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Nancy Walker is currently Of Counsel with the law firm of Tin Fulton Walker & Owen, PLLC in Charlotte, NC. She is certified as a Superior Court Mediator. Prior to her mediation practice, she was a skilled litigator with over 25 years of experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts. Ms. Walker’s practice areas included personal injury litigation, insurance coverage disputes, business litigation and criminal defense. Ms. Walker has successfully tried over 100 jury trials in courts throughout North Carolina and has argued cases in appellate court. She also has negotiated numerous large settlements for clients before having to proceed to court. She has been recognized by her peers as a “Legal Elite” by Business North Carolina and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Mecklenburg County Bar.. Ms. Walker is a graduate of Wake Forest University and Wake Forest University School of Law. While in law school, Ms. Walker was a member of the Wake Forest Law Review, serving as its Business Editor in 1987-1988. She was also elected by her classmates to serve on the Law School Honor Council. Since her graduation in 1988, Ms. Walker has been admitted to practice in North Carolina State Courts, U.S. District Courts of North Carolina for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts and in the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Michael was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. Michael graduated from Providence Senior High, and went on to graduate summa cum laude from The University of Alabama with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science, along with minors in History and Spanish. Subsequently, Michael earned his Juris Doctor from Charlotte School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude. While in law school, Michael worked as a law clerk for Dummit Fradin, in addition to serving as a Civil Procedure teaching assistant for Professors Meredith Jeffries and Colin Stockton. Additionally, while in law school, Michael was a member of the Order of the Crown Honor Society, and he also served as President of Phi Delta Phi legal honor society.. Currently, Michael’s professional focus is litigation, where he utilizes his competitive drive and relentless preparation to advocate for his clients. Michael has a keen interest and respect for the Constitution, and the values and principles it promotes. Michael diligently strives to not only exceed his clients’ goals and expectations, but to do so in an efficient and professional manner. As a native of Charlotte, Michael has a profound sense of pride and passion in the Charlotte community. In his free time, Michael enjoys a myriad of sports and outdoor activities. Michael is an ardent supporter of the Alabama Crimson Tide, Carolina Panthers, and Charlotte Hornets.

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Jim Hickmon is certified by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization as a Board Certified Legal Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law and is a Certified Financial Planner®. In addition to Super Lawyers, he is recognized through peer review by Martindale Hubbell as an AV Preeminent Peer Rated Lawyer and at Business North Carolina Legal Elite. He serves as an adjunct professor of law at Wake Forest University teaching Wealth Transfer and Fiduciary Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates to upper-level law students. Jim is admitted to practice before the State Bars of North Carolina and Virginia.Jim is passionate about protecting family and closely held business owners through succession planning that protects family assets after the owner’s death keeping family businesses within families. He has counseled families with businesses across a spectrum of industries, from farming to real estate development and trucking to software engineering. He is the author of numerous articles surrounding this subject focusing on wealth transfer, tax, probate, and fiduciary responsibility. Jim’s work is published in both regional and national publications, including the Bureau of National Affairs’ Tax Management and Compensation Planning Journal. He is a contributing author to the North Carolina Bar Association’s Estate Administration Manual and Fiduciary Litigation holds an undergraduate degree in finance from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, an MBA from East Carolina University and his law degree from the Wake Forest University School of Law.. Jim has involved himself in a number of charitable and community service organizations at the local, state, and national levels.  He was selected by his fellow members of the Bar as a member of Business North Carolina magazine’s Legal Elite in the field of Tax and Estate Planning Law for 2010 and 2012. He is a member of the Charlotte chapter of the Financial Planning Association and the Charlotte Estate Planning Council.

