W. J. Kellam, Jr.
(Member) Born Greensboro, North Carolina, December 21, 1937; admitted to bar, 1963, North Carolina.
Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1960; LL.B., 1963). Attorney, Law Department, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company, 1963-1968.
Member: 26th Judicial District Bar; North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar.
Practice Areas: Banking; Foreclosure; Real Estate.

 William Walt Pettit
(Member) Born Charlotte, North Carolina, August 26, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia and North Carolina.
Education: North Carolina State University (B.A., with honors, in Business Management, 1977); Mercer University (J.D., 1980). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Order of the Barristers; Moot Court Board.
Member: 26th Judicial District Bar; State Bar of Georgia; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina and American (Member, Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations.
Practice Areas: Business; Foreclosure; Bankruptcy; Collections; Creditors Rights

 Michael Barry Stein
(Member) Born Queens, New York, May 25, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of North Carolina.
Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1992); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1995). Phi Alpha Delta.
Member: Mecklenburg County and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys.
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Foreclosure; Collections.

 W. Chris Parnell
(Member) Born Charlotte, North Carolina, March 28, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, North Carolina.
Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1971); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 1975).
Member: Mecklenburg County and North Carolina Bar Associations.
Practice Areas: Real Property; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Business Law; REO Transactions.

 Matthew Thor McKee
(Associate) Born Shelby, North Carolina, February 26, 1967; admitted to bar, 2002, North Carolina.
Education: Western Carolina University (B.S., 1989); Mercer University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Phi Delta Phi.
Member: William Augustus Bootle Inn of Court; Environmental Law Society. Member: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (Member, Bankruptcy Law Section) and American Bar Associations.
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Foreclosures; Collections.

 Lauren S. Thurmond
(Associate) Born Durham, North Carolina, June 21, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina; 2006, South Carolina; 2008, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina.
Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 2002); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2005).
Member: Mecklenburg County and North Carolina Bar Associations.
Languages: Spanish.
Practice Areas: Foreclosure; Real Estate.

 Christopher J. Culp
(Associate) Born Alhambra, California, January 16, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina; 1990, Georgia; 1998, U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina.
Education: Davidson College (A.B., 1983); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1986). Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Delta Phi.
Member: North Carolina State Bar; 26th Judicial District Bar. Reported Cases: Edwards v. Advo Systems, Inc., 93 N.C. App. 154, 376 S.E.2d 765 (1989); Medlin v. Fyco, Inc., 139 N.C. App. 534, 534 S.E.2d 622 (2000); Everts v. Parkinson, 147 N.C. App. 315, 555 S.E.2d 667 (2001); STO Corp. v. Lancaster Homes, Inc., 11 Fed. Appx 182 (4th Cir. 2001); Bryant v. Don Galloway Homes, Inc., 147 N.C. App. 655, 556 S.E.2d 597 (2001); Jones v. GMRI, Inc., 144 N.C. App. 588, 551 S.E.2d 867; 355 N.C. 275, 559 S.E.2nd 787 (2002); Moore v. F. Douglas Biddy Construction, Inc., 161 N.C. App. 87, 587 S.E.2d 479 (2003); Whitehurst v. Hurst Built, Inc., 156 N.C. App. 650, 577 S.E.2d 168 (2003); Land v. Tall House Building Co., 165 N.C. App. 880, 602 S.E.2d 1 (2004); Terres Bend Homeowners Association v. Overcash, N.C. App., 647 S.E.2d 465 (2007). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation; Construction Law; Foreclosure; Collections.

 John T. Langston, IV
(Associate) Born Charlotte, North Carolina, October 21, 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, North Carolina.
Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 2000); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 2007). Visiting Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006-2007.
Member: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and American (Member, Real Property Section) Bar Associations.
Practice Areas: Real Property; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Business Law.



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