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Attorneys of Hornthal, Riley, Ellis & Maland, L.L.P.

Partners:

L. P. HORNTHAL, JR.

Born in Tarboro, North Carolina on October 16, 1936. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1963; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, in 1975; U.S. Supreme Court in 1978. Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1958; LL.B., 1963). Phi Delta Phi. Research Assistant, North Carolina Supreme Court, 1963-1964. Member of Staff, Attorney General of North Carolina, 1964-1965. Member, Board of Governors of the North Carolina Bar Association, 1986-1989. President, North Carolina Bar Association, 1996-1997. Member, North Carolina State Bar Disciplinary Hearing Commission, 1986-1992. Memberships: North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; American College of Trial Lawyers; International Association of Insurance Counsel; Association of Insurance Attorneys; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (President, 1984-1985). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment; Business and Commercial Litigation; Education; Personal Injury.

J. FRED RILEY (of Counsel)

Born in Salisbury, North Carolina on October 18, 1938. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1967. Education: Wake Forest University (A.B., 1960); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Research Assistant, North Carolina Supreme Court, 1967-1968. Memberships: North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Real Property Section); American Bar Association (Member, Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law); North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization, 1989-1995); North Carolina Land Title Association.  Practice Areas: Real Property; Corporations; Wills and Trusts; Business and Commercial; Estate Planning and Administration.

THOMAS L. WHITE, JR. (of Counsel)

Born in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 6, 1938. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1970, the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina in 1978, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit in 1984, and the U.S. Supreme Court in 1978. Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1960; J.D., 1970). Phi Alpha Delta. Positions:Attorney: Town of Nags Head, 1971-2001; Town of Southern Shores, 1979-2001; Dare County Board of Education, 1972-1999. Memberships: Dare County (President, 1975-1976) and North Carolina Bar Associations; First Judicial District (Vice President, 1979; President, 1980) and North Carolina State Bars; North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys; International Municipal Lawyers Association; North Carolina Association of School Board Attorneys. (With U. S. Navy, 1960-1967; Capt., USNR, 1967-1989) (Resident, Nags Head Office). Practice Areas: Education Law; Government Law; Municipal Law.

CHARLES W. OGLETREE

Born on November 5, 1939. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1965. Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1958; J.D., 1965). Memberships: North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil and Criminal Litigation, Real Estate.

M. H. HOOD ELLIS

Born in Raleigh, North Carolina on November 6, 1949. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1975 and to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit in 1976. Education: North Carolina State University (B.S. in Civil Engineering, with high honors, 1972) Tau Beta Pi; Phi Kappa Phi; Wake Forest University (J.D., cum laude, 1975) Phi Delta Phi. Editor, Wake Forest Law Review, 1974-1975. Positions: City Attorney, Elizabeth City, 1981-1989. Chairman, North Carolina State Board of Elections, 1989-1993. Memberships: North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. Personal: Married to Anne Detgen Ellis formerly of Greensboro, N.C.; Four (4) children; residence in Edenton, North Carolina. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Municipal; Environmental; Products Liability; Construction.

MARK M. MALAND

Born in New Hyde Park, New York on September 30, 1948. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1977, the U.S. Tax Court in 1978, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit in 1978. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., 1970); University of Connecticut at Storrs (M.B.A., 1972); Wake Forest University (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Managing Editor, Wake Forest Law Review, 1976-1977. Author: Note, "Qualified Immunity for School Board Members - A Standard for Determining Good Faith Under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983," Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 11, P. 720, 1975. Estate and Gift Tax Group, Internal Revenue Service, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1975-1977. Trustee, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Panel, Eastern District of North Carolina, 1985-1991. Memberships: North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Estate Planning and Administration; Corporate; Taxation; Elder.

DONALD C. PRENTISS

Born in Middletown, New York on October 19, 1955. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1981, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina in 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit in 1987. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1977; J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi. Legislative Counsel to North Carolina Bar Association, 1982-1985. Memberships: Board of Directors, Legal Services of North Carolina, 1990-1996; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Labor and Employment Law; Torts and Insurance); North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (Board of Directors 1997 --); Defense Research Institutes. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance; Commercial and Contract Disputes; Personal Injury.

ROBERT B. HOBBS, JR.

