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120 West Fire Tower Road
Winterville, North Carolina 28590
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P: 252.215.4004
F: 252.215.4077
Mailing Address
Post Office Box 8088
Greenville, North Carolina
27835-8088
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H. L. Stephenson, III
Mr. Stephenson's practice experience encompasses business law (including formations, transfers and acquisitions, tax planning, and controversies), estate planning, and business and corporate management counseling. His practice is focused on advising business owners, representation of their companies, negotiation of contracts and agreements, and estate and business succession planning. Mr. Stephenson has lectured extensively in continuing legal education programs and to civic organizations on business organizations and transactions and estate and tax planning. He also has authored and co-authored manuscripts on those subjects. Mr. Stephenson has been an officer and member of the boards of directors of numerous civic, charitable, and economic development organizations. He has been rated by his peers as being "preeminent" in his fields of law.
Practice Groups
Business
Tax
Practice Concentration
Closely-Held Businesses and Owners
Mergers and Acquisitions
Admitted to Practice
North Carolina, 1982
All state courts in North Carolina
United States Tax Court
Honors and Distinctions*
"Super Lawyer," North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2006-2007
Education
LL.M., Taxation, College of William & Mary Law School, 1983
J.D., The University of North Carolina School of Law, 1982
A.B., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1979
Professional and Community Affiliations
American Bar Association — Sections: Business Law; Taxation
Boys & Girls Clubs of Pitt County, Inc. (advisory board member; foundation board member; past president; past board member)
East Carolina Estate Planning Council (past president)
East Carolina University Medical and Health Sciences Foundation, Inc. (board member; past president)
North Carolina Bar Association — Sections: Business Law; Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law; Tax Law
North Carolina Biotechnology Center Eastern and Southeastern Advisory Committees (committee member, vice chairman of Eastern Advisory Committee)
North Carolina Economic Developers Association
Pitt County Committee of 100 (past president; past board member)
Publications
Business
Shareholder and Operating Agreements: Essentials for Closely Held Businesses
Tax
*Please see the www.superlawyers.com/north-carolina for an explanation of the standards of membership for the listing above. |
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