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White & Allen Lawyers Included in The Best Lawyers in America

February 16, 2010

John C. Bircher III

KINSTON, N.C.—White & Allen, P.A. attorneys John C. Bircher III and C. Gray Johnsey have been selected to BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine's Legal Elite group of North Carolina attorneys. This honor was published in the magazine's January edition.

Gray Johnsey

Now in its 9th year, the magazine's Legal Elite lawyers are chosen by their peers—more than 19,000 ballots are sent to lawyers all across the state. About three percent of the state's attorneys are chosen as the best practitioners, according to magazine officials.

Neither Bircher nor Johnsey is a stranger to professional accolades. Bircher was named with the same honor last year and Johnsey has received numerous awards including Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers, North Carolina. Bircher practices in White & Allen's New Bern office and Johnsey practices in the Kinston office.

Bircher received his undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in criminal justice in 1992 and his law degree from the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University in 1997.

While Bircher's practice is concentrated in the area of bankruptcy, his other areas of emphasis include civil collections litigation and foreclosure.

Johnsey 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. Johnsey is a member of the Southeastern Trust School Faculty at Campbell University.

White & Allen, P.A. is a full-service law firm with offices in Kinston, New Bern, and Snow Hill. 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.