Rayburn Cooper & Durham, P.A.


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Rayburn Cooper & Durham, P.A.


The Carillon, 227 West Trade Street, Suite 1200 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-1672View Map

Practice Areas:

General Civil Practice including Corporate, Business Organizations, Securities and Business Bankruptcy. Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts.

Firm Profile:

Rayburn Cooper & Durham, P.A. represents individuals and business entities in sophisticated matters that require creative and unique applications and solutions. We also represent entrepreneurs in a wide variety of business activities. Attorneys have significant experience in the areas of business organizations, business restructuring and bankruptcy, employment law, merger and acquisitions, and securities regulation. Trial practice expertise is in the areas of civil and commercial, employment law, and securities litigation.

Firm Size: 13

Representative Clients:

The Dickerson Group, Inc.; First Tryon Securities, LLC; Forshaw Industries, Inc.; Mack Truck Sales of Charlotte, Inc.; Parks & Company, LLC; Pumps, Parts and Service, Inc.; Tweetsie Railroad, Inc.; William Ives Consulting; The Elevator Channel, Inc.

C. Richard Rayburn, Jr. (Member) born Columbia, Tennessee, March 27, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, North Carolina, U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., with honors, 1969); Duke University (J.D., 1974). Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Sigma Pi Sigma; Phi Delta Phi. Research and Managing Editor, Duke Law Journal, 1973-1974. Member: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (Member, Bankruptcy Section Council, 1993-1996) and American Bar Associations; The North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Business Law; Business Litigation; Finance; Business Bankruptcy Law; Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions.

W. Scott Cooper (Member) born Medford, Massachusetts, January 22, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Virginia; 1983, North Carolina. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1974); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1977). Attorney, Division of Investment Management, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1978-1979. Attorney, 1979-1981 and Special Counsel, 1981-1982, Office of Disclosure Policy, Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission. Member: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (Chairman, Securities Regulation Committee, 1993-1995) and American (Member, Federal Regulation of Securities Committee) Bar Associations; The North Carolina State Bar; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Organization; Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions.

Albert F. Durham (Member) born Charlotte, North Carolina, May 15, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, North Carolina; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1975). Member: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (Bankruptcy Council and Chairman, Bankruptcy Section, 1990-1991) and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; American Bankruptcy Institute. (Board Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization)(Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Law; Business Workouts.

Paul R. Baynard (Member) born Greensboro, North Carolina, April 15, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Georgia and North Carolina, U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1983); University of North Carolina (M.B.A., 1988; J.D., 1988). Phi Delta Phi. Holderness Moot Court Bench, University of North Carolina School of Law, 1987-1988. Member: Mecklenburg County and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Civil Litigation; Business Workouts; Business Law; Commercial Law.

James B. Gatehouse (Member) born Oak Hill, West Virginia, June 14, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, New York, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1996, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1988); University of Virginia (J.D., 1991). Member: Mecklenburg County and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; West Virginia State Bar; American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Business Litigation; General Civil Litigation; Antitrust; Bankruptcy; Construction; Real Estate Disputes; Technology; Products Liability; Personal Injury; White Collar Crime.

G. Kirkland Hardymon (Member) born Charlotte, North Carolina, April 7, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina; 1993, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina. Education: Appalachian State University (B.S.B.A., 1986); Wake Forest University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Member, Wake Forest Law Review, 1990-1992. Law Clerk to the Honorable Frank W. Bullock, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, 1992-1993. Member: Mecklenburg County and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Law; Civil Litigation.

Patricia B. Edmondson (Member) born Boise, Idaho, September 22, 1942; admitted to bar, 1985, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina. Education: Midwestern University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1964); Duke University (Ph.D., 1967); Wake Forest University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Member: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; The North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law.

David S. Melin (Member) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 2, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., with honors, 1997); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 2000). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Order of Barristers. Member, Holderness Moot Court National Team, University of North Carolina, 1999-2000. Member: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation.

ASSOCIATES

John R. Miller, Jr. (Associate) born Hampton, Virginia, December 22, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1997); Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member, 1999-2002 and Chief Justice, 2001-2002, Phi Alpha Delta. Author, "Does E-Commerce Spell the End of Geography-Based Trademark Analysis?" 2002 Wake Forest Intell. Prop. L.J. 8, Posted May 10, 2002. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business Law; Commercial Law.

Ross R. Fulton (Associate) born Portland, Maine; admitted to bar, 2003, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina. Education: State University of New York College at Geneseo (B.A., 2000) Dean's List; College of William & Mary (J.D., 2002). Pi Sigma Alpha. Member, William & Mary Moot Court Team, 2002-2003. Member: Mecklenburg, North Carolina and American Bar Association; The North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy.

Shawna R. Garrett (Associate) born St. Louis, Missouri; admitted to bar, 2004, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina. Education: Western Carolina University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1999); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2004). Member: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; The North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Organization; Business Transactions.

Shelley K. Abel (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., 2002; J.D., 2005). Member: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar.

Andrea B. McGlinn (Associate) born Dayton, Ohio, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina. Education: Florida Southern College (B.S., 2001); University of North Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: North Carolina State Bar; Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations.

Daniel J. Finegan (Associate) born Indianapolis, Indiana, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina. Education: Hanover College; Wake Forest University School of Law (J. D., 2007). Member: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Corporate Law.

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