Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 910-679-1388
Established: 1938
Practice Areas
- Accountant Malpractice
- Accountants and Attorneys Liability
- Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Advertising Injury
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate Practice
- Arbitration
- Architects and Engineers
- Asbestos Litigation
- Bad Faith
- Business and Real Estate Transactions
- Business Law
- Business Litigation
- Business Transactions
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Complex Litigation
- Construction Law
- Copyright and Trademark Law
- Directors and Officers Liability
- Dram Shop Liability
- Employment Law
- Engineering and Construction
- Governmental Defense
- Insurance Coverage
- Insurance Defense
- Legal Malpractice
- Liquor Liability
- Maritime Law
- Mediation
- Medical Devices
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home Defense
- Nursing Home Liability
- Nursing Home Litigation
- Patent Infringement Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Retail Liability
- Subrogation
- Toxic Torts
- Trial and Appellate Practice
- Trucking
- Trucking Industry Defense
- Trucking Law
- Trucking Liability
- Trucking Litigation
- Workers' Compensation
About Us
Established in Charleston in 1938, Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC, expanded into North Carolina in 2016. Operating out of Wilmington, NC, Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, PLLC serves and counsels businesses and professionals in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and beyond. Widely respected for their work in complex litigation matters, the firm's 21 members and associates focus on the areas of insurance coverage, insurance defense, business litigation, professional malpractice defense, construction law, business law and products liability defense. In addition to their legal educations, many of the attorneys and staff have degrees in complementary fields, including business management, engineering, accounting, and chemistry.
The firm is frequently called upon to handle very complex litigation, often involving many parties, complex legal issues and high dollar amounts. The firm's attorneys have been admitted to practice in both state and federal courts at trial and appellate levels.
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Personnel Information
Member of the Firm
Chris Hinnant
Wilmington, NC
Admitted
- North Carolina, 1997
- South Carolina, 2009
- U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
Memberships:
- North Carolina and New Hanover County Bar Associations
- Defense Research Institute
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
- North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers
Education:
- University of North Carolina, B.A., 1994
- Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, J.D., 1997
Special Counsel
Paul H. Derrick
Wilmington, NC
Admitted
- South Carolina, 1989
- North Carolina, 2000
- U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
- U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
- Newberry College, B.A., 1979
- University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1988
Associate Attorneys
William H. Thomas
Wilmington, NC
Admitted
- North Carolina, 2020
Education:
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 2015
- The University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., 2020
Brennan B. Ferguson
Wilmington, NC
Admitted
- Maryland, 2014
- North Carolina
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Education:
- The University of Tennessee Knoxville, B.A., 2010
- Appalachian School of Law, J.D., 2013
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(See profile under Charleston, SC for additional information)
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