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Woody White

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Practice Areas:

  • Serious Automobile Accidents and Personal Injury
  • Trial Attorney in both Criminal and Civil Litigation
  • Active in State and Federal Courts
  • Criminal Law
  • Tort Law
  • Contracts
  • Wills
  • Business Transactions
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Biography

Education

  • University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, Nebraska
    • J.D. - 1994
  • Southern College, Chattanooga, Tennessee
    • B.S.
    • Honors: Student Body President
    • Major: History

Bar Admission

  • North Carolina, 1994
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1997
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2000
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2003

Honors

  • Business North Carolina Magazine Legal Elite 2007 and 2010
  • Recipient of the Super Lawyers Award, 2012, 2017-2022
  • Stand-out Rating from Martindale-Hubbell

Past Positions

  • North Carolina Senate, Raleigh, NC, State Senator Representing 9th District, New Hanover County, 2004 to 2004
  • Lineberry, White, Hearne, and Ballantine, LLP, Attorneys at Law, Wilmington, NC, Partner, 2000 to 2005
  • Lineberry and White, LLP, Attorneys at Law, Wilmington, NC, Partner, 1995 to 2000
  • Hester, Grady, Hester and Greene, Attorneys at Law, Elizabethtown, NC, Associate, 1994 to 1995

Professional Associations

  • North Carolina State Bar, Member, 1994 to 1994
  • North Carolina Bar Association, Member
  • New Hanover County Bar Association, Member
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, Legislative Affairs Committee, 1997 to 1998
  • Criminal Justice Act, Panel Attorney, 1998 to 2013
  • United States Navel Academy, Nominee, 1987 to 1987
  • North Carolina Advocates for Justice, 2008
  • Criminal Justice Act, Panel Attorney, 1998
  • New Hanover County Commissioner, Chairman, 2012-2014, 2012 to 2020
  • NC State, Senator, 2004
  • St. Andrew Covenant Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, NC, Member
  • St. John's Episcopal Church, Youth Basketball Coach
  • Winter Park Optimist, T-Ball and Little League Coach
  • New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Trustee, 1999 to 2002
  • Lower Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity, Trustee, 2006 to 2008
  • Hanover Regional Medical Center, Chairman, Finance Committee, 2001 to 2002
  • North Carolina Republican Party, Chief Legal Counsel, 2002 to 2004
  • New Hanover County Republican Party, Chairman, 1997 to 2001
  • Coastal Horizons, Board Member, 2003 to 2005
  • North Carolina Hospital Association PAC, Board Member, 1999 to 2002
  • Rotary International, Wilmington South, Member, 1996 to 2013
  • Rotary International, Wilmington South, President, 1998 to Present
  • Dick Cheney Event Coordinator, Vice President, 2002
  • Republican National Convention, Delegate, 2004 to Present
  • Republican National Convention, Delegate, 2000 to Present
  • Republican National Convention, Alternate Delegate, 1988 to Present
  • United States Association of Triathlons
  • United States Tennis Association
  • Habitat for Humanity, Board Member, 2006 to 2007
  • UNCW Board of Trustees, UNCW Board of Trustees member 2018 through 2021

Certified Legal Specialties

  • Woody White is a Board Certified Specialist in State and Federal Criminal Law. Woody received this distinction after successfully passing a rigorous and stringent screening process, and passing a specialty examination in 2009. It is a certification held by a very small group of select attorneys across the State of North Carolina.

Current Employment Position

  • Attorney