Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Business Law; Municipal Law
Admitted: 1972, North Carolina
Law School: University of North Carolina, J.D., 1972
College: Furman University, B.A., 1969
Member: Gaston County Bar; North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
Military: Capt., U.S. Army, 1972-1973
Martha Raymond Thompson
Partner
Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Municipal Law; Labor and Employment
Certified Mediator
Admitted: 1988, North Carolina; U.S. Western District of North Carolina; Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (1998); and United States Supreme Court (2008)
Law School: University of South Carolina, J.D., 1988
College: Furman University, B.A., 1985
Member: Gaston County Bar (President, 1998); North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; Defense Research Institute
Charlton K. Torrence, III
Partner
Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Trust Law; Estate Administration; Medicaid Eligibility and Corporate Law
Admitted: 1989, North Carolina
Law School: University of North Carolina, J.D., 1989
College: University of North Carolina, B.A., 1985
Member: Gaston County Bar Association; North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar
Timothy L. Patti
Partner
Retired Superior Court Judge
Certified Mediator
Retired Superior Court Judge – retired after 24 years of service (15 years Superior Court Judge; 9 years District Court Judge); Engaged in the General Practice of Law; Certified Mediator
Admitted: 1980, North Carolina
Law School: Campbell University School of Law, J.D., 1979
College: Belmont Abbey College, B.A. 1976
2007 Outstanding Trial Judge Award from the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
Awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine by Governor Perdue on November 5, 2010
Recently completed a 3-year term as Trustee at Wingate University
Former District Attorney
Former Public Defender
Member: Gaston County Bar Association; North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar
Richard D. Laws
Partner
Practice Areas: Real Estate and other transactional matters
Commercial Real Estate
Estate Planning
Trusts
Estate Administration
Wills
Probate
Admitted: 1979, North Carolina
Law School: Wake Forest University, J.D. 1979
College: Wake Forest University, B.S. 1976
Member: Gaston County Bar Association, North Carolina State Bar
Aaron C. Low
Associate
Practice Areas: Insurance Defense, Automobile Insurance Defense; Arson and Insurance Fraud; Casualty Insurance Defense; First and Third Party Insurance Defense; First Party Insurance Defense; General Liability Defense; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Insurance Defense Subrogation; Personal Liability Defense; Property Damage Defense; Litigation; Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; Defense Litigation; Construction Defects; Construction Law; Construction Insurance Defense; Construction Litigation; Stucco Litigation
Admitted: 2003, North Carolina, 2004 South Carolina
Law School: Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, J.D., 2003
College: North Carolina State University, B.A., Economics / English, 2000
Member: Gaston County Bar; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association; South Carolina State Bar; South Carolina Construction Bar
Benjamin C. Unger
Associate
Practice Areas: Real Estate, Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Wills & Probate matters
Admitted: 2009, North Carolina
Law School: Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, J..D. 2008
College: Appalachian State University, B.A. 2003
Member: Gaston County Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar
Ryan L. Bostic
Associate
College: West Virginia University, B.A., Political Science, 2007
Law School: Appalachian School of Law, J.D., 2010
Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Litigation, Civil Rights, Municipal Liability, Wrongful Death, Trucking Law, Premise Liability, Employment, Work Place Injury, Appeals and General Litigation
Admitted: 2010, West Virginia
Admitted: 2012, North Carolina
Admitted to practice in all North Carolina and West Virginia State Courts and the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Has defended civil suits in both State and Federal Courts
Member: North Carolina State Bar; West Virginia State Bar