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Legal Elite 2015
BANKRUPTCY WINNER
James S. "Charlie" Livermon III
Poyner Spruill LLP, Rocky Mount
Vita: 45; born in Rocky Mount; bachelor’s from Hampden-Sydney College and law degree from Campbell University; wife and two children.
Memorable case: I represented a creditor in a bankruptcy case involving a failed real-estate development in South Carolina. My client, an individual who provided $15 million in seller financing, took me on a tour of the development, and around every turn there was a dead alligator. Apparently the development had an alligator problem. Other challenges were that most of the lots in the subdivision were foreclosed for unpaid property taxes, the developer had sold my client’s swimming pool and back porch to a speculator, and there was an alleged documentation defect that could have invalidated the $15 million mortgage. All worked out in the end, except for the alligators.
Favorite place: Shark Island, off the tip of Cape Lookout.
Hero: My father, the hardest-working person I know and who always manages to have a smile on his face.
BANKRUPTCY
WINNER: James S. “Charlie” Livermon III, Poyner Spruill LLP, Rocky Mount; Shelley K. Abel, Rayburn Cooper & Durham PA, Charlotte; Rayford K. Adams III, Spilman Thomas & Battle PLLC, Winston Salem; Lou M. Agosto, Wells Fargo & Co., Charlotte; Brian R. Anderson, Nexsen Pruet PLLC, Greensboro; James B. Angell, Howard, Stallings, From & Hutson PA, Raleigh; David R. Badger, David R. Badger PA, Charlotte; Paul R. Baynard, Rayburn Cooper & Durham PA, Charlotte; John C. Bircher III, White & Allen PA, New Bern; William E. Brewer Jr., The Brewer Law Firm, Raleigh; William E. Burton III, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro; Algernon L. Butler III, Butler & Butler LLP, Wilmington; James O. Carter Jr., Carter & Carter PA, Wilmington; Heather W. Culp, Essex Richards PA, Charlotte; Damon Duncan, Duncan Law LLP, Greensboro; David L. Eades, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte; Paul A. Fanning, Ward and Smith PA, Greenville; Michael P. Flanagan, Ward and Smith PA, Greenville; Adam Mark Gottsegen, Nicholls & Crampton PA, Raleigh; Joseph W. Grier III, Grier Furr & Crisp PA, Charlotte; Jason L. Hendren, Hendren & Malone PLLC, Raleigh; David R. Hillier, Gum, Hillier & McCroskey PA, Asheville; A. Lee Hogewood III, K&L Gates LLP, Raleigh; Charles M. Ivey III, Ivey, McClellan, Gatton & Talcott LLP, Greensboro; William P. Janvier, Janvier Law Firm PLLC, Raleigh; J. Trevor Johnston, McGuireWoods LLP, Charlotte; Rod Kight, Kight Law Office PC, Asheville; Joseph B.C. Kluttz, K&L Gates LLP, Charlotte; Kenny Lautenschlager, Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte; John R. Miller Jr., Rayburn Cooper & Durham PA, Charlotte; Kristin D. Ogburn, Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes PA, Charlotte; Jeffrey E. Oleynik, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro; George M. Oliver, Oliver Friesen Cheek PLLC, New Bern; Mark A. Pinkston, The Van Winkle Law Firm, Asheville; Walter W. Pitt Jr., Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem; Alan W. Pope, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte; J. William Porter, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte; Amos U. Priester IV, Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh; Rebecca F. Redwine, Hendren & Malone PLLC, Raleigh; George F. Sanderson III, Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh; David M. Schilli, Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte; John H. Small, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro; William C. Smith Jr., Manning Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh; Richard D. Sparkman, Richard D. Sparkman & Associates PA, Angier; Lisa P. Sumner, Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh; Douglas J. Tate, McGuire, Wood & Bissette PA, Asheville; Glenn Thompson, Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC, Charlotte; Scott P. Vaughn, McGuireWoods LLP, Charlotte; Thomas Waldrep Jr., Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Winston-Salem; Margaret R. Westbrook, K&L Gates LLP, Raleigh; James C. White, Law Office of James C. White PC, Durham; Jason D. Witt, Witt Law Firm PA, Monroe; A. Cotten Wright, Grier Furr & Crisp PA, Charlotte; Richard S. Wright, Moon Wright and Houston PLLC, Charlotte.
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