Richard L. Yelverton III

richard yelverton - real estate law

Areas of Practice

  • Real Estate Transactions
  • Corporate Law
  • Estate Planning Services

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Moore County Bar Association

  • Member

North Carolina Bar Association

  • Member

Bar Admissions:

  • North Carolina, 2000
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 2006
  • U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 2009

Education:

North Carolina Central University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, 2000

  • Juris Doctorate

University of North Carolina – Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina, 1992

  • B.S.

Honors:

  • Named Best Lawyers’ 2013 Raleigh Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants “Lawyer of the Year.” Lawyers being honored as “Lawyer of the Year” are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the exhaustive peer-review assessments which are conducted with thousands of leading lawyers each year. Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant.

Honors:

  • Named as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the American Trial Lawyers Association.
  • Selected for inclusion in the 2010 – 2021 editions of The Best Lawyers in America™.
  • American Trial Lawyers – Top Litigator.
  • American Society of Legal Advocates – Top 100 Litigation Layers.
  • Named as one of the Top 100 Lawyers for Civil Plaintiff by The National Trial Lawyers.
  • Named as one of the “10 Best” Attorney’s for Client Satisfaction by The American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys.
  • Named as one of the Top 10 Personal Injury Attorneys by Attorney and Practice Magazine.
  • Named as a North Carolina Super Lawyer.

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Personal Bio:

Trey was born in Orlando, Florida and lived in central Florida until he was 12 and his family relocated to Hendersonville, North Carolina. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Asheville, Trey worked in Asheville and Hendersonville before deciding to head to law school. Trey and his wife, Erin, moved to Southern Pines after law school graduation and their first son was born here. Trey, Erin, and Riley returned to Hendersonville for several years to be closer to family and where their second son, Cash was born. Having been back in Moore County for over 10 years now, Trey, Erin, and their 2 sons now live in Pinehurst. When not working Trey enjoys hunting, fishing, most anything to do with the ocean, trying out new restaurants and enjoying old haunts, and spending time with the family’s rescue dogs.