WHO WE ARE

WILLIAM F. MAY

Associate Attorney

William May is a trial attorney with more than 30 years of legal experience in both civil and criminal law. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Wake Forest University School of Law. He concentrates in civil litigation.

H. A. Patel

Associate Attorney

H. A. Patel, Attorney at Law, joined our firm in late 2017.  He is a graduate of University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) and the Campbell University School of Law.  He holds a Juris Doctorate and is licensed to practice law in North Carolina.  While in law school, he was a finalist in the National Trial Competition (Spring 2015), and was awarded the Order of Old Kivett, an advocacy Award.  He is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, the North Carolina Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association.  His areas of practice with the Culbertson firm are family law litigation and corporate law.

In his career, Mr. Culbertson (with Mr. May’s help) has accomplished the following:

• Three favorable jury verdicts in Murder cases in State Court (generally viewed among lawyers as the most difficult kind of case to win in law)
• Numerous favorable jury verdicts in civil cases in State Court
• Favorable jury verdict in Federal Court (Federal Court is generally regarded as much more difficult to win a jury verdict than State Court)
• Four appearances before the Federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, with one case reported now as established caselaw in Federal Reports 3d. (One step below the Supreme Court of the United States.)
• Favorable decisions obtained before the Appellate Courts of the State of North Carolina (the N.C. Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of North Carolina)Example State Appellate Case In The News: Commissioner, Business Face 3 Lawsuits

Example State Appeal Case:
State vs. Palmer

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EXPERIENCE THAT VERY FEW CAN MATCH

There are very few lawyers who have accomplished these things in a single career. It is a fact that the percentage of lawyers who have accomplished even two of these things together is extremely low, let alone all five. Mr. Culbertson does not believe there is any point to practicing law in State and Federal Court if a lawyer is not willing to take the “hits”, and to refuse to compromise a client’s best interests and needs.

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