About
I am an ordeal attorney, and give attention to commercial trials and arbitrations, with a unique awareness in construction and securities topics. After regulation college, I clerked for a U.S. District Judge, and have been engaged in trial practice on the grounds that 1983. I practiced in massive regional and country wide firms till 2000, at which era my companion and I formed our litigation company. I have attempted, arbitrated and mediated hundreds of cases. I am licensed to exercise law in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and California.
Location
Legal Issues
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Health Care Law
- Stockbroker & Investment Fraud
- Securities Law
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Costs
- Free Consultation
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Conditional Fees
My hourly rate is currently $410/hr.
Certificates
Board Certified Specialist in Business Litigation Law
Florida State Bar
Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy
National Board of Trial Advocacy
Florida State Bar
Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy
National Board of Trial Advocacy
Languages
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions
North Carolina
Since 1979
Eastern District of NC
Since 1980
Federal Circuit
Since 1998
Florida
Since 2011
Middle District of NC
Since 1979
U.S. Tax Court
Since 2011
South Carolina
Since 2017
U.S. Supreme Court
Since 2016
4th Circuit
Since 1986
Western District of NC
Since 1980
California
Since 2016
Experience
- adjunct professor
Wake Forest University School of Law
2016 - adjunct professor
Campbell University School of Law
2011 - Partner
Penry Riemann, PLLC
2001 - Partner
Ellis & Winters
2000 - Partner
Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore
1996 - Counsel
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton
1994 - Partner
Petree Stockton & Robinson
1986 - Associate
Tharrington Smith & Hargrove
1983 - judicial law clerk
US District Judge James C. Fox
1982
US District Court, EDNC
1980- in house attorney
Jefferson-Pilot Corporation
1979
Educations
Wake Forest University School of Law
J.D. (1979) Graduation year:
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
B.A. (1976) Graduation year:
