Smith Debnam, Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers


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Smith Debnam, Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers


4601 Six Forks Road, Suite 400 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609View Map

Practice Areas:

General and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Bankruptcy, Non-Judicial Workouts and Reorganizations, Corporate Reorganization, Construction, Equipment Leasing and Finance, Estate Planning and Administration, Commercial and Retail Collections and Litigation, Insurance Subrogation. Administrative and Regulatory, Government Contracts and Procurement, Health Care, Land Use and Zoning, Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships, Public Finance, Residential and Commercial Real Estate, Community and Homeowners Associations, Family Law and Equitable Distribution, Plaintiff's Personal Injury, Employment, Immigration, Adoption.

Year Established: 1972

Firm Profile:

The firm began in 1972 when Fred J. Smith, Jr. joined with Thurston Debnam and two other attorneys to form a partnership in Raleigh. During the quarter century since its founding, the firm has expanded to become one of the largest law firms in the Triangle area.

Firm Size: 30

Representative Clients:

CitiCapital Relocation; Ford Motor Credit Co.; Carolina Builders Corp.; General Electric Capital Corp.; Advanta Leasing Corp.; N.B. Handy Co.; Oakwood Acceptance Corp.; Bank One; Chrysler Credit; Toyota Motor Credit/Lexus Financial Services; Duke University Federal Credit Union; NC Credit Union Network; United Rentals, Inc.; Citibank, N.A.; Wells Fargo Financial Leasing, Inc.; Oberlin Capital, L.P.

APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Fidelity National Title; Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.; Chicago Title Insurance Co.; Investors Title Insurance Co.; First American Title Insurance Co.; Stewart Title Guaranty Co.

Reference:

Centura Bank.

Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM

MEMBERS OF FIRM

W. Thurston Debnam, Jr. (Member) born Raleigh, North Carolina, March 1, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, North Carolina and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1969; J.D., cum laude, 1972). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Wake Forest Law Review, 1971-1972. Mayor, Town of Zebulon, 1989-1993. Town Attorney, Zebulon, 1976-1988. Certified Mediator. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Corporate Law; Administrative.

John W. Narron (Member) born Wake County, North Carolina, November 7, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, North Carolina and Mississippi. Education: East Carolina University (B.A., 1974); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1977). (Board Certified Specialist in Family Law, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Family Law; Commercial Litigation; Domestic Mediation.

Bettie Kelley Sousa (Member) born Henderson, North Carolina, November 16, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1978); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1981). Board Member, American Board of Certification. (Certified in Creditors' Rights Law by the American Board of Certification). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.

Jerry T. Myers (Member) born Monroe, North Carolina, October 1, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.S., 1980; J.D., 1984). Phi Delta Phi. Author: Collections and Enforcement of Judgments in N.C. (Lawyers Co-op Pub., 1997). Member, Board of Governors, CLLA, 1998-1999. (Certified in Creditors' Rights Law by the American Board of Certification). Practice Areas: Creditors Rights Law; Commercial Litigation; Collection Law.

Rose H. Stout (Member) born Robeson County, North Carolina, January 12, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, North Carolina. Education: Campbell University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982; J.D., 1985). Member, Campbell University Law Review, 1984-1985. Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Family Law Council; Editor, Family Law Forum). (Board Certified Specialist in Family Law, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Family Law; Equitable Distribution.

Byron L. Saintsing (Member) born Thomasville, North Carolina, August 18, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., cum laude, honors in Economics, 1985); University of North Carolina (J.D., with honors, 1988). Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Council Member, Construction Law, 1995-1998; Treasurer, 2002-2003); American Bar Association (Law Practice Management and Business Law Sections); Equipment Leasing Association (Legal Forum Committee, 2003-2006). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Commercial Bankruptcy; Creditor Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights Law; Construction Law; Equipment Leasing; Finance.

Franklin Drake (Member) born Pinehurst, North Carolina, December 19, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, North Carolina; 1979, Kentucky; 1986, West Virginia. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., cum laude, 1975; J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, North Carolina Journal of International Law, 1976-1978. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy; Litigation.

Gerald H. Groon, Jr. (Member) born Takoma Park, Maryland, October 26, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., 1985); Campbell University (J.D., 1990). Member, Campbell Law Review, 1989-1990. [U.S. Air Force, 1978-1982]. (Certified in Creditors' Rights Law by the American Board of Certification). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Collections; Creditors Rights Law.

Caren Davis Enloe (Member) born Tallahassee, Florida, April 26, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, North Carolina. Education: Appalachian State University (B.A.; B.M., 1986); Campbell University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Omicron Delta Kappa. Editorial Board, Campbell Law Review, 1990. Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Litigation and Construction Sections); American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section and Construction Forum). Practice Areas: Creditors' Rights; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Lender Liability; Bankruptcy.

