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J. BRIAN SCOTT |
Education:
LL.B., Wake Forest Law School 1951.
Graduated with Honors, Phi Alpha Delta Licensed: Admitted to Bar 1951 Memberships: Past President of both Wake Forest Law Alumni Association and Nash-Edgecombe Bar Association. Former Vice-President, North Carolina Bar Association, Member of American College of Trial Lawyers, International Association of Defense Counsel, North Carolina Association of Defense Counsel, North Carolina and American Bar Associations. Lecturer at various professional seminars on trial practice Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation - Auto, Products, Premises, Construction, Insurance and Commercial; Estates Civic Activities: Vice-Chairman Crisis Ministries; Board of Trustees, Campbell University; Past President and Member of Rocky Mount Junior Chamber of Commerce; Rocky Mount-Nash County Chapter of American Red Cross (Chairman); Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce; Board of Advisors,Salvation Army; Boy Scouts; United Fund; former Chairman, North Carolina State Board of Elections; former member and Vice-Chairman, Rocky Mount City School Board; Retired Director and member of Executive Committee, Planters National Bank & Trust Company, Rocky Mount; member and former Chairman of Board of Deacons, Lakeside Baptist Church |
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SAMUEL S. WOODLEY, JR
Tel: (252) 937-2200 Fax: (252) 937-8100 |
Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1961; J.D.,
with honors, 1963). Order
of the Coif. Member Board of Editors, University of North Carolina
Law Review, 1962-1963
Licensed: Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1963;
Admitted to Practice in all United States District Courts in North Carolina
and United States 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Memberships: North Carolina and American Bar Associations; Defense Research
Institute (State Representative 2000-2001); North Carolina Association
of Defense Attorneys (President, 1977-1998); The North Carolina State
Bar Ethics Committee, 1995-2000 Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation in Motor Vehicle, Insurance, Personal
Injury, Product, and Premises Liability.
Court Approved Mediator Civic Activities: Rocky Mount Jaycees 1966-1975; Active in St. Andrews
Episcopal Church Choir 20 years; Three terms on Vestry at St. Andrews
Episcopal Church; served on Board of Directors of the Friends of Elizabeth
II, Manteo, N.C.; served on Legislation Committee of Rocky Mount Area
Chamber of Commerce; Englewood Elementary School Parent-Teachers Association
(Past President); PAGE (Parents for Advancement of Gifted Education) (Past
President) |
LEON HENDERSON, JR. |
Education: J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law,1964;
Honors and Activities: Graduated with Honors, full-tuition Babcock
Scholarship, American Jurisprudence Book Awards, Scholastic Honors
List for 4 Semesters, Member of Phi Alpha Delta; B.S. in Engineering
Mathematics, North Carolina State University, 1960 Licensed: Admitted to NC Bar 1964, United States District
Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina and all North Carolina State Courts; 7th
Judicial District, Senior Resident Superior Court Judge, 1989-1990. Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and the North Carolina Supreme Court in addition to other Memberships: Member of American, North Carolina and Nash-Edgecombe (past
President) Bar Associations Areas of Practice: Commercial Business Transactions, Commercial Real
Estate, Commercial Litigation, Estates Civic Activities: American Lung Association (Past Director), Kiwanis Club, Meals on Wheels (Past Director), United Way, March of Dimes Campaign Chairman, Red Cross, Kiwanis Club (Past President), Nash County Board of Elections, Benvenue Country Club (Board of Governors), School Tutor, Habitat for Humanities (Director), Chamber of Commerce (Small Business Committee);; Member: Lakeside Baptist Church |
MARSHALL A. GALLOP, JR.
Tel: (252) 937-2200 Fax: (252) 937-8100 |
Education:
L.L.M., Boston University Law School, 1977; J.D., Suffolk University
Law School, 1976 (Magna Cum Laude, Law Review); Ph.D. 1971, M.S.
