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Michael Joseph Barnett
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Biography
Michael J. