White & Allen Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers List

            White & Allen attorneys C. Gray Johnsey and John C. Bircher have been named to North Carolina Super Lawyers 2013, a listing of outstanding lawyers around the nation who have a notable degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

          Johnsey is being recognized by Super Lawyers in the categories of Estate Planning & Probate, Tax and Business/Corporate Law. This is Johnsey's second year being selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers. He practices at White & Allen, P.A.’s Kinston office.

          Bircher is being recognized in the categories of Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights. This is Bircher's second year being selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers. He practices at White & Allen, P.A.’s New Bern office.

           Johnsey and Bircher have received numerous other honors, including Best Lawyers in America and Legal Elite. Johnsey is a North Carolina State Bar board certified specialist in estate planning and probate law and Bircher is a North Carolina State Bar board certified specialist in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law.

          Johnsey and Bircher are both graduates of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Johnsey holds an MBA from East Carolina University and earned his law degree from Cumberland School of Law of Samford University in Alabama. He received a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from the University of Florida. Bircher received his law degree from the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University.

          White & Allen, P.A. is a full-service law firm with offices in Kinston, New Bern, and Snow Hill.  The firm has offered a wide range of legal services to Eastern North Carolina for many years.  The firm’s practice includes concentrations on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, civil litigation, personal injury, commercial law, corporate law, criminal law, elder law, employee benefits, employment law, estate planning and administration, family law, health care law, real estate and tax planning.

White & Allen Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers List

C. Gray Johnsey and Matthew S. Sullivan, both longtime members in the firm of White & Allen, P.A. have been selected for inclusion in the latest edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Johnsey was selected in the Trusts and Estates specialty and Sullivan was selected in the Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs specialty.

Selection to Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey comprising more than 2,000,000 confidential evaluations made by top attorneys from all over the United States.  Because no fee or purchase is associated with Best Lawyers or its selections, inclusion is considered to be a unique honor.

 Johnsey has handled tax, probate, and estate and business planning matters in Eastern North Carolina for more than 30 years.  He is a board certified specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law and a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.  Johnsey is a member of the Southeastern Trust School Faculty at Campbell University.

           Johnsey received his undergraduate degree (B.A.) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; his Masters in Business Administration (M.B.A.) from East Carolina University; his law degree (J.D.) from the Cumberland School of Law, Samford University; and his Master of Laws in Taxation (LL.M.) from the University of Florida.

         Sullivan’s practice is concentrated in the areas of catastrophic personal injury, industrial accidents, wrongful death, workers' compensation, commercial and general civil litigation. He is a member of the North Carolina and American Bar Associations, the Eighth Judicial District Bar Association, the Lenoir County Bar Association, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice and The Eastern North Carolina Inn of Court.

Sullivan received his undergraduate degree (B.S., magna cum laude) in administration of justice and public affairs in 1990, at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. He attended Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University where he was the Wiggins Scholar, Editor-in-Chief of the Campbell Law Review, Paul Dennis Award Recipient, and inducted into the International Order of Barristers. Matt received his Juris Doctor (magna cum laude) in 1995.

White & Allen, P.A. is a full-service law firm that has offered a wide range of legal services to Eastern North Carolina since 1927.  The firm has offices in Kinston, New Bern and Snow Hill.  Its practice includes emphases in bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, civil litigation, personal injury, commercial law, corporate law, criminal law, elder law, employee benefits, employment law, estate planning and administration, family law, health care law, real estate and tax planning.

White & Allen Attorneys Chosen for Legal Elite Honor

White & Allen, P.A. attorneys Ramsay "Tyler" Archie, John C. Bircher,     C. Gray Johnsey and Matthew S. Sullivan have been selected to BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine’s Legal Elite. 

The magazine’s Legal Elite lawyers are chosen by their peers—more than 20,000 ballots are sent to lawyers all across the state.  About three percent of the state’s attorneys are chosen as the best practitioners, according to magazine officials.

          Ramsay "Tyler" Archie received this recognition in the area of Young Guns. Archie's practice is concentrated in the area of bankruptcy and business litigation. While in law school, Tyler represented and counseled several non-profit organizations as a member of University of North Carolina's Community Development Law Clinic. His experience with non-profit legal issues includes matters related to retaining tax-exempt status, matters dealing with legal restrictions on non-profits and their leadership, and matters before the Internal Revenue Service.

          John C. Bircher received this recognition in the area of Bankruptcy. Bircher's practice is concentrated in the area of bankruptcy and business litigation. He is a member of the Panel of Chapter 7 Trustees for the Eastern District of North Carolina, the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, the Bankruptcy Sections of the North Carolina and Tennessee Bar Associations, the Eastern North Carolina Inn of Court and the Eastern Bankruptcy Institute. Bircher is a board certified specialist in both Business and Consumer Bankruptcy.

          C. Gray Johnsey received this recognition in the area of Tax and Estate Planning. Johnsey has handled tax, probate, and estate and business planning matters in Eastern North Carolina for more than 30 years.  He is a board certified specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law and a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.  Johnsey is a member of the Southeastern Trust School Faculty at Campbell University.

Matthew S. Sullivan received this recognition in the area of Litigation. Sullivan’s practice is concentrated in the areas of catastrophic personal injury, industrial accidents, wrongful death, workers' compensation, commercial and general civil litigation. He is a member of the North Carolina and American Bar Associations, the Eighth Judicial District Bar Association, the Lenoir County Bar Association, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice and The Eastern North Carolina Inn of Court.

White & Allen, P.A. is a full-service law firm with offices in Kinston, New Bern, and Snow Hill. The firm has offered a wide range of legal services to Eastern North Carolina since 1927.  Its practice includes bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, civil litigation, personal injury, commercial law, corporate law, criminal law, elder law, employee benefits, employment law, estate planning and administration, family law, health care law, real estate and tax planning.