1969, B.S. Electrical Engineering 1967, Duke University Licensed: Admitted to Bar 1975, State of North Carolina, United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, the United States Court of Appeals for 4th Circuit, and the United States Surpreme Court; Certified Superior Court Mediator Memberships: Member of American and North Carolina Bar Associations;
(Past Member Board of Governors, Past Member Executive Committee of Board
of Governors, Past Chair Litigation Section, Past Chair Civil Practice,
Procedure and Evidence Committee); Board of Directors North Carolina Association
of Defense Attorneys; Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee;
General Assembly Civil Procedure Study Commission Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation and Insurance Law, Mediation and
Abritration Civic Activities: Member (former Vestry Member) St. Andrews Episcopal Church; Co-Chairman Inland Regional Advisory Committee, NC Marine Fisheries Commission |
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Education: J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law (Wake
Forest Law Review), 1976; B.A., 1973,
University of North Carolina; Law Clerk, Judge David M. Britt,
North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1976. Licensed: Admitted to Bar 1976; U.S. District Court for Eastern
District and United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Memberships: Member of American and North Carolina Bar Association, North
Carolina Association of Defense Counsel Areas of Practice: Commercial Real Estate and Business Transactions,
Local Government Law, Business Litigation, Nash County Attorney (1991
to date) Civic Activities: Elder, First Presbyterian Church; Tar River Kiwanis
Club (Past President); Past Director of United Way, Red Cross, Christian
Fellowship Homes, Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce, Braswell Memorial
Library,1996-2001; Nash Community College Foundation (Past Chairman);
Benvenue Country Club (Past President); Past Council Member of General
Practice Section of North Carolina Bar Association |
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Education: J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law, 1983; B. A. University of North Carolina 1980 Licensed: Admitted to Bar 1983; Licensed in North Carolina and before the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina; the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit; theUnited States Tax Court; and the United States Supreme Court Memberships: American and North Carolina Bar Associations; Meritas Law Affiliates; American Bankruptcy Institute; National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees; Panel of Chapter 7 Trustees for U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, 1991 to present; Offices with Bankruptcy Section of North Carolina Bar Association: Chairman, Secured Creidtor Committee; Section Secretary (two terms), Chairman, Legistlative committee; Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law. Areas of Practice: Bankruptcy, with emphasis on secured creditor, Chapter 11 creditor committee,and Chapter 7 trustee representation in all matters; bankruptcy fraud and hidden asset schemes; limited Chapter 11 and complex commercial litigation in all North Carolina state and federal courts |
RANDALL
B. PRIDGEN |
Education: J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law; 1983; BA, Universityof North Carolina, 1979 Licensed: North Carolina Bar Association, 1983; American Bar Association; Business Law Section Memberships: Phi Beta Kappa Areas
of Practice:
CommercialTransactions and Business organizations; Estate Planning and
Administration |
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Education: Campbell University School of Law Juris Doctor (Cum Laude) 1984; Honors and Activities: Phi Alpha Delta; Board of Editors, Member, Campbell Law Review 1983-84; University of North Carolina, B. A. (With Honors) 1981 Licensed: Admitted to Bar 1984; Licensed in North Carolina and admitted to practice before the US District Court for the eastern District of North Carolina and the US court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Clerkships: Law
Clerk to Justice Burley B. Mitchell, Jr., North Carolina Supreme Court Memberships: Member of American and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; Officer with Young Lawyers Division and Litigation Section of North Carolina Bar Association Areas of Practice: Appellate Practice, Civil Litigation, Workers' Compensation |
W.
DUDLEY WHITLEY, III
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Education: J.D. Campbell University School of Law 1986; B.A.
