ATTORNEYS CHARLES H. CRANFORD was born in Albemarle, North Carolina, on July 12, 1946. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1968, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received his law degree with honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1973, where he served on the editorial board of the North Carolina Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif and recipient of the Judge Walter Clark Award. He has practiced in Charlotte since he was admitted to the bar in 1973. He is a member of the North Carolina Bar and Mecklenburg County Bar. He practices primarily in the areas of commercial and residential real estate and transactional law. CHARLES R. BUCKLEY, III, born Richmond, Virginia, October 9, 1942; admitted to bar, 1969, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of North Carolina (B.S., 1965; J.D., 1969). Assistant City Attorney, City of Charlotte, 1969-1978, Town Attorney, Town of Matthews, 1978–. Member: Mecklenburg County and North Carolina State Bar Associations; North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys (President, 1997-1998); International Municipal Lawyers Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Municipal; Credit Union; Real Estate; Condemnations; Corporate. MICHAEL F. SCHULTZE was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 2, 1959. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1981 and the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1984. He has practiced in Charlotte since he was admitted to the Bar in 1984 and is admitted to practice in the Western, Middle and Eastern United States District Courts of North Carolina, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the Litigation Section of the North Carolina and American Bar Associations and is a member of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. He practices primarily in the areas of civil litigation, personal injury, commercial litigation, commercial collections, bankruptcy, debtor and creditor rights, and criminal defense law. R. GREGORY TOMCHIN was born in Bluefield, West Virginia, on June 15, 1960. He graduated from Wake Forest University with an economics degree in 1982 and from West Virginia University School of Law in 1985. He practiced in Charleston, West Virginia for two years before relocating to Charlotte in 1987. He is a member of the West Virginia and North Carolina Bar Associations and the Mecklenburg County Bar. He practices primarily in the areas of commercial law, commercial litigation, foreclosures, bankruptcy and collections. R. MICHAEL ALLEN was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 28, 1959. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1981 with a degree in business administration, and from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1984. He has practiced in Charlotte since he was admitted to the bar in 1984. He is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association and Mecklenburg County Bar and is a Certified Senior Advisor. Mr. Allen practices primarily in the areas of estate planning and administration, guardianship and elder law, business law and real estate. He serves as the Public Administrator for Mecklenburg County. CRAIG PENNINGTON BUIE, born Hartsville, South Carolina, March 10, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., 1981); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1984). Member: Mecklenburg County and North Carolina State Bar. PRACTICE AREAS: Estates; Collections; Creditor Bankruptcy; Corporate. WILLIAM H. McMULLEN, JR., born Bethesda, Maryland, September 19, 1939; admitted to bar, 1969, Mississippi and North Carolina. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1962); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1969). Assistant Editor and Research Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1968-1969. Author: “Truth in Selling-Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act of 1968,” Real Estate Review, Spring 1971; “Exemptions Under the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act,” Real Estate Review, Fall, 1973; “Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act: A Review for Lenders,” Truth in Lending Manual, 4th Edition, Clontz, Warren, Gosham & Lamont, 1974. Member: Mecklenburg County and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; Mississippi State Bar. PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate; Corporate.