ATTORNEYS
DAVID M. BLACK
PARTNER
EXPERIENCE
Senior Partner Admitted to State and Federal Court in 1983.
Concentration in Criminal Law 1995
Former Police Officer in Mecklenburg County NC | 1978 - 79
United States Army Artillery Officer | 1979 - 1992
Commander of Artillery Battery C, 1/113th FA NCANG | 1985 -89
Mayor of Lincolnton, North Carolina | 2007 - 2009
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
Kinston North Carolina Police Department | 1995 – 96
The United States Secret Service | 1996 – 99
The United States Air Marshall | 2001 – 08
Associate at David M. Black, P.A. | 2011 – 2014
Partner at Black and Parks, P.A. | 2014 – present
Areas of Practice: Criminal
ALTON REEDER
ASSOCIATE
EXPERIENCE
Associate Admitted to State Court in 1995
Federal Court | 2000
Case Law Editor for Lexis Nexis | 2000-2001
Taught English at Jilin University, Changchun, China | 1988-1989
Studied Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Language Insititute | 1991-1991
Assistant District Attorney in Catawba County NC | 2003-2015
Criminal Defence Attorney with Black and Parks, 2015-Present
Speaks Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Hebrew
Areas of Practice: Criminal
KRISTA DEVINE
OFFICE MANAGER
RONDA MULLEN
OFFICE MANAGER
DEBRA GREENE
OFFICE MANAGER
SANDRA HELMS
STAFF ASSISTANT & SPANISH INTERPRETER