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JEFFREY L. HELMS

SHAREHOLDER

Practice Areas:

  • Business Formation, Planning and Transactions
  • Contracts (Business & Construction)
  • Commercial Leasing
  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Taxation & Business Tax Planning
  • Estate Planning & Administration
  • Employment Law (Employer Focused)

Education

  • University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • J.D. With High Honors
    • Honors: Order of the Coif
  • North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
    • B.S. - 1989
    • Honors: summa cum laude
    • Major: Economics
    • Minor: Chemistry

Bar Admission

  • North Carolina, 1993
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 1993
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1995

Representative Cases

  • Barger, etal. v. McCoy, etal., 488 S.E.2d 215, 1997, N.C. Sup. Ct.

Honors

  • Ferebee Taylor Award - Most outstanding graduate in Corporate Law Classes (UNC)
  • Investors Title Award - Most Outstanding Graduate in Property Law Classes (UNC), 1993
  • Omicron Delta Epsilon Book Award - Most outstanding graduate from NCSU School of Economics

Current Employment Position

  • Shareholder