Family Law

• Divorce
  Linda also handles military divorce cases and retirement account and pension division orders. She prepares premarital, post-marital and separation agreements, cohabitation agreements, assists with adoptions and name changes, and litigates all family law issues. Linda is also a North Carolina Certified Family Financial Mediator and was trained in collaborative family law in 2002 and 2018.
• Child Support
  The N.C. Child Support Guidelines are used to determine a parent’s child support obligations for any case brought into court.  The Guidelines are intended to provide a standard and efficient…
• Child Custody and Visitation
  Linda is a North Carolina Certified Family Law Specialist focusing her practice exclusively on family law, including divorce, child support, child custody, equitable distribution, alimony, and enforcement of orders.
• Adoption
• Paternity
  We offer family law legal services such as preparing premarital agreements (also known as prenuptial agreements), post-marital agreements, and separation and property settlement agreements. Our attorneys can help you settle your family law disputes without litigation, through the collaborative divorce process and mediation.  When disputes cannot be worked out agreement, we represent clients in court actions in New Hanover, Pender and Brunswick Counties. Court actions include divorce, annulment, child custody, child support, postseparation support, alimony, equitable distribution, and enforcement of orders and agreements. We also prepare pension and retirement account division orders.  In addition, we help clients with name changes, adoptions, paternity actions, legitimations, incompetency and guardianship proceedings, and cases involving allegations by the Department of Social Services of child abuse, neglect and dependency.  When parents cannot communicate and cooperate with each other, we have an experienced parenting coordinator who can help parents raise a child with less strife and acrimony.
• Premarital Agreement
  Brittany is a North Carolina Certified Family Law Specialist and exclusively handles family law matters such as child custody, child support, equitable distribution, alimony, divorce, separation agreements, premarital agreements, cases involving the Department of Social Services, and contempt proceedings.
• Guardianship
  Ms. Getty accepted an appointment by the State to act as interim guardian for my grandmother. This is/was a difficult time for my parents and I, having to experience a loved ones declining health together with dementia. My grandmother had two strokes within a month of each other and it was determined that she required 24/7 medical treatment permanently. The legal battle ensued between a family member and her boyfriend attempting to remove her from the nursing home against medical advice. Ms. Getty was a Godsend to our family. She provided expert legal advice and representation but more importantly, she provided support and compassion. She not only won our case for my permanent guardianship for my grandmother, she went a step further and obtained a protective order for my grandmother to keep anyone from removing her from the nursing home illegally. Ms. Getty genuinely cares for her clients, which is a rare find. I highly recommend Ms. Getty for your legal needs.
• Spousal Support
  Jamie practices in the area of family law; including divorce, equitable distribution, alimony, child support and child custody. She prepares pre-marital agreements and separation agreements, assists with adoptions and name changes, and litigates all family law issues. She also provides representation to those involved in incompetency and guardianship proceedings and child abuse and neglect cases involving the Department of Social Services.
• Annulment
• Child Abuse

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Jeff focuses his practice on commercial and residential real estate (acquisition and development), zoning and land use planning and development, business, commercial and corporate law.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Our attorneys can also help your business grow or close, assisting with the sale of your business interests, transfer of stock or membership interests, and asset or stock purchases.  In addition, we offer business succession planning so that your business can continue to function after the death of a business owner or be transferred in a manner most advantageous to your estate.
• Business Disputes
  Nate focuses his practice on commercial and residential real estate (acquisition and development), business law, estate planning and estate administration.
• Business Transactions
  Our attorneys are available to assist clients in both residential and commercial transactions, development, and litigation, as well as representing HOA boards on various ongoing issues.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Dickson is a business lawyer with over 30 years of experience, and focuses on corporate and real estate law, including business transactions and commercial real estate transactions as well as general corporate representation of closely held businesses and business owners, and disputes among business owners and between businesses. Dickson also represents financial institutions and borrowers in loans and loan workouts, and assists nonprofit organizations with formation and corporate governance.
• Construction Litigation
  Dan focuses his practice on the areas of construction litigation, commercial litigation, and maritime law, as well as personal injury and property damage claims. He has significant experience in business tort litigation including prosecution and defense of claims for breach of fiduciary duties, unfair and deceptive trade practices and constructive fraud. He has handled numerous cases before the North Carolina Business Court. His practice also includes arbitration.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Our attorneys can assist with all aspects of the process, including publishing the required notices, dealing with grieving family members and other heirs, assisting with creditor settlements and payment, payment of expenses, reimbursements, and commissions, and distribution of assets, including real estate transactions and business interests, and making sure the decedent’s wishes are followed.  If there is a challenge or problem that arises during the administration of the estate, we can also assist with resolving issues with the Clerk (such as filing motions to extend time to file) and with any necessary hearings.  We take the process seriously for each estate so that the personal representative can administer the estate with the least stress possible.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  With extensive experience in all areas of real property law, our team of attorneys assist clients with the simple (closing a real property sale) to the complicated (developing a commercial property from start to finish).  We can assist with drafting and reviewing documents, required recordings, negotiation and assistance with planning and zoning boards, financing, and leasing to tenants once the project is complete.  Examples of our services, though certainly not exclusive, are...
• Property Damage

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Chris focuses his practice on litigation, including civil, commercial, construction, real estate and trust/estate litigation. Chris also handles construction and community associations legal matters. He represents injured parties in cases related to products liability and personal injury.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Colin has a unique blend of litigation, real estate, and land use experience, he concentrates his practice on representing clients in complex business, financial, employment, trust and estate, real estate, and land use litigation. In addition, Colin represents energy and utility companies, developers, builders, property owners, and local governments in land use, permitting, and municipal law matters. He regularly appears in State and Federal Court, as well as before City Councils, Planning Commissions, and Boards of Adjustment related to site plans, subdivisions, annexations, text amendments, code interpretations, rezoning and special use permits.
• Wills
  When it comes to estate planning, many people are confused about their options. Most people understand wills, and many understand trusts, but what about powers of attorney, living wills and…
• Trusts
  Many people have estate plans that include trusts. Most are traditional revocable or irrevocable trusts that guide a trustee in making distributions of the grantor’s property, usually after death. Trusts…
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Foreclosure
• Tax Law
  Assisting clients with tax planning, along with beneficiary designations, charitable planning, gift giving, and real estate issues.