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Ragsdale Liggett PLLC


Crosspointe Plaza, Suite 400, 2840 Plaza Place Raleigh, North Carolina 27612View Map

Practice Areas:

General Civil Litigation and Administrative Law in State and Federal Courts and Agencies. Taxation, Estate Planning, Partnership, Landlord and Tenant, Real Estate, Insurance and Reinsurance Law. Corporate, Business, International, Environmental Law. Construction Law, Employment Discrimination and Administrative Hearings and Appeals.

Year Established: 1972

Firm Profile:

Ragsdale Liggett PLLC which was established in 1972, serves clients across a broad spectrum of needs. The firm's three primary areas of concentration are: Litigation, including complex commercial litigation, professional negligence defense and insurance/reinsurance coverage matters; Business Law, including formations, acquisitions, mergers and ongoing representation of business entities related to tax, capital, financial, regulatory and international issues and Real Estate Law, including representation of commercial and development needs from acquisition through disposition.

Firm Size: 20

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Dan K. Moore (1906-1986).

George R. Ragsdale (Member) born 1936; admitted to bar, 1962, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1958; LL.B., 1961). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of the Golden Fleece. Richardson Fellow, Office of United States Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr., and Assistant to Chief Counsel, Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, 1961-1962. Legal Counsel to the Governor of North Carolina, 1965-1968. Judge of the Superior Court of North Carolina, 1968-1970. Member, 1979-1987 and Chairman, 1984-1985, Board of Trustees, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Member and Chairman, 1984-1985, Board of Trustees of the Endowment of the University of North Carolina. Member, Board of Directors of the University of North Carolina Foundation, 1979-1985. Practice Areas: International Law; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage Defense; General Liability Defense.

Frank R. Liggett III (Member) born 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, North Carolina. Education: Woodberry Forest School, Orange, Virginia; International Fellowship, Denstone College, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, 1958-1959 and University of North Carolina (A.B., 1963); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1969, replaced LL.B. conferred, 1966). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc., 1996—. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Corporate Law; Business Law; Insurance Regulation; Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions; Shareholder Rights.

William A. Mann (Member) born Los Angeles, California, 1944; admitted to bar, 1968, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. Education: Phillips Andover Academy and University of North Carolina (A.B., 1965; J.D., 1968). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Wake County (Member: Real Property and Business Sections) North Carolina (Member, Alternative Billing Commission) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; International Law; Condominium Association Law; Condominium Development; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Banking Law; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Exchanges; Real Estate Investment; Real Estate Investment Taxation; Real Estate Investment Trusts; Real Estate Restructuring; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Title Examination; Real Estate Title; Real Property Acquisitions; Real Property Development; Real Property Finance.

Dorothy Bass Burch (Member) born Raleigh, North Carolina, December 27, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. Education: Meredith College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1987); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1991). Recipient: Judge Heriot Clarkson Award; AmJur Book Award in Professional Responsibility. Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; Wake County Real Property Lawyers Association; North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Insurance Law; Real Estate Law; Business Law; Business Dissolutions; Business Formation; Business Organization; Business Start-Ups; Business Taxation; Business Transactions; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Law; Family Business Law; Professional Practices; Sole Proprietorships; Contracts; Shareholder Rights.

Mary Hulett (Member) born Mexico, Missouri, April 9, 1942; admitted to bar, 1977, District of Columbia and Virginia; 1980, California; 2001, North Carolina. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1963); George Washington University (J.D., with high honors, 1977). Member, Order of the Coif. Author: "Privacy and the Freedom of Information Act," 27 Administrative Law Review, 275, 1975. Counsel to the Consumer Products Safety Commission, 1977-1980. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California; District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 1991-1993). Practice Areas: Trial and Appellate Law; Products Liability; Environmental and Toxic Torts; Business Litigation; Complex Litigation; Class Actions.

Walter L. Tippett, Jr. (Member) born Raleigh, North Carolina, March 26, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S.B.A., 1991; J.D., 1995). Phi Eta Sigma; Order of Barristers. Chief Justice, Holderness Moot Court Bench, 1994-1995. Recipient, Judge Heriot Clarkson Award. Member: Wake County and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Defense Litigation; Shareholder Rights.

David K. Liggett (Member) born Chapel Hill, North Carolina, June 23, 1965; admitted to bar, 1995, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; 1996, U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina. Education: Virginia Episcopal School; University of North Carolina (B.A., 1988; J.D., 1995). Phi Delta Phi. Member: National Mock Trial Team, 1993-1995. Merit Award, Civil Lawyering Process. Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Business Law; Insurance Law; Employment Law; Business Dissolutions; Business Formation; Business Litigation; Business Organization; Business Start-Ups; Business Transactions; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Limited Liability Company Law; Professional Practices; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships.

