
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

Biography
Woody White is a senior partner with Woody White Law PLLC, a general practice, courtroom-based attorney. For more than 30 years, Woody has litigated serious criminal, personal injury, and business cases in both state and federal court. His practice is located in Wilmington, North Carolina, just before the bridge to Wrightsville Beach. He handles cases involving motor vehicle accidents, damages against drunk drivers, bicycle accidents, as well as those charged with criminal offenses in either state or federal court.
Woody also counsels top corporations in crisis management and business strategy.
Among his many accomplishments, Mr. White is a former North Carolina state senator, having been appointed by the governor of North Carolina to serve in the legislature in 2004. He has been recognized by Business North Carolina magazine as a member of its “LEGAL ELITE”, winning the award in 2007, 2010 and 2021.
Woody was elected and served two terms as a New Hanover County Commissioner from 2012 – 2020, receiving the most votes in a 6 way contested election. At his first meeting, he was unanimously selected by his fellow commissioners as Chairman of the New Hanover Board of Commissioners. Woody has also served as a Board of Trustees Member for the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW) as well as Cape Fear Community College (CFCC).
In March of 2023, supported by President Pro Temp Phil Berger of North Carolina Senate, Woody was appointed to a four year term on the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.
Woody was also appointed in 2023 by the New Hanover County Commission to be a Director of the New Hanover Community Endowment.
As a Board Certified Specialist in State and Federal Criminal Law, Mr. White has extensive courtroom experience and has won numerous jury trials. He has litigated countless suppression motions and bond hearings and has represented thousands of defendants charged with violent crimes, white collar offenses, drug offenses, and literally everything in between. He is an active member of the North Carolina Bar Association and the National Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, and he has served extensively on local boards in the Wilmington community.
Mr. White is a lifelong resident of Southeastern North Carolina and received his law degree from the University of Nebraska. He is licensed to practice before the state bar of North Carolina, the Eastern District of the U.S. District Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and was sworn into the United States Supreme Court by the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
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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