Together, our attorneys are active in broad areas of practice, with a focus on civil litigation, including commercial and real estate disputes and personal injury, community association law, real estate law, estate administration and disputes, and employment law. Our seasoned litigation attorneys have extensive trial experience in North Carolina’s state and federal courts.
Construction Litigation
Born High Point, North Carolina, July 29, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, North Carolina; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 1998, U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina; 2002, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina. Education: North Carolina State University (B.A., cum laude, 1980); Campbell University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Phi Kappa Phi; Delta Theta Phi. Recipient, Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Significant Legal Scholarship, 1983–1984; 1984–1985. Member, Campbell Law Review, 1983–1985. Articles Editor, Campbell Law Review, 1984-1985. Author: Note, “Edwards v. Arizona is Alive But Not Well in North Carolina,” 7 Campbell Law Review 51 (1984). Law Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge James C. Fox, Eastern District of North Carolina, 1985–1987. Research Assistant, North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions Committee-Criminal, 1983–1985. Member: New Hanover County and North Carolina Bar Associations; Fifth Judicial District Bar (President, 2001) and North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Estate Litigation/Caveats; Real Estate Litigation [More…]
Eminent Domain
Born Richmond, Virginia, March 10, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, North Carolina; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1985). Member: Holderness Moot Court Bench, 1984–1985. Member: New Hanover County, Fifth Judicial District, North Carolina (Member, Sections on: Litigation, Construction and Real Estate) and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; Community Association Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Homeowners Association Law; Community Association Law; Condominium Law; Planned Unit Development Law; Construction Law; Construction Litigation; Construction Liens; Mechanics Liens; Debtor and Creditor; Commercial Collections; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability; Real Estate Fraud; Real Estate Foreclosure; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate Tax Appeals; Real Estate Title Insurance; Eminent Domain; Condemnation; Estate Litigation; Contested Trusts and Estates; Caveats. [More…]
Bob’s law practice focuses on litigation with a primary emphasis on personal injury litigation, products liability and class actions. Bob provides a practice driven by a dedication to client’s service and significant experience in a courtroom. [More…]
In The Matter Of Frances Sorrentino Taylor, deceased contains a good discussion regarding the appropriate procedure for filing claims against an estate and also the deadlines that apply to such claims. In addition, the opinion discussed the authority of the Clerk of Court to determine the reasonableness of attorneys’ fees incurred in an estate administration context. This article discusses the Clerk’s authority to determine the
Trusts
Power of Attorney
This is similar to, but different from, those situations where an individual inadvertently establishes a joint account with right of survivorship with one of the individual’s beneficiaries rather than a personal agency (Power of Attorney) account. The individual’s intent is to authorize someone else to write checks on the account rather than to have the funds in the account pass to the surviving joint owner upon the individual’s death. Either of these scenarios contains the potential for a legal challenge to the validity of the joint account upon the individual’s death.