Fred DeVore is a native Charlottean. He graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 1975 and received a Masters Degree in Communication from Chapel Hill in 1977. After teaching in the College of Business at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for three years, he attended Wake Forest Law School, where he graduated in 1982. He passed the North Carolina State Bar the same year. While in law school, Fred was elected Chief Justice of the Wake Forest Moot Court and competed in various moot court competitions. For three years following law school, Fred taught business law at UNC-Charlotte while maintaining his law practice.. His early practice involved a wide range of cases, including capital murder trials and death penalty appeals. However, in the past fifteen years, Fred has limited his practice to civil litigation in the area of catastrophic injury, wrongful death, construction litigation, insurance bad faith, contract litigation and condemnation law. He has handled more than 40 appellate matters in the North Carolina Court of Appeals, North Carolina Supreme Court and the United States Fourth Circuit and is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court.Fred has been published in the Wake Forest and South Carolina Law Reviews. He has also written featured articles in several magazines, including Trial Brief, which is published by the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education seminars on issues ranging from construction defects to insurance bad faith. He has previously been invited to speak as part of the faculty at the annual judges' school for North Carolina judges. He is the past vice-president of the Bobbitt Inns of Court, an organization dedicated to training young lawyers on trial techniques. He  has lectured at the national convention on construction defects for the American Association of Justice. In 2008, Fred was selected as a Super Lawyer by a national organization that bestows the honor on only 5% of lawyers nationally. Fred has maintained an AV rating by Martindale Hubbell for over ten years. Martindale Hubbell is a national attorney reference and rating source and an AV rating indicates superior trial ability and the highest ethical rating possible.Fred is well known for his use of technology in the courtroom, having conducted a number of “paperless trials” with several resulting verdicts in excess of a million dollars.Fred has tried or settled many matters in excess of a million dollars and in 2006, he and his partner, Troy Stafford, obtained a settlement of over ten million dollars for an injured client. In 2013 Fred obtained a 1.5 million dollar insurance bad faith verdict, and together with another firm, received a jury verdict of 6 million dollars in a wrongful death action.Fred and his partner, Bill Acton, have practiced together for over 30 years. Bill has been certified by the state bar as a specialist in the area of workers compensation. Fred is married to Amy DeVore and together they have six children. Fred’s daughter, Julie, lives in New York City where she works backstage in various Broadway productions. His youngest son, Stephen attends the University of Georgia. Mallory Hankins attends the University of South Carolina.  Maggie Hankins is enrolled at UNC-Wilmington, and Emma Hankins attends Providence High School in Charlotte.Fred's oldest child, Will DeVore, was in the inaugural class of Elon Law School and is an associate in the firm along with Derek Adler. Will and his wife, Jessica, have given Fred two grandchildren, Hartman and Grayson DeVore. Fred is a member of Matthews United Methodist Church, where he has taught adult Sunday School for over 30 years.Three certified paralegals, Renee Robinson, Connie Hunter and Susie Baker, all assist Fred in his practice. All of whom have worked with him for more than ten years. Their commitment to each case endears them to our clients who appreciate their efficiency, knowledge and professionalism.

Caitlin’s practice centers generally on civil litigation, with an emphasis on ERISA litigation. She is committed to assisting individuals secure the benefits that they have earned. Caitlin handles long and short-term disability insurance claims, health benefit coverage denial claims, life insurance claims, accidental death and dismemberment claims, retirement and pension benefit claims, and other employee benefit matters. She assists individuals at every stage of the claims and appeals process, including the administrative appeal level, as well as the district and appellate court level.. Prior to joining Essex Richards, Caitlin attended Wake Forest University School of Law. While in law school, she worked as a teaching assistant for both the legal writing program and the LL.M. degree program. Caitlin also attended East Carolina University, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in English, a minor in journalism, and a certificate in technical and professional writing.

Bar Admissions include:. North Carolina 1991,U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals - 4th Circuit. I am passionate about helping others both in my practice and personal life.  I am the immediate past President and current board member of the Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte, North Carolina and a previous board member of the Mecklenburg County DARE program.

As the founding attorney at Charlotte’s Price, Petho & Anderson, Mr. Price has spent decades protecting the rights and interests of Mecklenburg County residents. His experience practicing law in the fields of personal injury, wrongful death, and medical malpractice make him a strong asset to cases bringing suit against businesses whose unlawful practices have resulted in life-altering consequences to victims. Having spent years working on behalf of an insurance company, Mr. Price understands how they fight for their interests, and can employ the best strategies when fighting to obtain compensation for his clients.

Experienced Insurance attorney serving clients in Charlotte and surrounding areas.

Experienced Insurance attorney serving clients in Charlotte and surrounding areas.

Experienced Insurance attorney serving clients in Charlotte and surrounding areas.

Experienced Insurance attorney serving clients in Charlotte and surrounding areas.

Experienced Insurance attorney serving clients in Charlotte and surrounding areas.

Experienced Insurance attorney serving clients in Charlotte and surrounding areas.

Experienced Insurance attorney serving clients in Charlotte and surrounding areas.

Experienced Insurance attorney serving clients in Charlotte and surrounding areas.