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Marcus Almond is a graduate of Seton Hall Unviersity School of Law.  Marcus is admitted to practice in North Carolina, New York, and New Jersey.  After working several years in mass-tort litigation, Marcus decided to put his years of experience in research and abiding interest in constitutional law to litigate in Statesville, NC.. The Law Offices of Marcus P. Almond, PLLC represents both English speaking as well as Spanish speaking clients.

I am a native of Hiddenite North Carolina where I still live on a farm that has been in my family since the 18th century. I grew up doing farm chores and still enjoy working and hunting in the outdoors. I graduated from West Iredell High School in 2003. I earned my private pilot license in 2002 when I was 18 years old and have been an aviation enthusiast since that time. After graduation I attended Mendenhall School of Auctioneering and earned my Auctioneers License in 2003. I eventually settled in to work with a local heating, air conditioning, and plumbing company. I started out as a helper and worked my way up to a retail sales professional and job coordinator. I have been a member of Rocky Hill Church since 2005. I married my wife Jessica in 2007 and decided to further my education in 2009. I graduated summa cum laude from Liberty University in Lynchburg Virginia in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Religion. I continued my education at Liberty University School of Law and graduated Juris Doctor, May 2015. My focus in law school was on business transaction law and business planning. I am proud to serve my neighbors here in Iredell and surrounding counties with Benbow and Phillips, P.C.

Kristen Rigsby Smith is a member of The Van Winkle Law Firm’s Business practice, where she focuses on creditors’ rights and commercial lending. She represents lenders, banks, other financial institutions, and investors in a broad range of transactions, including, without limitation, foreclosures, collections, reformations, title claims, loan workouts, modifications, landlord/tenant issues, fraudulent transfers, partitions, bankruptcy, lender-liability, and general civil litigation matters. In addition, she provides lender counsel for commercial and complex financing transactions. She also represents taxing authorities in a variety of matters, including collections.. Smith has a wide variety of statewide foreclosure experience, including appeals, defending suits for injunction, and trials. She typically represents the lender in foreclosure, but also has significant experience representing and serving as substitute trustee. Smith has extensive experience negotiating and preparing agreements for out-of-court restructuring and workouts prior to or during the collection process, including, without limitation, negotiating and drafting forbearance agreements, settlement agreements, and deeds in lieu of foreclosure.. She represents numerous types of creditors, both secured and unsecured, in consumer and business bankruptcy proceedings statewide. Smith is admitted in the Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of North Carolina and represents clients in Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 bankruptcy cases.. While in law school, Smith was a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and received the Dean’s “Pro Bono Service Award” for her extensive community service work.