John M. Nunnally (Member) born Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, April 22, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, North Carolina; 1993, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina. Education: North Carolina State University (B.A., 1988); Campbell University (J.D., 1992). Phi Alpha Delta. Notes and Comments Editor, Campbell Law Review, 1991-1992. Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Commercial Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense.

Robert J. Ramseur, Jr. (Member) born Tyndall AFB, Florida, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, North Carolina; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Wake Forest University (A.B., cum laude, 1992; J.D., 1995). Licensed Realtor, North Carolina. Member: Wake County and North Carolina (Member, Real Property Division) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; Wake County Real Property Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Business Law; Business Transactions.

Melissa Dewey Brumback (Member) born Elmira, New York, August 30, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, North Carolina; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina. Education: Corning Community College (A.A., with honors, 1992); University of Manchester, England; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (B.A., with honors and highest distinction, 1994; J.D., 1998). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Golden Key National Honor Society. New York State Regents Scholar. Recipient: Communication Award for Excellence; Humanities Scholarship Award; History/Government/Geography Award; Gressman-Pollitt Appellate Advocacy Award. Visiting Student in Faculty of Law, University of Manchester, England, 1997. Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Civil Litigation.

OF COUNSEL

Joseph E. Johnson (Of Counsel) born 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, North Carolina. Education: North Carolina State University; Wake Forest University (B.B.A., 1964; J.D., 1966). Vice President and Corporate Counsel, First Union Corporation 1971-1981. Member, North Carolina General Assembly, House of Representatives, 1975-1980. Member, North Carolina Senate, 1980-1994. [1st Lt., U.S. Army, 1967-1969]. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; State Government Law; State Legislative Practice; Government Relations.

Sarah E. Winslow (Of Counsel) born Belvidere, North Carolina, October 16, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, North Carolina; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle, Western Districts of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Duke University (B.S., 1995; J.D., cum laude, 1998). Member: Wake County and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Real Estate Litigation.

Diane L. Parsons-Salem (Of Counsel) born Arlington, Massachusetts, April 17, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Massachusetts; 1972, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, North Carolina. (Not admitted in North Carolina). Education: Boston University (B.A., 1967); Suffolk University (J.D., 1970). Member, Suffolk University Law Review, 1969-1970. Member, Board of Directors, NC Equity, Inc., 1996-2001. Vice President and Americas Counsel, NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc., Greenville, North Carolina, September-March, 2001. Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, August 1997 to November 1997, Deputy General Counsel, August 1990 to August 1997, and Assistant General Counsel, April 1987 to August 1990, Hardee's Food Systems, Inc., Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Development Attorney, May 1984-April 1987, Friendly Ice Cream Corp., Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Senior Associate, Widett Slater and Goldman, 1980-1984. Associate, Haig der Manuelian, 1972-1980. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Massachusetts, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; American Corporate Counsel Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate(100%); Corporate Law; Securities; Franchise Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Antitrust; Litigation; Intellectual Property.

ASSOCIATES

Sandra W. Mitterling (Associate) born Morehead City, North Carolina, January 26, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, North Carolina; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1988; J.D., 1991). Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law.

Richard O. Bolton (Associate) born Raleigh, North Carolina, June 17, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1998). Member: North Carolina and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate.

Charles Vaughan, III (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 2001); University of North Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Business Law.

Ashley Campbell (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1999); University of North Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; State Legislative Practice.

John Randolph Hemphill (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (B.A., 1998); Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Trusts and Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Planning.

Caroline Barbee (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.S.); University of North Carolina (J.D.). Member: Wake County and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation(100%).

John David Hensarling (Associate) born Houston, Texas, September 7, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas; 2005, District of Columbia; 2007, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Southern, Western, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., History and Soviet Studies, 1992); University of Houston (J.D., 1996); University of St. Thomas (M.L.S., Russian Studies, 2005). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; The District of Columbia Bar; North Carolina State Bar; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Civil Litigation.

John E. McKnight (Associate) born Greensboro, North Carolina, February 13, 1973; admitted to bar, 2004, North Carolina. Education: University of Central Florida (B.A., 1999); Wake Forest University (J.D., 2004). Order of Barristers. Chief Justice, 2003-2004 and Board Member, 2002-2003, Moot Court Board. Practice Areas: Family Law; Civil Litigation(100%).

Amie Sivon (Associate) born Winston-Salem, North Carolina; admitted to bar, 2005, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University; University of North Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Wake County Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation.

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