Carolina. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., 1991); Campbell University (J.D., 1999). Council Member, Bankruptcy Section, 2006— and Young Lawyers Division, Receivership Statute Revisions Committee Member, North Carolina Bar Association. Member: United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (Pro Se Strategic Planning Committee Member); Nash-Edgecombe Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights.Email: James Shields Livermon, III

RESIDENT ASSOCIATES

Jenny M. McKellar (Associate) born Ahoskie, North Carolina, November 14, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., with highest distinction, 2002; J.D., with high honors, 2005). Member: North Carolina Bar Association (District 7 Judicial District Representative, Young Lawyer Division); North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. Practice Areas: Litigation; Condemnation.Email: Jenny M. McKellar

Kristen D. Price (Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2008, North Carolina. Education: Miami University (B.A., cum laude, 2005); Wake Forest University (J.D., 2008). Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Section, Young Lawyers Division). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy.Email: Kristen D. Price

RESIDENT OF COUNSEL

Frank P. Meadows, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Macon, Georgia, December 20, 1927; admitted to bar, 1956, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina (B.S., 1949); University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A., 1951); Wake Forest College (J.D., 1956). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Tax Law), 1995-2009. Certified Public Accountant, North Carolina, 1950. Member: Nash-Edgecombe County Bar Association (President, 1988-1989). Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Taxation Law(40%); Estate Planning(30%); Corporate Law(20%); Probate Law(10%).Email: Frank P. Meadows, Jr.

Charles T. Lane (Of Counsel) born Bertie County, North Carolina, December 20, 1931; admitted to bar, 1956, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1954); Wake Forest Law School (J.D., 1956). Certified Mediator, North Carolina. Chairman, Committee on Law Office Economics, 1980, Section on Law Office Management, 1983-1984 and Member of Board of Governors, 1984-1987, North Carolina Bar Association. Practice Areas: Eminent Domain/Condemnation Law; Real Estate Law; Land Use Law; Arbitration and Mediation; Business and Banking Law.Email: Charles T. Lane

James T. Martin (Of Counsel) born Greensboro, North Carolina, March 23, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, North Carolina; 1970, Virginia. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1964; J.D., 1967). Member: Portsmouth Bar Association (President, 1991). Practice Areas: Foreclosures.Email: James T. Martin

Kim L. Bayless (Of Counsel) born Painesville, Ohio, June 20, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, North Carolina; 1978, Ohio. Education: Ohio University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1974); University of Toledo College of Law (J.D., 1977). Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Franchise Law.Email: Kim L. Bayless

All Attorneys are Members of The North Carolina State Bar and North Carolina Bar Association.