White & Allen is a general practice law firm employing 20 attorneys and more than 30 support staff in its offices throughout Eastern North Carolina. Our predecessors began practicing law in 1927. The firm as it exists today began in 1970 and has grown into one of the largest law firms in the region. The law firm has two attorneys with a masters of law in taxation, three attorneys with masters degrees in business administration, and three attorneys who are board-certified in their respective fields by the North Carolina State Bar.We practice criminal and civil law, with emphasis on: Bankruptcy Civil litigation Health care law Corporations and partnerships Personal injury and insurance Real estate and taxation Estate planning and administration Elder lawAt White & Allen, not only are we dedicated to superior legal services, we also keep a close eye on costs. We use technology to improve our speed and efficiency, allowing us to minimize overhead and pass the savings on to clients. Maintaining lasting relationships with our clients is of paramount importance to us. As a lasting firm and as individuals who care. Many of our relationships are generations old, and persist as we help our clients navigate life's challenges and build sound futures.
Do the Court Orders mean that you cannot start a new filing for divorce, custody, child support, alimony, etc.? No. Each county’s Clerk of Court office is currently open, though possibly with modified hours in some counties. Complaints, motions, and other filings are currently being accepted despite the Stay at Home Order and the Court Orders.
Child Custody and Visitation
White & Allen offers a broad range of family law legal services, including representation in preparation of premarital agreements, separation and property settlement agreements, equitable distribution litigation, divorce, child custody/support and alimony claims. We have the experience, skills and compassion to assist with life’s often-difficult situations.
Premarital Agreement
Guardianship
Her practice area also includes Incompetency and Guardianship matters and assisting the elderly and disabled if they have been victims of exploitation. Amanda is also available for families with children with disabilities and questions as to what to do as they become adults. Amanda, as a Veteran Marine spouse, is also very proud to serve military families and assist Veterans regarding benefits and their needs. She is accredited for the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for veteran’s benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs.
White & Allen’s criminal defense attorneys are experienced in addressing a long list of criminal matters in both state and federal courts. White & Allen routinely represents clients in a wide variety of charges including impaired driving offenses, alcohol possession offenses, narcotics possession and trafficking, assaults, firearms charges, property crimes and white collar crimes, including embezzlement, corporate malfeasance, health care fraud and tax crimes. We are equipped to handle all criminal matters, at both the trial and appellate levels.
DUI/DWI
Wrongful Death
Traffic Violations
Our firm is experienced and knowledgeable about all traffic offenses from minor speeding tickets to more serious matters such as Driving While License Revoked and Driving While Impaired. Serious consequences, including license suspension, insurance premium increases or even imprisonment, could be at stake depending on the charged offense. Our attorneys will work with you to try and obtain the most favorable outcome on your behalf in every situation.
Jim graduated Cum Laude from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. He obtained his law degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law and received his Master of Laws (LL.M.) in taxation from New York University School of Law. Jim’s practice is concentrated in the areas of estate planning and administration, corporate law and tax planning.
Business Disputes
Brian was born in Sioux City, Iowa, on March 24, 1964. He concentrates his practice in our New Bern, N.C., office on residential and commercial real estate and small business law. He is licensed to practice before all North Carolina State Courts, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, and the United States Supreme Court.
Limited Liability Companies
We partner with clients who are creating business entities, those needing legal help in day-to-day operations, and others seeking final dissolution. We offer experienced counsel for regular corporations, professional associations, limited liability companies, tax-exempt organizations, general partnerships, limited partnerships and sole proprietorships.
Small Business Law
In addition to representing governmental entities from our New Bern, N.C., office, Brian’s practice emphasizes commercial and residential real estate, small business law, wills, and estate planning.
White & Allen handles many types of cases in state and federal court. We offer litigation experience in matters ranging from insurance defense to construction issues. The firm’s litigation team is experienced in handling both state and federal administrative matters, such as those relating to OSHA and unemployment compensation.
Real Estate Transactions
White & Allen has broad experience in real estate transactions, including leasing, acquisition, financing, construction, development and sale of real property, both commercial and residential, including condominiums, town homes, planned unit developments, shopping centers, office buildings, apartments and commercial farming operations. In addition, our real estate attorneys have completed many tax-free 1031 exchanges for our clients, including reverse like kind exchanges. The firm represents sellers, buyers, lenders, major residential relocation companies, developers, title insurance companies and commercial and industrial borrowers. Along with our civil litigation attorneys, the firm also represents national and regional title insurance carriers in claims resolution and litigation.
Eminent Domain
White & Allen’s condemnation / eminent domain attorneys protect the property rights of individuals and businesses affected by governmental and utility land takings throughout North Carolina. The firm accepts cases from a diverse mix of clients — from large companies to farmers, families, and tenants, anyone who may be threatened by a condemning authority in the exercise of its eminent domain power.
Easement
Land Use and Zoning
Property Damage
We handle personal injury, wrongful death and property damage cases both at the trial and the appellate levels, including automobile, tractortrailer, aviation, boating and railroad accidents, workers’ compensation, product liability and insurance coverage matters.
Special Needs (disability) Trust Planning: Consists of advising and preparing specialty trusts for persons living with a disability who are either seeking to preserve their continued eligibility for supplemental security income (SSI) and Medicaid benefits or become eligible for those benefits. This usually involves adults whom receive monies which could impair their eligibility for benefits, including those whom receive retroactive Social Security Disability benefits, an inheritance or gift from a family member, or settlement or judgment proceeds from a personal injury lawsuit (including working with White & Allen’s personal injury attorneys to resolve cases). We advise clients of their options to preserve the funds for the disabled person’s benefit while ensuring that public assistance benefits are not reduced or eliminated.
Social Security Disability
Her practice is concentrated in the areas of criminal law, domestic law and juvenile law, and social security disability, serving Greene, Wayne, and Lenoir Counties.
White & Allen Attorney Accepted into the Southeast Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel | White and Allen
Wills
Trust Planning: Consists of advising and preparing irrevocable living trusts, income-only trusts, and testamentary trusts (one created by a last will and testament).
Trusts
White & Allen handles estate planning, wills and trusts, estate and gift taxation, fiduciary income taxation and estate administration. Our estate planning services range from the preparation of simple wills to complex wills containing estate planning provisions. Our estate administration services range from summary administration to administration of large estates including the preparation of the most complex death tax returns.
Power of Attorney
Fiduciary Litigation: We advise and resolve claims for breach of fiduciary duty against attorneys-in-fact under a power of attorney, trustees and executors. We also advise on strategies to recover assets mismanaged or wrongly taken from a principal by his or her agent or trustee.
Probate
Gray is a Board Certified Specialist in estate planning and probate law. He has served on the faculty of the National Graduate Trust School. For thirty years, he served on the faculty of the Southeastern Trust School at Campbell University, where he taught estate, gift and generation skipping tax.
White & Allen represents clients in all 100 North Carolina counties and in all three federal bankruptcy districts in the state. They include Fortune 500 companies, banks, credit unions, finance companies, specialized lenders and governmental bodies. We offer services ranging from complex bankruptcy and workout cases to consumer credit transactions, collection litigation and foreclosures. We also provide foreclosure services regarding county tax, residential and commercial mortgage obligations.
Tax Law
At the most recent Trust Advisors Forum, held in Pinehurst, N.C., Gray addressed “Hot Topics in Estate and Tax Planning.”