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Beaufort Has 92 Attorneys with 277 Reviews

Wheatly Weeks Newton, PA
710 Cedar St, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 15 years

Practice Areas: Speeding & Traffic Ticket, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and more

Bio: Serving exclusively Carteret County, 99% of my practice is dedicated to criminal defense. I am fully committed to helping my clients achieve the best possible result, and I always treat my clients as people, not file numbers. Although I am origina...

Rating: 10

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Cummings & Kennedy Law Firm, PLLC
613 Cedar St, Ste. A, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 19 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more

Joe Kennedy is a former prosecutor who has successfully handled tens of thousands of criminal cases.

Rating: 9.5

Call for a FREE consultation (252) 316-2634

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Hancock Law Firm
601A Cedar St, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 12 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket, DUI & DWI

Bio: Joel Hancock is a native of Carteret County, NC. He was born and raised on Harkers Island by Susan and Joel Hancock, Sr. He has four older sisters, Emily, Joella, Alyson, and Leah; and a little brother, Mike. On the first day of school at East Car...

Rating: 10

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Lupton & Nobles
106-D Professional Park Dr, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 33 years

Practice Areas: DUI & DWI, Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket and more

Bio: For over 27 years now I have defended thousands of clients in Carteret County on charges ranging from minor traffic offenses to driving while impaired and crimes from simple drug offenses all the way to murder. I appreciated the responsibility to ...

Rating: 9.9

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SCHULZ STEPHENSON LAW
315 Turner Street, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 40 years

Practice Areas: Family, Litigation, Construction & Development and more

Bio: Bradley N. Schulz is a trial lawyer with 40 years experience handling cases in the state and federal courts. He has also handled numerous appeals to the North Carolina Industrial Commission, North Carolina Court of Appeals, North Carolina Supreme ...

Rating: 10

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613 Cedar St., Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 24 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket

Bio: For the last 10 years I have only practiced criminal law in Carteret County, N.C. During that time I have handled over a thousand DWI's and thousands and thousands of other types of criminal cases for ally types of clients. I only handle criminal ...

Rating: 9.4

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Wheatly, Wheatly, Weeks, Lupton and Massie, P.A.
710 Cedar Street, PO Box 360, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 45 years

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Admiralty & Maritime, Litigation

Bio: Stevenson L Weeks is a trial lawyer with over 33 years of experience in state and federal trial courts. He has also handled appeals in the North Carolina Court of Appeals, North Carolina Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the 4t...

Rating: 9.4

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Wheatly Law Offices
710 Cedar Street, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 42 years

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation, Personal Injury, Mediation and more

Review: "When I got my back hurt at work my bossman fired me right away and he didn't want to help me at all. Mr. Newton took care of everything and got me fixed up and got the case settled. I got a new job and better than before."

Rating: 9.2

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Schulz Stephenson Law
315 Turner St, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 24 years

Practice Areas: Family

Bio: My practice concentrates in the area of family law. Since 2012 I have been a North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Family Law. I primarily handle cases in Eastern North Carolina, and am prepared to handle them related to settlement, trial a...

Rating: 8.3

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314 Joan Ct, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 60 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Litigation, Appeals and more

Rating: 8.1

Call for a consultation (252) 659-4559

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Crowe Law Firm
402 Turner Street, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 43 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Construction & Development, DUI & DWI

Bio: For over 30 years, Roger L. Crowe has represented tens of thousands of clients. He has earned a reputation as a fierce trial attorney with an impressive track record of successes, even in complex charges involving serious felonies. Mr. Crowe has b...

Rating: 7.8

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313 Turner Street, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 17 years

Practice Areas: Speeding & Traffic Ticket, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Bio: As the managing partner at Tetterton Law Firm, I practice Criminal and Traffic Law exclusively in Carteret County. This allows me to handle clients’ cases in a timely and effective manner, while working daily with the same prosecutors and law enfo...

Rating: 7.0

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Crowe Law Firm
402 Turner St, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 20 years

Practice Areas: DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket, Criminal Defense and more

Bio: The Crowe Law Firm is powered by a team of trial-tested attorneys and former prosecutors who bring decades of proven criminal law experience and cutting-edge strategies to each case. Our North Carolina criminal defense lawyers have worked on both ...

Rating: 7.3

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Wheatly, Wheatly, Weeks, Lupton and Massie, P.A.
710 Cedar St, Po Box 360, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 35 years

Practice Areas: Family, Divorce & Separation, Child Support and more

Review: "Ms. Massie assisted us with obtaining legal custody of our grandchildren. This was a very stressful and emotional process for us compounded by the fact one of the grandchildren was taken out of state. Ms. Massie's forthrightness, continually conve..."

Rating: 7.2

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104 Live Oak Cmns, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 27 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Speeding and Traffic Ticket

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113 Wyndchase Ln, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 24 years

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

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606 Ann St, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 37 years

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1106 Lennoxville Rd, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 12 years

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Swann Law
411 Front St., Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 6 years

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Education

Bio: I grew up in Morehead City, where neighbors felt like family and a person’s word still meant something. Those roots shape how I practice law today - with respect, honesty, and clear communication. I enjoy helping injured people after car wrecks an...

Rating: 6.1

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P. O. Box 240, Beaufort, NC

Licensed for 30 years

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Bio: The Law Firm of Bob R Cherry, PLLCis dedicated torepresenting those individuals whose cases are pending inCarteret County.We can help if your trafficinfraction or criminal arrest took place in any of these Carteret County Cities: Atlantic, Atlanti...

Rating: 8.0

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