Ward and Smith PA

Managing Partners: E. Bradley Evans and Devon D. Williams

Firm Overview 

Ward and Smith, P.A. is the successor to a practice founded in 1895. Our core values of client satisfaction, reliability, responsiveness, and teamwork are the standards that define who we are as a law firm. Ward and Smith ensures that your legal matters are handled with attentive intelligence by attorneys and staff who work together to build meaningful relationships with our clients.

Main Areas of Practice

• Agribusiness
• Alcoholic Beverage Law
• Appellate
• Artificial Intelligence
• Auto Accidents
• Bankruptcy + Creditors' Rights
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Business
• Business Succession Planning
• Camp Lejeune Water Contamination
• Charter and Private Schools
• Child Custody
• Closely Held Companies
• Coastal Law
• Commercial Associations
• Commercial Landlord / Tenant Representation
• Community Associations
• Community Associations Fiduciary Litigation
• Construction
• Copyright
• Dealer/Distributor + Franchising
• Defense + Government Contracting
• Derivatives Litigation
• Divorce
• E-Discovery
• Economic Development
• Education + Non-Profits
• Education Law
• Elder Law
• Election Law
• Eminent Domain
• Employee Benefits
• Employment Litigation
• Environmental
• Equine Law
• Estate Administration
• Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Family Law Appeals
• Fiduciary Litigation + Community Associations
• Financial Institutions
• Financial Transactions + Regulation
• Fintech
• Government Relations
• Health Care
• Hemp + Cannabis Law
• In-House Counsel
• Insurance Counseling + Recovery
• Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• International
• Labor + Employment
• Life Sciences
• Litigation
• Local Counsel
• Maximize Loan Forgiveness Under the PPP
• Medical Malpractice
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Name, Image, and Likeness
• Natural Disaster + Recovery
• NC Business Court
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Nursing Home Liability
• Online Commercial Lease Review Service
• Online Estate Planning Documents
• Online Liability Waiver Review
• Other Accidents, Injuries + Wrongful Deaths
• Patent
• Personal Injury + Wrongful Death
• Physician's Practices
• Premises Liability
• Privacy and Data Security
• Product Liability
• Professional Licensing
• Public Housing Authorities
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Development
• Resources for COVID-19 Response
• SBA Loan Liquidation
• Securities
• Sports, Parks, Outdoor Recreation, and Tourism
• Tax
• Technology
• Trade Secrets
• Trademark
• Truck + 18-Wheeler Accidents
• Trusts + Estates
• Trusts + Estates Litigation
• Water-Related + Other Transportation Accidents

Offices

USA

Asheville: 82 Patton Avenue, Suite 300; Asheville, NC 28801

Greenville: 120 West Fire Tower Road; Winterville, NC 28590

New Bern: 1001 College Court; New Bern, NC 28562

Raleigh: 751 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 300; Raleigh, NC 27607

Wilmington: 127 Racine Drive; Wilmington, NC 28403