Professional Memberships & Community Service

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• Former speaker at UNC to trial practice classes on trial tactics and practices.

• Former speaker at NCCU to school-wide seminar on solo law practice.

• Divorce recovery workshops volunteer for persons re-adjusting to life as a single person.

• Volunteer assisting drug and alcohol dependents.

• Member of North Carolina Family Financial Mediators.

• Member of North Carolina Bar Association Dispute Resolution section.

• Certified Family Financial Mediator.

• Certified Superior Court Mediator.

• Admitted to North Carolina Bar in 1987.

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 Below are the principles I strive for in every mediation: 

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• To listen to each person and their issues and points of view.

• To use skill and patience to allow the parties to reach an acceptable resolution to their case.

• To be neutral in my handling of the issues to be decided.

• Legal Excellence.

• Honesty & Integrity.

• Innovation.

• Quality Service.

• Responsiveness.

• Quality and Results.

 

Todd’s personal life:

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• Divorced (been there).

• Now married to a wonderful woman, Vicky.

• I am a golfer with dreams beyond my skill.

• I am an avid reader of books, especially fiction.  Books on tape are a great invention.

• I love movies, mostly action, adventure, high drama.  I am out on the new psycho horror movies.

• Sports fan – college and pro football, college basketball, and golf.

• Former surfer, with hopes of rehabilitation and return to the water.

• Tried skydiving and am in no hurry to do that again.

• Love the beach and the ocean.

• Spicy foods are an attraction.

• Like the theater - live plays are very captivating.

• Born in the beautiful North Carolina mountains so I moved to the beach first chance I got, go figure.