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Steve has been with the Van Winkle Law Firm since moving to Asheville in 1992. He currently serves as President of the Van Winkle Law Firm.  Steve's practice involves resolving disputes in a number of areas.  His caseload includes business disputes and matters in North Carolina's Business Court, will contests, trust and estate litigation and disputes, personal injury and wrongful death claims as well as claims related to fiduciary services. Steve is a certified mediator for Superior Court proceedings in North Carolina as well as for proceedings before Clerks of Court in North Carolina and mediates a wide variety of cases.  Steve serves as a member of arbitration panels and has also been trained in collaborative law, another form of alternative dispute resolution.

Rob joined the Van Winkle Law Firm in 2010, after practicing for five years in Washington, D.C. with the law firm WilmerHale. In Washington, Rob represented large and small clients in a variety of criminal and civil matters, from internal investigations to government inquiries, trials, and appeals. Before joining WilmerHale, Rob clerked for the Hon. Gerald B. Tjoflat, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Personal:. Kaitlin completed her undergraduate education at North Carolina State University in 2015 and then went on to Campbell University School of Law. Kaitlin graduated in 2018 from Campbell School of Law and was sworn into the North Carolina bar in September 2018.. Kaitlin was born in New York, raised in Georgia, and currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina with her husband and daughter.  When she isn’t working you can find Kaitlin spending time with her husband and fur children, hiking, fishing, kayaking, and exploring new places.. Professional:. Kaitlin serves family law clients in adoption, divorce, child custody, child custody modification, child support, child support modification, alimony and spousal support, and termination of parental rights matters.. Kaitlin also serves clients in a variety of general and insurance liability defense matters.. Kaitlin believes in aggressive and zealous advocacy for every client, regardless of what matter they need representation for.

Mike Wimer is a civil trial attorney and the firm’s chief legal strategist. He focuses his practice on complex trial matters with substantial issues of law, damages, and where large numbers of people are adversely affected. During his nearly three decades as a litigator, he has tried jury cases involving bad faith insurance claims, construction disputes, commercial contract cases, partnership disputes, employment law, personal injury, and many other areas of civil practice.. Mike has the stamina, fortitude and passion to stay the course in complex cases where the adversary is often a large corporation and a big law firm with unlimited resources. As proof, one of his class actions recently settled after almost eight years of litigation. It takes a unique law firm and a special breed of lawyer to pursue complex litigation against the nation’s largest corporations, banks, and other well-financed defendants. Mike is a tireless advocate and believes that absolute justice is the ultimate goal for every client, even if that means his firm may sometimes have to wait years to get paid for their legal work.. Mike enjoys supporting lawyers in other firms by co-venturing cases where there is a need for extra resources and special litigation experience. Solo practitioners and lawyers in other small firms have told us they would not have been able to accept some of their cases without being able to bring us on board. It is a great way for our firm to help other lawyers.

Julie graduated from Appalachian State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy. She received a Master of Arts degree in American History from Western Carolina University, and her Juris Doctor degree from Campbell University. While in law school, Julie was Notes & Comments Editor for the Campbell Law Review. Her article "Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Fringe Landowners Can't Get No Satisfaction; Is it Time to Re-Think Annexation Policy in North Carolina?" appeared in the Spring 2002 edition of the Campbell Law Review. She also traveled to Vienna, Austria when her team advanced in the Wilem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court competition. Julie was President of Women in Law, a member of the Lonestar Trial Team, and received several awards upon graduation, including one from the National Association of Women Lawyers.. Julie concentrates her practice on Workers' Compensation and Employment Law and has represented clients before the North Carolina Industrial Commission, in both Civil District and Superior Courts of North Carolina, the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, the EEOC and in Federal District Court. Julie is a member of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, North Carolina State Bar, North Carolina Bar Association, and Buncombe County Bar Association. Julie was the co- planner of the North Carolina Bar Association's annual Workers' Compensation Section Meeting and CLE for 2010 and 2011. She has presented at numerous seminars for safety managers, adjusters and paralegals on a variety of topics, including Ethics for North Carolina Adjusters, Retaliatory Discharge, Anatomy for Adjusters, Enforcement of Settlement Agreements, Handling a Workers' Compensation Claim, An Insider's View to North Carolina Workers' Compensation Reform, Discrimination in the Workplace and The Family Medical Leave Act.. Julie is licensed to appear in all of our state courts and the United States District Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of North Carolina. She has also been recognized as a "Rising Star" by her peers in the 2011, 2012, and 2013 North Carolina editions of Super Lawyers and in 2013 and 2014 she was listed in Best Lawyers in America for Workers’ Compensation-Employers. Julie was also named by Best Lawyers as its 2014 Asheville Workers' Compensation-Employers "Lawyer of the Year." Julie earned the highest (AV-Rated) ranking awarded by Martindale-Hubbell.

