Al is licensed to practice before all North Carolina State and Federal Courts, the United States Tax Court, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association and its Elder Law, Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law, and Tax Law Sections. He is also a member of the American Bar Association including the Taxation and the Real Property, Probate and Trust Sections of the ABA.
Al has served as president of both the Harnett County Bar and the Eleventh Judicial District Bar. In addition he is a member of Elder Counsel and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
He has lectured to other lawyers on topics in estate planning and administration for the National Business Institute including “Establishing and Following Ethical Best Practices” and “Basic Tax Matters”. He has also published an article in The Will and the Way, the newsletter of the Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association on the topic of “Joint Revocable Trusts”.
University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 2001
University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1985
Duke University, 1982
Harnett County Bar Association
North Carolina Bar Assocation: Estate Planning, Fiduciary Law, Elder Law & Tax Sections
American Bar Association: Sections of Taxation and the Real Property, Probate and Trusts
National Assocation of Elder Law Attorneys
Elder Counsel
Eleventh Judicial District
The Will and the Way
“Joint Revocable Trusts: A Horse of a Different Color”, Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association”
“Establishing and Following Ethical Best Practices” and “Basic Tax Matters”., National Business Institute
Research Assistant to Hon. Gerald Arnold, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1985 – 1986
Associate, Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, Charlotte, NC, 1986 – 1989