Greensboro law firm Brooks Pierce has added a Charlotte office for the first time in its 128-year history.
Lawyers David Allen, Ben Chesson and Anna Majestro, formerly of Allen Chesson, have joined Brooks Pierce, which expanded into Raleigh in 1995 and Wilmington in 2017. It now has more than 120 lawyers statewide.
“We’d been looking a little bit and some folks in Charlotte said we should talk to David, and David heard from some people who said he should talk with Brooks Pierce,” says Jimmy Adams, managing partner at the Greensboro firm. “Culturally, they were de
ad on with us in terms of putting clients first and doing the best work possible.”
The three Charlotte lawyers are trial litigators, so Brooks Pierce expects to eventually add corporate, construction, tax and other specialists in the Queen City. It will happen at a measured pace, befitting the firm’s approach. “No one would accuse Brooks Pierce of being haphazard,” Adams says. The firm will initially use Allen Chesson’s downtown Charlotte office, while considering a future expansion.
Brooks Pierce has long been an influential firm in the state, with clients in the Charlotte area.
The new office will expand that roster and be more convenient for its lawyers, Allen says. Its banking practice, led by veteran corporate lawyers Bob Singer and Ed Winslow, has represented many of the state’s small and mid-sized financial companies over the years.
Allen is a former president of the N.C. Association of Defense Attorneys. “Brooks Pierce has always been a leader in the state’s legal community, and I’m honored to join the team at such an exciting time,” he said in a release.
David Mildenberg is editor of Business North Carolina. Reach him at dmildenberg@businessnc.com.