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Sullivan Named to NCAJ Board of Governors

July 29, 2008

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Matthew Sullivan

KINSTON, N.C.—Kinston attorney Matthew Sullivan has been elected to the Board of Governors of the North Carolina Advocates of Justice (NCAJ), formerly the N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Sullivan practices law with White & Allen, P.A., headquartered in Kinston with offices in Snow Hill and New Bern.

Sullivan’s practice is concentrated in the areas of catastrophic personal injury, industrial accidents, wrongful death, workers' compensation, commercial and general civil litigation.

The North Carolina Advocates of Justice has almost 4,000 members. The group’s members champion individual rights in an effort to protect the safety of North Carolina’s families in the workplace, in the home and in the environment.

In his role as a member of the Board of Governors of NCAJ, Sullivan will assist in the management of the group’s mission, including the adoption of legislation which will better protect citizens from damages and injury.

Sullivan earned his undergraduate degree (B.S.) (magna cum laude) in Administration of Justice and Public Affairs in 1990 at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

He attended Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University and received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) (magna cum laude) in 1995.

Sullivan is licensed to practice before all North Carolina State Courts, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

White & Allen, P.A. is a full-service law firm with offices in Kinston, New Bern, Snow Hill and Goldsboro. The firm has offered a wide range of legal services to Eastern North Carolina since 1927.  Its practice includes bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, civil litigation, personal injury, commercial law, corporate law, criminal law, elder law, employee benefits, employment law, estate planning and administration, family law, health care law, real estate and tax planning.