North Carolina State University, 1983 Licensed: State of North Carolina; United States Federal
Court (and Bankruptcy Court) for the Eastern and Middle Districts of North
Carolina; US Supreme Court Memberships: American and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina
Association of Defense Attorneys; Defense Research Institute Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation, Collections, Bankruptcy Civic Activities: President, Rocky Mount Rotary; Deacon, First Presbyterian Church; Cities in Schools Volunteer; Nash-Rocky Mount Schools Volunteer, City of Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation Volunteer |
CURTIS L. BENTZ
Tel: (252) 937-2200 Fax: (252) 937-8100 |
Education: LL.M in Labor Law, George Washington University
(with Highest Honors) 1982; J.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1976;
B.S., United States Air Force Academy, 1972 Licensed: Admitted to Supreme Court of Ohio 1976; United
States Court of Military Appeals 1976; Admitted North Carolina Bar, 1993;
4th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1993; Eastern District of North Carolina;
10th Circuit Court of Appeals (1982) Memberships: NC Association of Defense Attorneys; American, North Carolina
and Nash-Edgecombe Bar Associations; LT. COL (USAF, Ret.) Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment Law Civic Activities: Nash Community College adjunct professor; Nash Community College Criminal Justice Advisory Committee |
JACOB R.
PARROTT III |
Education:
J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law (with Honors, Holderness
Licensed: Admitted to Bar 1992, Admitted to Practice in the United States District Court for Eastern District of North Carolina 1993 Memberships: Member
of American, North Carolina and Nash-Edgecombe Bar Areas
of Practice: Residential and Commercial Real
Estate; Business Transactions; General Civic Activities: Board member of Edgecombe-Nash Mental Health Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services, Benvenue Courntry Club, Board of Directors; Former Board Member and Chairman of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Nash and Edgecombe Counties; Tar River Kiwanis Club; First United Methodist Church. |
KATHERINE
WIGGINS |
Education: JD, Campbell University School of Law, 1992; B.A., University of North Carolina 1989 Licensed: Admitted to bar 1992; United States District Court for Middle District of North Carolina, 1992; United States District Court for Eastern District of NC, 2002 Memberships: North Carolina and Nash-Edgecombe Bar Associations; Member
Family Law Section of the NC Bar Association; North Carolina Academy
of Trial Lawyers; Guilford Inn of Court associate member 1996-1999; Member
of High Point Bar Association, 1992-1999; Treasurer of the 18th Judicial
District Bar, 1998-February, 1999
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A.
SCOTT
MCKELLAR |
Education:
JD, University of North Carolina School of Law, 2001; BA (With
Distinction) University of North Carolina, 1997 Areas of Practice: Bankruptcy,
with emphasis on secured creditor; Commercial
and Insurance Defense Litigation; Collections |
EILEEN M. BORNSTEIN |
Licensed: Admitted to North Carolina Bar 2002 Memberships: Member of American and North Carolina Bar Associations Areas of Practice: Bankruptcy; Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Debtor and Creditor
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DAVID W. GREEN |
Licensed: Admitted to North Carolina Bar 2005 Memberships: Member of American and, North Carolina Bar Associations Areas of Practice: Commercial and Residential Real Estate; Business Law; Local Government |
OF COUNSEL |
THOMAS
L. YOUNG
Tel:(252) 937-2200 Fax: (252) 937-8100
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Education:
J.D., University of North Carolina
School of Law, Order of Coif, 1954; B.S University of North Carolina
1952 Areas of Practice: Health
Care Law; Corporate Law; Administrative Law; Real Estate Development and
Financing |
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THOMAS
G. DILL |
Education: J.D.,
University of North Carolina School of Law, 1947; BA, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1943, Phi Beta Kappa Memberships: Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon, North Carolina Bar Association; Nash-Edgecombe Bar (President 1959); Seventh Judicial District Bar (President 1965); North Carolina State Bar Areas of Practice: Wills,
Probate Law, Business Law, Corporate Law and Commercial Real Estate Military: Lieutenant (jg) United States Navy, Ret., 1943- 1946, Pacific Theatre, World War II |
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