E. Knox Proctor V
1001 College Court
New Bern, North Carolina
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Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 867
New Bern, North Carolina
28563-0867

Phone: 252-672-5427
Fax: 252-672-5477
Email: ekp@wardandsmith.com

Mr. Proctor's practice experience includes mergers, acquisitions, and securities work for banks and thrift institutions and their holding companies, as well as corporate and regulatory matters pertaining to financial institutions.  His experience also includes specialized financial institution services, such as securities brokerage, investment advisory, and asset management services, trust departments, and insurance products and services.  Mr. Proctor serves on the Legal Issues and Workplace Policies Committee of the North Carolina Chamber and on North Carolina Bar Association committees that deal with legislative issues affecting financial institutions and trust administration.  He is a recipient of the John Huske Anderson Award and has been rated by his peers as being "preeminent" in his fields of law.  Mr. Proctor also serves as president of the New Bern Civic Theatre.  Prior to joining the firm, he served as related financial services counsel for one of North Carolina's major multi-bank holding companies.  Earlier, Mr. Proctor practiced law with a large firm in Raleigh.

Practice Groups
Business
Financial Institutions

Practice Specialties
Broker-Dealer and Investment Advisor Law and Regulation
Financial Institutions Law and Regulation
Financial Institutions Securities, Mergers, and Acquisitions
Insurance Law and Regulation
Trust and Fiduciary Law and Regulation

Bar Admission
North Carolina, 1987

Court Admissions
All state courts in North Carolina
United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina

Education
J.D., high honors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1987. Board of Editors, North Carolina Law Review, Order of the Coif, Chief Justice Walter Clark Award.
A.B., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1984
Davidson College, 1979-1981
The McCallie School, 1979

Memberships
American Bar Association — Sections: Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice; Antitrust Law; Business Law; Real Property, Trust and Estate Law
Christian Legal Society
North Carolina Bar Association — Sections: Administrative Law; Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law; Business Law; Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law; Intellectual Property Law; International Law & Practice; Tax Law
North Carolina Chamber

Publications
Business
Financial Institutions

 

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