White & Allen, P.A. attorneys Ramsay “Tyler” Archie, John C. Bircher, C. Gray Johnsey and Matthew S. Sullivan have been selected to “Business North Carolina” magazine’s Legal Elite.
These lawyers are chosen by their peers — more than 20,000 ballots are sent to lawyers all across the state. About 3 percent are chosen as the best practitioners, according to magazine officials.
Archie received this recognition in the area of Young Guns. His practice is concentrated in the area of bankruptcy and business litigation. While in law school, he represented and counseled several non-profit organizations as a member of UNC’s Community Development Law Clinic. His experience with non-profit legal issues includes matters related to retaining tax-exempt status, legal restrictions on non-profits and their leadership, and matters before the Internal Revenue Service.
Bircher received the recognition in the area of bankruptcy. His practice is concentrated in the area of bankruptcy and business litigation. He is a member of the Panel of Chapter 7 Trustees for the Eastern District of North Carolina, the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, the bankruptcy sections of the North Carolina and Tennessee Bar Associations, the Eastern North Carolina Inn of Court and the Eastern Bankruptcy Institute. He is a board certified specialist in business and consumer bankruptcy.
Johnsey earned the recognition in the area of tax and estate planning. He has handled tax, probate and estate and business planning matters in Eastern North Carolina for more than 30 years. He is a board certified specialist in estate planning and probate law and a fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He is a member of the Southeastern Trust School faculty at Campbell University.
Sullivan received this recognition in the area of litigation. His practice is concentrated in the areas of catastrophic personal injury, industrial accidents, wrongful death, workers’ compensation, and commercial and general civil litigation. He is a member of the North Carolina and American Bar Associations, the Eighth Judicial District Bar Association, the Lenoir County Bar Association, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice and the Eastern North Carolina Inn of Court.
Johnsey and Sullivan also have been selected for inclusion in the latest edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Johnsey was selected in the trusts and estates specialty and Sullivan was selected in the product Liability litigation—plaintiffs specialty.
Selection to Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey comprising more than 2,000,000 confidential evaluations made by top attorneys from all over the United States. Because no fee or purchase is associated with Best Lawyers or its selections, inclusion is considered to be a unique honor.
Johnsey received his undergraduate degree from UNC, his Masters in Business Administration from ECU, his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, and his Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Florida.
Sullivan received his undergraduate degree in administration of justice and public affairs from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. He attended Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University, from which he received his Juris Doctor in 1995.
White & Allen is a full-service law firm that has offered a wide range of legal services to Eastern North Carolina since 1927. The firm has offices in Kinston, New Bern and Snow Hill.