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MARSHALL A. GALLOP, JR.  
Tel: (252) 937-2200
Fax: (252) 937-8100

mgallop@bwsw.com


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 Universit
y 

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 the 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); North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; American Health Lawyers Association; past member Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee; past member General Assembly Civil Procedure Study Commission 

Areas of Practice: Insurance Law, Mediation and Arbitration, Healthcare Law

Civic Activities: Member (former Vestry Member) St. Andrews Episcopal Church


G. VINCENT DURHAM, JR.
Tel: (252) 937-2200
Fax: (252) 937-8100

vdurham@bwsw.com

Education: J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law (Wake Forest Law Review), 1976; B.A., 1973, University of North Car+-olina; Law Clerk, Judge David M. Britt, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1976. 

Licensed: Admitted to Bar 1976, State of North Carolina; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit

Memberships: Member of American and North Carolina Bar Association, Past Council Member of General Practice Section of North Carolina Bar Association

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; Nash Community College Foundation (Past Chairman); Benvenue Country Club (Past President)


JOSEPH NEWTON CALLAWAY
Tel: (252) 937-2200
Fax: (252) 937-810
0


jcallaway@bwsw.com


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; the United 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 Creditor Committee; Section Secretary (two terms), Chairman, Legistlative committee; Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law; selected for North Carolina Super Lawyers and Business Elite

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 assets recovery; Chapter 11 reorganization and complex commercial litigation in all North Carolina state and federal courts


RANDALL B. PRIDGEN
Tel:(252) 937-2200 
Fax: (252) 937-8100 


rpridgen@bwsw.com


Education: J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law; 1983; BA, University of North Carolina, 1979

Licensed: Admitted to Bar 1983, State of North Carolina

Memberships: Phi Beta Kappa; North Carolina Bar Association, 1983; American Bar Association; Business Law Section

Areas of Practice: Commercial Transactions and Business organizations; Estate Planning and Administration; Agricultural Law; Health Law

Civic Activities
:
Nash County Planning Board, Chairman; Councilor, NC State Bar


M. GREG CRUMPLER
Tel: (252) 937-2200
Fax: (252) 937-8100


gcrumpler@bwsw.com
 

Education: Campbell University School of Law J. D. (Cum Laude) 1984; Honors and Activities: Phi Alpha Delta; Board of Editors, Member, Campbell Law Review 1982-1984 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
(1984-1985); Law Clerk to Justice Louis B. Meyer, North Carolina Supreme Court (1985-1986)

Memberships: Member of American and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (Board of Directors, 2006-2009); Officer with Young Lawyers Division and Litigation Section of North Carolina Bar Association

Areas of Practice: Appellate Practice, Civil Litigation, Workers' Compensation


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W. DUDLEY WHITLEY, III 
Tel: (252) 937-2200
Fax: (252) 937-8100


dwhitley@bwsw.com


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: Past President, Rocky Mount Rotary; Deacon, First Presbyterian Church; Nash-Rocky Mount Schools Volunteers; City of Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation Volunteer; Vice President Covenant Homes Board of Directors


CURTIS L. BENTZ
Tel: (252) 937-2200
Fax: (252) 937-8100

cbentz@bwsw.com

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
Tel:(252) 937-2200
Fax: (252) 937-4690


jparrott@bwsw.com

Education: J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law (with Honors, Holderness
Moot Court), 1992; B
A, University of North Carolina, 1989.

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 
Associations; Real Property Section of North Carolina Bar Association

Areas of Practice: Residential and Commercial Real Estate; Business Transactions; General and Corporate Law; Commercial Financing; Foreclosures.

Civic ActivitiesPresident, Benvenue Courntry Club 2008-2011; Board Member, Nash Community College Foundation; Board of Directors; Former Board Member and Chairman of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Nash and Edgecombe Counties; Vice-President, Rocky Mount Area Habitat for Humanity 2010-2013; Tar River Civic Club; First United Methodist Church


KATHERINE WIGGINS
FISHER


Tel: (252) 937-2200
Fax: (252) 937-8100


kfisher@bwsw.com

Education: J.D., Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University 1992;
B.A., University of North Carolina 198
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Licensed: Admitted to North Carolina State Bar, 1992; United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1992; United States District Court for Eastern District of NC, 2002.