Born in Richmond, Virginia on December 31, 1960. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1986 and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina in 1987. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1983); Campbell University (J.D., 1986). Phi Alpha Delta. Staff Member, Campbell Law Review, 1984-1986. Case Law Editor, Campbell Law Observer, 1985. Author: Note, "Cable TV's Must Carry Rules: The Most Restrictive Alternative," 8 Campbell Law Review 339, 1986. Position: Attorney: Dare County Airport Authority, 1991-. Memberships: North Carolina State Bar; Board of Governors, North Carolina Bar Association, 1993-1996; Board of Visitors, Campbell University School of Law, 1993-; Real Property Committee, Board of Legal Specialization of the North Carolina State Bar, 1997-2002; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Bar Association (Member: Real Property, Estate Planning, and Business Law Sections); Executive Council (1988-1993) and Chair (1991-1992), Law Practice Management Section of the North Carolina Bar Association; Executive Council (2004-2007), Real Property Section of the North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section). Resident in the Firm's Nags Head Office. Board Certified Specialist in Real Property Law - Residential, Business, Commercial and Industrial Transactions). Practice Areas: Real Property; Estate Planning; Business Law.

DONALD I. MCREE, JR.

Born in Hampton, Virginia on May 29, 1961. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1987 and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina in 1989. Education: St. Andrews Presbyterian College (B.A., 1983); Campbell University (J.D., 1986). Phi Alpha Delta. Positions: Attorney: Currituck County, 1989-1992; Pasquotank County, 1992-2001; Town of Nags Head, 2001-; Town of Southern Shores, 2001-; Town of Hertford, 2001-; Town of Duck, 2002-; Tyrrell County, 2004-. Memberships: North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association; International Municipal Lawyers Association; North Carolina Association of County and Social Services Attorneys. Resident in the Firm's Nags Head Office. Practice Areas: Municipal Law.

JOHN D. LEIDY

Born in Albion, Michigan on February 15, 1962. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1987, the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina in 1989, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit in 1989. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1984); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1987). Staff Member, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, 1985-1986. Memberships: North Carolina Bar Association (Judicial District Representative for Young Lawyers Division; Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Litigation and Antitrust and Trade Regulations); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Labor and Employment Law; Torts and Insurance Practice); North Carolina State Bar; Defense Research Institute; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment including Benefits; Workers Compensation; Wrongful Termination; Insurance; Commercial.

MICHAEL P. SANDERS

Born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina on August 13, 1964. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1990 and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina in 1990. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1986); Campbell University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, 1988-1990 and Notes and Comments Editor, 1989-1990, Campbell University Law Review. Memberships: North Carolina Bar Association, American Bar Association, North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil and Criminal Litigation.

L. PHILLIP HORNTHAL III

Born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina on February 12, 1967. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1993, North Carolina, and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina in 1995. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1989) Phi Eta Sigma; Campbell University (J.D., 1993). Notes and Comments Editor, Campbell Law Review, 1992-1993. Author: Note, "Another Step Towards Ending Discrimination In The Jury Selection Process-Power v. Ohio," 14 Campbell Law Review, 369, 1992. Research Assistant to the Honorable Justice John Webb, North Carolina Supreme Court, 1993-1994. Memberships: North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; Defense Research Institute; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. Practice Areas:
Civil Litigation; Construction, Personal Injury, Real Property, Contract and Commercial Disputes.

W. BROCK MITCHELL

Born in Goldsboro, North Carolina on December 19, 1973. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 2002 and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina in 2005.  Education: College of Charleston (B.A., 1996); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2000); University of Denver (LL.M. Taxation. 2001). Memberships: North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Real Property, Estate Planning and Probate, Corporate, Commercial, and Business.

Associates:

CLAYTON W. CHEEK

Born in Durham, North Carolina on March 9, 1973. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 2003. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1996; J.D., 2002; M.B.A., 2002). Memberships: North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Administrative Law; Corporate; Taxation; Bankruptcy.

DAVID C. GADD

Born in Wake Forest, North Carolina on September 11, 1977. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 2004 and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina in 2005.  Education: North Carolina State University (B.S., 2000). Florida State University College of Law (J.D., 2004). Memberships: North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Association of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil and Criminal Litigation, Real Estate, Land Use Law, Environmental Law.

BENJAMIN M. GALLOP

Born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 6, 1976. Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 2005 and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina in 2005.  Education: North Carolina State University (B.S. in Computer Engineering, 2000). Campbell University (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Order of Old Kivett. Staff Member, 2003-2005 and Comments Editor, 2004-2005, Campbell University Law Review. Memberships: North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil and Criminal Litigation, Municipal Law.

 
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