Attorney Profiles
James C. Windham, Jr.
Partner
- 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
PRACTICE AREAS
- General litigation
- business law / corporate matters
- municipal / government law
- employment law
- wills / TRUSTS / ESTATE PLANNING
- Probate
- commercial & Residential real estate