Memberships:  Member of American, North Carolina and Seventh Judicial District Bar Associations; Secretary for NCBA Family Law Section 2004 to 2011; NCBA Family Law Council Member 2005-2008 and for 2011/2012 three year term; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; former member of Guilford Inn of Court; 18th Judicial District and High Point Bar Associations; former Treasurer of 18th Judicial District

Areas of Practice:
Family Law; general civil litigation (federal and state)

Civic Activities
:
Member of Board of Trustees of Nash Community College 2006 to present; Member of Board of Meals on Wheels of Rocky Mount 2005 to present; sustaining member of Junior Guild of Rocky Mount; Member, past Deacon (secretary of Board) and former Senior High Youth Advisor at First Presbyterian Church in Rocky Mount; former memberships/volunteer: Tar River Civic Club, Nash-Rocky Mount Communities in Schools, Lucy Ann Brewer Boys & Girls Club; former member and Board member of High Point Kiwanis A.M., Club, High Point Junior League.


SCOTT MCKELLAR
Tel:(252) 937-2200 
Fax: (252) 937-8100

smckellar@bwsw.com

Education:  J. D, University of North Carolina School of Law, 2001;  BA (With Distinction) University of North Carolina, 1997

Licensed:
  Admitted to North Carolina Bar in August, 2001; Licensed in North Carolina, and before the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 

Memberships:  North Carolina Bar Association (Bankruptcy and Construction Law Sections); American Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute

Areas of Practice: Bankruptcy, with emphasis on creditor's rights and Chapter 7 Trustee representation in all matters; Business and Commercial Litigation, with emphasis on construction law and materialman's liens, landlord/tenant litigation, collections and foreclosures

Civic Activies
: Leadership Rocky Mount; Good Shepherd Episcopal Church (Finance Committee); City of Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation Volunteer Baseball Coach



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DAVID W. GREEN
Tel: (252) 937-2200
Fax: (252) 937-8100


dgreen@bwsw.com

Education: J.D.,University of North Carolina School of Law, 2005; B.A.,North Carolina State University, (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi) 2002

Licensed: Admitted to North Carolina Bar 2005

Membership: Member of American and North Carolina Bar Associations

Areas of Practice: Commercial Real Estate Transactions, Business Transactions and Organization; Business Law; Local Grovernment Law.

Civic Activies: Nash-Rocky Mount Rotary Club (Membership Chair 2008 and 2009; Secretary 2010; President-Elect for 2012) and United Way Tar River Region (Board of Directors 2010-2012, Governance Committee and Executive Committee)



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MARLO RICKS
Tel: (252) 937-2200
Fax: (252) 937-8100


mricks@bwsw.com

Education: J. D. Campbell University School of Law, 2009;
B.A., University of North Carolina, 2005.

Licensed Admitted to North Carolina Bar in 2009; Licensed in North Carolina and admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Membership:  Member of American and North Carolina Bar Associations.
 
Areas of Practice: Bankruptcy and C
ivil Litigatrion.

Civic Activities: Leadership Rocky Mount (2010); Junior Guild of Rocky Mount

 


 

PAULA

PAULA SHEARON
Tel: (252) 937-2200
Fax: (252) 937-8100


pshearon@bwsw.com

 

Education: J.D. Campbell University School of Law, 2010; B.S. Barton College, (Magna Cum Laude) 2006.

Licensed:  Admitted to North Carolina Bar 2010; Licensed in North Carolina and admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Membership Member of American and North Carolina Bar Associations.
 

Areas of Practice: Bankruptcy and Civil Litigation

 

 





Sam S Woodley, Jr

SAMUEL S.
WOODLEY, JR

Tel: (252) 937-2200
Fax: (252) 937-8100

swoodley@bwsw.com

OF COUNSEL

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 

Current and Former 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; NC Board of Law Examinters 2004
-Present

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.

Tel: (252) 937-2200
Fax: (252) 937-8100

lhenderson@bwsw.com

 

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 North Carolina and Federal courts and the Internal Revenue Service.

Memberships: Member of
North Carolina and Nash-Edgecombe (past President) Bar Associations

Areas of Practice: Commercial Business Transactions, Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Litigation, Estates, Wills 

Civic Activities: American Lung Association (Past Director), 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 (Chairman of the Diaconate, Sunday School Teacher.

 


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