John recognizes that each case requires a specifically tailored approach to fit a client’s needs.  Whether that includes early resolution, or requires a more aggressive approach, John has the experience to call on in delivering results.  Drawing upon an appellate background, John brings an insider’s understanding to the appellate process and approaches legal matters with an eye toward navigating the long-term strategy.  In 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017, John was named to “North Carolina Rising Stars” by Super Lawyers and Thomson Reuters in the area of Civil Litigation Defense.. John practices primarily in the areas of liability defense and litigation.  John provides counsel to and litigates on behalf of a broad range of clients, including insurance companies, businesses, corporations, government entities, and individuals.  John has successfully litigated matters on behalf of his clients throughout North Carolina’s state and appellate courts.  He is licensed to practice in the state courts of North Carolina and Kentucky and before the Western and Middle Districts of North Carolina’s United States District courts.. Before joining Teague Campbell, John served as law clerk to the Deputy Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court.  John received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from North Carolina State University and his Juris Doctor from Appalachian School of Law in Virginia.  While in law school he was a member of the Natural Resources Law Journal and Phi Alpha Delta.

John is a litigation attorney focusing on environmental law, complex business litigation, governmental affairs, and public policy. John joined the firm in 2013, after serving for two years as law clerk to the Honorable Calvin E. Murphy on the North Carolina Business Court. Prior to his clerkship, John was a summer clerk to the Honorable Robert C. Hunter, Jr. on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and, before attending law school, worked for UNC President Erskine Bowles.. John has been involved in cases concerning a broad range of companies, from multi-billion dollar financial institutions, to small, closely-held family businesses. In his environmental practice, John has worked on Brownfields Redevelopment, permitting under the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act, nuisance actions, administrative rulemaking, oil and natural gas leasing, and energy performance contracting. While with the Business Court, John worked on cases involving shareholder rights disputes, corporate mergers and acquisitions, trade secrets, employment covenants, unfair and deceptive trade practices, international discovery, intellectual property disputes, and other business torts. John also has experience with government taxation of internet commerce, municipal negotiations and litigation over utility pole attachment rates, condemnation, and environmental sustainability.  John is also an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina Asheville where he teaches environmental law and regulation in the Masters of Liberal Arts and Sciences program.. John, a North Carolina native, serves the Asheville community as a volunteer domestic violence attorney with Pisgah Legal Services and is a member of UNC Asheville's National Alumni Council. John and his wife, Caroline, currently reside in Asheville.

I use the skills I honed though years of work as a litigator to help individuals and businesses obtain and protect their interests.  I grew up in Western North Carolina, and after college and law school commissioned in the United States Air Force as a Judge Advocate. There I began by helping Active Duty military and retirees deal with legal issues ranging from estate planning to landlord-tenant issues. However, due to my skills as a trial attorney, I was ultimately selected to become the lead prosecutor at the installation. After two years, I was selected to become 1 of only 82 defense attorneys in the Air Force. In that job, I was hand-selected for the toughest cases, defending military members in jury trials across the world and even going into Afghanistan during combat operations to defend Airmen at courts-martial. Rated one of the top defense attorneys in Europe, I was then selected to become one of only a few senior prosecutors in the military. However, I declined the offer because I wanted to take my passion for service and skills as an attorney to serve the people of my home in Western North Carolina.  Now, at McGuire, Wood & Bissette, I serve with attorneys who share that passion, and collaborate to ensure each client receives the absolute best representation.

