Attorney Profiles
JOHN W. ERVIN, JR.
Email: jwe@byrdlaw.com
Practice Areas: Corporation Law; Commercial Litigation; Wills and Estates.
Admitted: 1962 North Carolina; 1964, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Law School: University of North Carolina, J.D., 1962.
College: University of North Carolina, A.B., 1959.
Born: Morganton, North Carolina, March 28, 1937.
LAWRENCE (Larry) D. MC MAHON, JR.
Email: ldm@byrdlaw.com
Practice Areas: Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Claims.
Admitted: 1978 North Carolina; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1981, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
Law School: University of North Carolina, J.D. with honors, 1978.
College: University of North Carolina, B.A., 1975; Morehead Scholar.
Member: Association of Trial Lawyers of America; NC Academy of Trial Lawyers - Board of Governors 1990-1998.
Biography: Designated a North Carolina Super Lawyer in a list published in the February 2006 issues of Charlotte magazine and North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine by Law and Politics. Coordinating Editor, October 2002 edition of "Trial Briefs," statewide legal journal published by the NCATL; Jan. 2001 Co-Chair, NCATL Seminar "Nuts & Bolts of Dollars & Cents"; Program Chair, NCATL Seminar Jan.2002: "Disbursement of Tort Recoveries"; Author: "The Expert Witness and Discovery," NCATL Expert Witness Seminar, 1991; "Service of Process: Pre-Trial Procedure," NCATL Pre-Trial Procedure Seminar, 1989; "Motor Vehicle Law: Using Jury Instructions," NCATL Motor Vehicle Law Seminar, 1989; "Insurance Law: Dram Shop Liability," NCATL Insurance Law Seminar,1988.
Born: Morganton, North Carolina, February 26, 1953.
MICHELLE C. PRITCHARD
Email: mcp@byrdlaw.com
Practice Areas: Social Security Disability; Workers Compensation; Civil Litigation.
Admitted: 1996, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1999 North Carolina.
Law School: Pepperdine University, J.D., 1995.
College: Davidson College, B.A., 1992.
Member: NC Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Biography: Law Clerk to the Honorable Lance A. Ito during the case People v. Orenthal James Simpson; Associate Attorney on Federal Computer Fraud Case of United States v. Keith David Mitnick.
Born: Morganton, North Carolina, May 6, 1970.
C. SCOTT WHISNANT
Email: csw@byrdlaw.com
Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Social Security Disability; Civil Litigation.
Admitted: 1975 North Carolina; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Law School: Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1975.
College: University of North Carolina, B.A., 1972.
Member: NC Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Born: Morganton, North Carolina, August 11, 1950.
ROBERT K. DENTON
Email: rkd@byrdlaw.com
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Wrongful Death & Criminal Law.
Admitted: 2003 North Carolina.
Law School: Campbell University, J.D. 2003.
College: University of North Carolina, B.A. 1996; Duke University, M.A., 2000.
Member: North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association.
Biography: North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers M.J. Calhoun Trial Advocacy Award, 2003; Assistant Editor 2002-2003 Editions of North Carolina Appellate Advocacy; Assistant Editor 2002-2003 Editions of North Carolina Law of Damages.
Born: Morganton, North Carolina, October 9, 1974.