Mr. Kingsbery has developed an extensive criminal tax defense practice defending tax payers and businesses in both State and Federal criminal tax investigations, and has represented taxpayers in criminal actions all over the State of North Carolina and in all three Federal Districts in the state. For his outstanding trial work and professional ethics, he was inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2018. Over the past 28 years, he has tried dozens of civil and criminal jury trials in numerous state and federal courts across North Carolina and he has received an AV rating from his peers as reported in Martindale-Hubbell. He enjoys Fellowship in the Litigation Counsel of America (2010) and the American College of Trial Lawyers (2018).
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State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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NC | Active | 1980 | 06/23/2022 |
Legal answers | 4 |
Legal guides | 0 |
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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Best Lawyer, Commercial Litigation Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2020 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Defense: White-Collar Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2020 |
Best Lawyer, Bet the Company Litigation Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2020 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2019 |
Best Law Firms | U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® | 2018 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2018 |
Super Lawyers | North Carolina Super Lawyers | 2018 |
Best Law Firms | U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® | 2017 |
Super Lawyers | North Carolina Super Lawyers | 2017 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2017 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2016 |
AV Preeminent Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2016 |
Best Law Firms | U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® | 2016 |
Super Lawyers | North Carolina Super Lawyers | 2016 |
Best Law Firms | U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® | 2015 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2015 |
Super Lawyers | North Carolina Super Lawyers | 2015 |
Super Lawyers | North Carolina Super Lawyers | 2014 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2014 |
Legal Elite, Criminal Defense Section | Business North Carolina Magazine | 2014 |
Top 100 Trial Lawyers | National Trial Lawyers Association | 2014 |
Best Law Firms | U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® | 2014 |
Super Lawyers | North Carolina Super Lawyers | 2013 |
Best Law Firms | U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® | 2013 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2013 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2012 |
Fellow | Litigation Counsel of America | 2012 |
Best Law Firms | U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® | 2012 |
Super Lawyers | North Carolina Super Lawyers | 2012 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2011 |
Super Lawyers | North Carolina Super Lawyers | 2011 |
Best Law Firms | U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® | 2011 |
Best Law Firms | U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® | 2010 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2010 |
Super Lawyers | North Carolina Super Lawyers | 2010 |
Super Lawyers | North Carolina Super Lawyers | 2009 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2009 |
Super Lawyers | North Carolina Super Lawyers | 2008 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2008 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2007 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2006 |
Best Lawyers, Criminal Law Section | Best Lawyers in America | 2005 |
Board Certified Specialist Criminal Law State | North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization | 1991 |
Board Certified Specialist, Criminal Law Federal | North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization | 1991 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Partner | Tharrington Smith, L.L.P. | 1980 - Present |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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American College of Trial Lawyers | Fellow | 2018 - Present |
National Trial Lawyers Association | Inductee | 2014 - Present |
North Carolina State Bar | Admitted | 1980 - Present |
North Carolina Advocates for Justice | Member | N/A |
National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys | Member | N/A |
Litigation Counsel of America | Fellow | N/A |
United States Supreme Court | Admitted | N/A |
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals | Admitted | N/A |
United States Tax Court | Admitted | N/A |
United States Federal Court of Claims | Admitted | N/A |
United States District Courts for the Eastern District of North Carolina | Admitted | N/A |
United States District Courts for the Middle District of North Carolina | Admitted | N/A |
United States District Courts of the Western District of North Carolina | Admitted | N/A |
United States Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service | Admitted | N/A |
North Carolina Supreme Court | Admitted | N/A |
North Carolina Bar Association, Litigation Section | Member | N/A |
North Carolina Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section | Member | N/A |
American Bar Association, Litigation Section | Member | N/A |
Publication name | Title | Date |
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True Bill North Carolina Bar Asociation | Dealing With Expert Testimony in Federal Criminal Tax Prosecutions | 2010 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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Duke University School of Law | JD - Juris Doctor | 1980 |
Duke University | BA - Bachelor of Arts | 1977 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud | Criminal Tax Defense | 2013 |
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