I counsel clients on a wide range of administrative and litigation matters and work with various providers to address issues involving Medicaid. I defend clients in professional and medical malpractice and negligence claims and handle a variety of matters involving general liability, employment issues, governmental liability, and products liability. My experience includes obtaining successful results for physicians, skilled nursing care facilities, businesses, police officers, employers, and other licensed professionals.

I am an Asheville, North Carolina-based civil litigation attorney focusing on business law and complex civil litigation.  I have experience representing individuals and small businesses through catastrphic losses and major changes.  My areas of expertise include insurance, banking, and construction litigation.  Our firm is constantly working against the big insurance companies and big banks.  As a partner at a small firm, I will give your matter great attention and will always keep you apprised of your legal matters.. Proud to call Asheville home, I am a proud father of three children.  I am greatly excited about the prospect of both starting and finishing my career right here among the beautiful mountains in this fantastic city in Western North Carolina.

Happily practicing law in the North Carolina mountains, my practice primarily involves construction and real estate issues.  I represent a number of planned communities, condominiums and homeowners' associations.  A substantial portion of my practice involves the support of and representation of contractors and developers.  I also advise individuals who want to arrange for owner financing and am thouroughly familiar with foreclosure proceedings.. In my spare time, I enjoy vegetable gardening, collegiate sports and the beautiful blueridge mountains!

David practices in the area of business litigation, principally involving patent  infringement and antitrust matters.  Prior to joining Van Winkle, David practiced for eight years with a firm in South Carolina, also in the field of business litigation.  He has experience litigating in federal and state courts, and is licensed in both North Carolina and South Carolina.  David is admitted to practice in the Western and Middle Districts of North Carolina, as well as the District of South Carolina.. David’s educational background includes graduate work in statistics and in formal modeling of economic and political behavior, including collusive behavior by cartels.. In North Carolina, David practices primarily in the areas of intellectual property infringement and antitrust litigation.. David’s experience in South Carolina included representation of lenders in mortgage repurchase litigation and experience defending clients in bankruptcy adversary litigation brought by bankruptcy trustees.

Concentrating in health care and labor and employment law, Carolyn advises physicians, hospitals, long-term facilities and other health care entities on federal and state regulatory issues, fraud and abuse statutes, physician self-referral laws (Stark), HIPAA, structuring business ventures in compliance with government regulations, Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement, and compliance program management.  She also advises medical centers, government agencies as well as small family-owned businesses on general employment matters.  Carolyn represents health care providers before professional licensing boards and medical staff and peer review matters, reimbursement appeals, and business disputes. She advises providers in transactional and operational matters, such as the establishment of physician practices, the development of employment and shareholder agreements, and the structuring of compensation arrangements.

Carleton is an experienced trial and appellate litigator who represents businesses ranging from local enterprises to large national or multi-national companies. He appears regularly as lead or local counsel in federal court, North Carolina Business Court, and state court in cases involving commercial disputes, employment claims, and intellectual property.. Carleton also has significant experience in civil rights matters, having handled constitutional claims affecting freedom of speech, public employment, and due process.. As outside counsel for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, he has represented the Tribe on novel civil rights issues under federal and tribal law.. Carleton is admitted to practice before all Cherokee Tribal Courts and all state and federal courts in North Carolina. He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the Federal Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.. Since 2007, Carleton has chaired the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group

At Burt Langley, our goal is to provide excellent and responsive legal services in collaboration with our clients. We work as a team to help our clients meet their goals -- as the clients define them. We listen, work with you to develop a plan, and we communicate every step of the way. That means that we return phone calls, usually the same day, and you will receive copies of everything that happens on our case -- every email, every letter, every court filing. We don't ever want our clients to have to wonder what the status of their matter is.The firm's practice areas include business and contract-related litigation, estate litigation, and family law matters, as well as estate planning and estate administration.

April Burt is a partner of Burt Langley, PC practicing in the areas of estate administration and end-of-life planning. April strives to tackle these delicate and difficult topics with compassion and understanding for clients facing challenging decisions for individuals and families. She provides clarity on the law and its legal consequences and support through collaboration on finding the best plan for individual needs. The importance of family and relationships extends from April's commitment to her two beautiful daughters to helping you protect your family's best interest.