FIRM PROFILE
Poyner
& Spruill LLP is one of North Carolina’s oldest and largest law firms,
tracing its origin to 1883. Our attorneys bring to their clients' needs a
wide range of experience, talents and knowledge. They have extensive
involvement in the State’s business, governmental, judicial, political and
civic life and have provided and continue to provide leadership in
professional and civic organizations across the state.
Poyner
& Spruill has offices in Raleigh, Charlotte, Rocky Mount, and Southern
Pines, North Carolina, giving it a statewide presence. The firm’s size
enables it to foster individual attorney excellence in such diverse practice
areas as bankruptcy, workouts, creditors’ rights, employment law, commercial
real estate, employee benefits, banking law, syndicated lending and other
complex financing transactions, agricultural finance, venture capital, public
utilities, health care law, governmental relations, environmental law,
securities law, municipal law, construction law, white collar criminal
defense, as well as trials and appeals in all state, federal and
administrative courts and tribunals and alternative dispute resolution. The
firm brings to bear the resources, talent and experience of all four offices
to serve the needs of its clients. In addition, its reputation, size, and
client base enable Poyner & Spruill to effectively represent the national
and regional interests of its clients.
The firm is the only North Carolina
law firm member of the State
Capital Global Law Firm Group, an association of fifty independent
law firms located in the fifty state capitals and several foreign
countries. Poyner & Spruill clients have immediate access to legal
representation in every state and in countries such as Mexico, Canada
and Great Britain. Member firms of the State Capital Global Law Firm
Group practice independently and not in a relationship for the joint
practice of law.
Poyner & Spruill's History
Poyner & Spruill was formed January
1, 1986 by the merger of two of North Carolina's oldest and most
respected law firms: Poyner, Geraghty, Hartsfield & Townsend of
Raleigh and Spruill & Spruill of Rocky Mount and Raleigh.
The Poyner firm was established in
Raleigh in 1946 by James M. Poyner, Marshall B. Hartsfield and John J.
Geraghty. Newman A. Townsend, Jr. later became associated with the firm.
It steadily expanded its civil practice in Raleigh, becoming the city's
largest and most established corporate practice and achieving a
significant reputation for expertise in tax law.
Spruill & Spruill traced its
beginning to l883 when it was established in Henderson by Frank S.
Spruill. Spruill moved the firm to Rocky Mount in 1907.
In 1988, Mark B. Edwards and Richard E.
Thigpen, Jr., then president of the North Carolina Bar Association,
joined the firm and opened its office in Charlotte.
In 2005, the
Broughton & Broughton firm merged
into Poyner & Spruill, giving the firm an office in Southern
Pines.
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