J. MARK HERRING
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Mark is a partner in the firm's litigation department where he has successfully represented several individuals and corporate entities in both criminal and civil matters.

More specifically, Mark is experienced in representing clients charged with criminal offenses in both state and federal courts. Mark has represented clients faced with a wide array of charges in state court including narcotics possession and trafficking, violent assaults, firearm charges, property crimes, and white-collar crimes including embezzlement, corporate malfeasance and tax crimes. Also, Mark is very experienced in handling all types of traffic offenses and misdemeanors including DWI in state district court.

In the federal arena, Mark has experience in representing clients charged with various federal crimes such as narcotics offenses, firearm offenses and a variety of white-collar offenses including bank fraud and health care fraud. Mark is admitted to practice before the United States District Court - Eastern District of North Carolina and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mark is also a member of the Criminal Justice Act panel of attorneys for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

In addition to Mark's criminal practice, he spends a great deal of time representing business clients in matters involving construction law, real property liens, creditor's rights and commercial disputes. Further, Mark prosecutes and defends a variety of civil claims involving negligence, intentional torts and business torts.

Mark is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the North Carolina Bar Association (Criminal Justice Section Member) and currently serves as an officer for the Eighth Judicial District Bar Association as well as the Lenoir County Bar Association.

Prior to entering private practice at White & Allen, P.A., Mark was an Assistant District Attorney for the 4th Judicial District of North Carolina (Sampson, Jones, Duplin and Onslow counties) where he negotiated and tried hundreds of cases. Mark is admitted to practice in all trial and appellate courts in North Carolina.

Mark grew up in Clinton, North Carolina and was educated in the Sampson County and Clinton City Public Schools. He graduated from North Carolina State University where he received a B.A. in History. Mark received his J.D. from the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. While at Cumberland, Mark was a Dean's List Award recipient and a member of the Simms Moot Court Board and the Cumberland Trial Advocacy Board.

Mark is married and he and his wife live in Kinston with their beautiful little girl and their three dogs. Mark attends St. Mary's Episcopal Church where he has served as a youth sponsor and is a member of the Kinston Rotary Club. Also, Mark has been a member of the Boys & Girls Club of Lenoir County, the United Way of Lenoir County and the Caswell Center Human Rights Committee. Currently, Mark serves as a member on the Pride of Kinston Board and the Lenoir Committee of 100.

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