DAVID M. BLACK

PARTNER

EXPERIENCE
 

Senior Partner Admitted to State and Federal Court in 1983.

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Concentration in Criminal Law 1995

 

Former Police Officer in Mecklenburg County NC | 1978 - 79

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 United States Army Artillery Officer  | 1979 - 1992

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 Commander of Artillery Battery C, 1/113th FA NCANG | 1985 -89

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Mayor of Lincolnton, North Carolina | 2007 - 2009

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Obtained a reversal of a criminal conviction before the North Carolina Supreme Court in State v. Slaughter, 365 N.C. 321, 718 S.E.2d 362 (2011)  

 

Areas of Practice: State Criminal Court, Wills and Trust and Estates

GREG PARKS

PARTNER

EXPERIENCE
 

Partner Admitted to State Court in 2010

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Kinston North Carolina Police Department  | 1995 – 96

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The United States Secret Service  | 1996 – 99

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The United States Air Marshall  | 2001 – 08

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Associate at David M. Black, P.A.  |  2011 – 2014

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Partner at Black and Parks, P.A. |  2014 – present

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Areas of Practice: Criminal

ALTON REEDER

ASSOCIATE

EXPERIENCE
 

Associate Admitted to State Court in 1995

 

Federal Court  |  2000

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Case Law Editor for Lexis Nexis  |  2000-2001

 

Taught English at Jilin University, Changchun, China  |  1988-1989

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Studied Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Language Insititute | 1991-1991 

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Assistant District Attorney in Catawba County NC  |  2003-2015

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Criminal Defence Attorney with Black and Parks,  2015-Present

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Speaks Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Hebrew

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Areas of Practice: Criminal