NORTH CAROLINA – NORTH DAKOTA
Shirley & Adams
Raleigh............................................................. 919-899-6278
A. Graham Shirley Business Lit
Shumaker Loop & Kendrick
Charlotte .......................................................... 704-375-0057
Scott M. Stevenson PI Defense: Med Mal
Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan
Raleigh............................................................... 919-821-1220
James D. Blount, Jr. Civil Lit Defense
James K. Dorsett, III Business Lit
Timothy P. Lehan PI Defense: Med Mal
John D. Madden PI Defense: Med Mal
Michael W. Mitchell Business Lit
William H. Moss PI Defense: Med Mal
Carl N. Patterson, Jr. Business Lit
Christopher G. Smith Business Lit
Samuel G. Thompson PI Defense: Med Mal
Donald H. Tucker, Jr. Business Lit
Kirk G. Warner PI Defense: Products
Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers
Raleigh .............................................................919-250-2000
Bettie Kelley Sousa Business Lit
Smith Moore Leatherwood
Charlotte ......................................................... 704-384-2600
Robert R. Marcus Business Lit
Larry B. Sitton Business Lit
Greensboro ...................................................... 336-378-5200
• Jonathan A. Berkelhammer Business Lit • Alan W. Duncan Business Lit
James G. Exum, Jr. Appellate
D. Clark Smith, Jr. PI Defense: Med Mal
Raleigh ..............................................................919-755-8700
Mark A. Finkelstein Business Lit
Sumrell Sugg Carmichael Hicks & Hart
New Bern ........................................................... 252-633-3131
Scott C. Hart Civil Lit Defense
Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham
Raleigh.............................................................. 919-873-0166
George W. Dennis III Prof Liab: Defense
Tharrington Smith
Raleigh................................................................ 919-821-4711
F. Hill Allen Crim Def: White Collar
Douglas E. Kingsbery Crim Def: White Collar
Troutman Sanders
Raleigh ..............................................................919-835-4100
• Gary S. Parsons Business Lit • Patricia P. Shields Civil Lit Defense
Van Winkle La w Firm, The
Asheville .......................................................... 828-258-2991
Larry S. Mc Devitt Antitrust Lit
Albert L. Sneed, Jr. Business Lit
Walker Allen Grice Ammons & Foy
Goldsboro .........................................................919-734-6565
Robert D. Walker, Jr. PI Defense: Med Mal
Ward and Smith
Greenville .........................................................252-215-4000
John M. Martin Business Lit
New Bern .........................................................252-672-5400
Donalt J. Eglinton Business Lit
Kenneth R. Wooten Business Lit
Raleigh ...............................................................919-277-9100
• Gary J. Rickner Business Lit
Williams Mullen
Raleigh............................................................. 919-981-4000
John D. Burns Business Lit
M. Keith Kapp Business Lit
Wilson Helms & Cartledge
Winston-Salem .................................................336-631-8866
• G. Gray Wilson Prof Liab: Defense
Winston & Strawn
Charlotte .......................................................... 704-350-7700
T. Thomas Cottingham, III Business Lit
Jack M. Knight, Jr. Crim Def: White Collar
Wishart Norris Henninger & Pittman
Charlotte .......................................................... 704-364-0010
Robert J. Wishart Business Lit
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
Charlotte .......................................................... 704-331-4900
G. Michael Barnhill Business Lit
Jim D. Cooley Business Lit
• James P. Cooney, III PI Defense: Med Mal • Debbie W. Harden Business Lit
Mark J. Horoschak Antitrust Lit
Kurt E. Lindquist II Business Lit
William C. Raper Prof Liab: Defense
Raboteau Wilder, Jr. Business Lit
Greensboro ......................................................336-574-8030
Ronald R. Davis Business Lit
Raleigh.............................................................. 919-755-2100
Johnny M. Loper Business Lit
• Pressly Millen Business Lit • Hayden J. Silver, III Business Lit
