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Kelly Otis focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions. Kelly regularly represents purchasers, sellers, and developers with the acquisition, development, financing, sale and lease of commercial real estate, including the drafting and negotiation of contracts, leases and loan documents, assistance with due diligence, and drafting of reciprocal easement agreements, covenants, escrow agreements, and other closing documents. She counsels clients on complex title issues and defects...

John Flynn supports a variety of commercial clients in the finance sector, including national and state banks, insurance companies and institutional lenders. His practice regularly handles matters involving debtor and creditor rights, loan workouts and other loan transactions. He is especially focused on bankruptcy preference actions and asset-based lending and factoring for secured commercial loans. In addition, John is our firm’s chief counsel on environmental matters – helping ...

William M. Bryner is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Franchise Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property and Trademark Law. William M. practices law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Best Lawyers has recognized William M. Bryner since 2011. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which William M. Bryner is held by other lawyers.

Julie Barker Pape is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Julie Barker practices law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Best Lawyers has recognized Julie Barker Pape since 2018. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Julie Barker Pape is held by other la...

Alton L. Absher III is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Litigation - Intellectual Property. Alton L. practices law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Best Lawyers has recognized Alton L. Absher III since 2022. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Alton L. Absher III is held by other lawyers.

Seth Cohen has spent his legal career fighting against discrimination and advocating for people whose civil rights and civil liberties have been violated or infringed. The veteran labor and employment, civil rights and civil liberties attorney is Of Counsel at the Deuterman Law Group. In this senior role, he represents clients in their labor and employment claims. He works closely with the rest of the DLG team to ensure that our workers’ compensation, Social Security Disability, VA Disa...

Mike Drye's practice focuses on business transactions, corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, commercial contract matters and general corporate law. Prior to joining the firm, Mike was a partner at Wall Babcock LLP and previously, Mike was an associate and a partner with two large international law firms. He received a J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990 and a B.S. in Business Administration (concentration in accounting) degree from th...

Richard Vanore is a litigator experienced in professional malpractice, health law, personal injury, commercial disputes and other areas of civil litigation. As a core member of the Carruthers & Roth Healthcare and Litigation practice teams, he works closely with insurance companies, physicians, dentists, hospitals, individuals, real estate developers and property owners. Much of Richard’s practice involves healthcare providers. He has served as lead defense counsel in hundreds of me...

Jeremy R. Demmitt is a dedicated attorney with a growing reputation for excellence in personal injury, business, product liability, and insurance litigation. A military family upbringing instilled in Jeremy a disciplined and service-oriented approach to his legal practice, which he applies as a partner at Robinson & Lawing, LLP. Since joining the firm in 2015, Jeremy has been committed to delivering thorough and effective representation to his clients. Jeremy graduated magna cum laude fro...

Stephen R. Berlin is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Environmental Law and Litigation - Environmental. Stephen R. practices law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Best Lawyers has recognized Stephen R. Berlin since 2001. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Stephen R. Berlin is held by other lawyers.