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ALTON D. BAIN is a partner with Bain, Buzzard & McRae, LLP, where he practices in the areas of taxation, trusts and estates, wills, probate, estate planning, estate administration, and elder law. Mr. Bain is a member of the Harnett County (president 1992-1993), the North Carolina (member, Estate Planning, Fiduciary Law, Elder Law and Tax sections) and the American (member, Taxation, Probate and Trust sections) bar associations. He also was the 2005 president of the 11th Judicial District. Mr. Bain earned his A.B. degree, summa cum laude, from Duke University; his J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina; and his LL.M. degree in taxation from the University of Florida. (Raleigh location) KATHLEEN MURPHY BRINKEY is an attorney in Greensboro, North Carolina, where her main areas of practice are estate planning, estate administration and probate, elder law, and contracts. Ms. Brinkey is a former faculty and coordinator of the paralegal program at Guilford Technical College. She earned her B.S. degree in business administration from the College of St. Rose and her J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Ms. Brinkey is admitted to practice in New York, Michigan and North Carolina and before the U.S. District Court; Northern District of New York, Eastern District of Michigan and Middle District of North Carolina. She is a member of the North Carolina State Bar Association (member, Elder Law, Estate Planning, General Practice and Fiduciary sections). (Greensboro location) CHARLIE D. BROWN is an attorney at Brown Estate Planning and Elder Law. He is a board certified specialist in estate planning and probate law, focusing his practice on the transfer and protection of people's assets. His practice involves estate planning; Medicaid and elder law issues; business succession planning; individual, gift and estate taxation; trust and estate administration; the creation and administration of charitable foundations; and asset protection planning. Mr. Brown was named one of the Legal Elite in North Carolina for his work. He is a triple-Deacon, graduating from three schools at Wake Forest University. Mr. Brown graduated, magna cum laude, from the under graduate school, then earned both his M.B.A. and J.D. degrees. During law school, he served as a business symposium editor on the Wake Forest University Law Review. Before joining the firm, Mr. Brown was a trust officer with Wachovia Bank and a senior tax advisor with Arthur Andersen. (Greensboro location) MARK O. COSTLEY is a partner at the law firm of Walker Lambe Rhudy & Costley, PLLC, where his practice focuses on estate planning, elder law and business law, and providing other legal assistance to people in connection with their business and financial affairs. Mr. Costley is admitted to practice in all courts in North Carolina and Oklahoma, as well as Federal District and Circuit Courts of Appeals. He is certified by the North Carolina Supreme Court as a mediator, and has mediated the resolution of numerous business and estate disputes. Mr. Costley has given hundreds of speeches and lectures before groups in North Carolina and around the country. He has taught business law at Greensboro College and lectured before business students on the subjects of business, legal and marketing ethics. Mr. Costley also has served as a Trustee of Duke University. He is a member of North Carolina, Oklahoma and American (member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section) bar associations. He earned his A.B. degree, magna cum laude, and his J.D. degree from Duke University. (Raleigh location) KIMBERLY A. HERRICK is a partner at Conner & Herrick, PLLC in Concord, North Carolina, where she practices in the areas of estate planning, probate, tax, corporate formation, criminal defense and traffic. Ms. Herrick previously worked at Mills Law, PA (which later became Mills, Goldsmith & Herrick), as well as KPMG. She is a frequent lecturer for National Business Institute and currently teaches LSAT preparation for Kaplan University. Ms. Herrick also was a former professor of taxation at North Carolina Central University School of Law. She earned her J.D. degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law and her LL.M. degree from Georgetown University Law Center. (Greensboro location) SHARON H. LOWE is a partner at the law firm of Lowe & Williams, PLLC. Ms. Lowe is a board certified estate planning specialist. She has 27 years of experience in estate planning, estate administration and real estate, and is currently a professor at Surry Community College. Ms. Lowe earned her B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her J.D. and MBA degrees from Wake Forest University. She is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association (Elder Law Counsel) and the Surry County Bar Association. (Greensboro and Raleigh locations)
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