Winston-Salem .................................................336-721-3600
Reid C. Adams, Jr. Insurance Coverage
W. Andrew (Andy) Copenhaver Antitrust Lit
Keith Vaughan Business Lit
Erna A. P. Womble Civil Lit Defense
William F. Womble, Jr. PI Defense: Products
Wyatt & Blake
Charlotte........................................................... 704-331-0767
• James F. Wyatt, III Crim Def: White Collar
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton
Raleigh..............................................................919-781-4000
K. Edward Greene Appellate
Lee M. Whitman Business Lit
Yates McLamb & Weyher
Raleigh.............................................................919-835-0900
Barry S. Cobb PI Defense: Med Mal
• Dan J. McLamb PI Defense: Med Mal
John W. Minier PI Defense: Med Mal
Rodney E. (Rod) Pettey PI Defense: General Pg. 315
• Barbara B. Weyher Insurance Coverage
Young, Jeffrey M., Attorney at Law
Raleigh.............................................................. 919-856-2514
Jeffrey M. Young Business Lit
Young Moore & Henderson
Raleigh..............................................................919-782-6860
• Walter E. Brock, Jr. Insurance Coverage
M. Lee Cheney PI Defense: Med Mal
Robert M. Clay PI Defense: Med Mal
William P. Daniell PI Defense: Med Mal
David M. Duke Civil Lit Defense
NORTH DAKOTA
Brown, Malcolm H.
Bismarck ...........................................................701-224-8825
Malcolm H. Brown Business Lit
Camrud Maddock Olson & Larson
Grand Forks ...................................................... 701-775-5595
Scott David Jensen PI Defense: General
Patrick J. Maddock PI Defense: Med Mal
Crowley Fleck
Bismarck ...........................................................701-223-6585
Michael C. Waller PI Defense: Med Mal
De Mars & Turman
Fargo .................................................................701-293-5592
Joseph A. Turman Business Lit
Ebeltoft Sickler Kolling Grosz Bouray
Dickinson .......................................................... 701-225-5297
Paul F. Ebeltoft Civil Lit Defense
Fredrikson & Byron
Fargo .................................................................701-237-8200
Todd E. Zimmerman Business Lit
McGee Hankla Backes & Dobrovolny
Minot .................................................................701-852-2544
Jon W. Backes Business Lit
Collin P. Dobrovolny PI Defense: General
Jason R. Vendsel PI Defense: General
Morley Law Firm
Grand Forks ....................................................... 701-772-7266
Bradley J. Beehler PI Defense: General
Nilles Law Firm
Fargo ................................................................. 701-237-5544
Mark R. Hanson Civil Lit Defense
William P. Harrie Civil Lit Defense
• Stephen W. Plambeck Business Lit
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RODNEY E. (ROD) PETTEY
YATES, MCLAMB & WEYHER, L.L.P.
421 Fayetteville St.
Suite 1200
Raleigh, NC 27601
PH: (919) 719-6019
FX: (919) 582-2519
rpettey@ymwlaw.com
ymwlaw.com
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: PRODUCTS
A corporate and insurance litigator, Rodney E. (Rod) Pettey has more than 20-years
experience defending businesses and individuals in lawsuits involving products, premises
and environmental liability, catastrophic injury, construction disputes and trucking
accidents. Pettey, a partner and executive committee member at Yates, McLamb & Weyher,
L.L.P., has extensive trial experience in both state and federal court. He serves as the
primary North Carolina counsel for catastrophic injury and major cases for two national
insurance companies. He has also recently represented defendants in two well-known plant
explosions. Pettey has been selected as part of North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine
since 2009. A cum laude graduate with his juris doctorate from the Wake Forest University
School of Law, he is licensed by the North Carolina State Bar, and is an active member
of the Defense Research Institute, American Board of Trial Advocates, North Carolina
Association of Defense Attorneys and North Carolina Bar Association.
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