Jeff D. Rogers (Member) born South Hill, Virginia, January 22, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western District of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Wilmington (B.A., 1984); Campbell University School of Law (J.D., 1987). Member, 1989-1995 and Chairman, 1992-1995, North Carolina Private Protective Services Board. Practice Areas: Creditor Litigation; Bankruptcy Law; Foreclosures.

Connie E. Carrigan (Member) born Monterey, California, August 15, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, North Carolina, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: North Carolina State University (B.A. cum laude, 1983); Campbell University School of Law (J.D., 1989). Law Clerk to the Honorable Louis B. Meyer, Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court, 1989-1990. Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Section); American Bankruptcy Institute; National Association of Credit Management. Practice Areas: Collections; Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Leasing.

Krista F. Norstog Leonard (Member) born Fargo, North Dakota, March 10, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, North Carolina. Education: Pacific Lutheran University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Construction Litigation; Construction Liens; Commercial Leasing; Commercial Litigation.

Aaron N. Bailey (Member) born Jacksonville, North Carolina, November 15, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, North Carolina. Education: North Carolina State University (B.A., 1996); Campbell University (J.D., 1999). Member: Wake County Bar Association (Co-Chair, Young Lawyers Division, Education Committee); National Association of Subrogation Professionals. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense Subrogation; Creditors Rights.

Richard J. Steele (Member) born New York, N.Y., September 23, 1964; admitted to bar, 1993, South Carolina; 1997, U.S District Court, District of South Carolina. (Not admitted in North Carolina). Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., 1986; J.D., 1992). Phi Delta Pi. Member: South Carolina Bar.

ASSOCIATES

Christina McAlpin (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, North Carolina. Education: East Carolina University (B.S., Family and Community Studies, Business Management Minor, 2003); North Carolina Central University (J.D., 2006). Member: Wake County and North Carolina Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Collections; Creditor's Rights; State and Federal Litigation.

Thomas A. Gray (Associate) born Elmira, New York, May 31, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, Massachusetts; 1999, District of Columbia. (Not admitted in North Carolina). Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1991); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1995). Member with Cohn & Dussi, Burlington Massachusetts. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights.

Stephanie Fountain Bynum (Associate) born Rocky Mount, North Carolina, January 3, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, Connecticut; 1989, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., Education, 1974); Campbell University (J.D., 1980). Member: Wake County Real Property Lawyers, 1992-2000; Wake County Public Service Committee. Member, Board of Directors, Kids Center, 1996-2000. Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Business Law.

Chad A. Sharkey (Associate) born Basking, Ridge, New Jersey, April 12, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, North Carolina. Education: North Carolina State University (B.A., 1993); University of Dayton School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Staff Writer, 1998-1999 and Associate Editor, 1999-2000, University of Dayton Law Review. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Commercial Bankruptcy; Construction Law; Equipment Finance and Leasing.

Lynn Wilson Lupton (Associate) born Concord, North Carolina, June 14, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1998); Campbell University (J.D., 2003). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Wake County, North Carolina Bar Association. Practice Areas: Family Law; Civil Litigation; Adoption.

Adam M. Gottsegen (Associate) born Greensboro, North Carolina, October 14, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, North Carolina. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1998); Wake Forest University (J.D., 2002). Board Member, Moot Court. Clerk to the Honorable J. Rich Leonard Chief Bankruptcy Judge Eastern District of North Carolina.

Amanda L. Bryant (Associate) born Washington, D.C., March 12, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, North Carolina. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1998); University of Arizona (J.D., 2003). Author: 19 Ariz. J. Int'l & Compl. 939 (2002). Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Adoption; Immigration and Naturalization; Employment Visas; Employment Immigration; Family Immigration Law.

Tom Lenfesty (Associate) born Dryden, Michigan, March 24, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, North Carolina. Education: North Carolina State University (B.A., Accounting, 2000; M.A., Accounting, 2001), Campbell University Adrian Wiggins School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Wills; Contested Wills; Inheritance; Living Wills; Successions; Finance.

Holly W. Batten (Associate) born Chadbourn, North Carolina, December 10, 1975; admitted to bar, 2005, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Wilmington (B.A., 1999); North Carolina Central University (J.D., 2005). Member: American Bar Association.

Max R. Rodden (Associate) born High Point, North Carolina, September 23, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.S. cum laude, 1985; J.D., 1991). Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Davidson County, 22nd Judicial District and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Personal Injury; Civil Litigation; Estate Planning; Workers Compensation.

Alicia J. Whitlock (Associate) born 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., honors in Political Science, 2004); Campbell University (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: North Carolina Bar Association. Practice Areas: Family Law.

OF COUNSEL

Elizabeth B. Godfrey (Of Counsel) born Cincinnati, Ohio, August 21, 1956; admitted to bar, 1986, North Carolina. Education: Hillsdale College (B.A., cum laude, 1978); Campbell University (J.D., 1985). Law Clerk to the Honorable Franklin T. Dupree, Jr., U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of North Carolina, 1985-1987. Member: North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Workmen's Compensation.

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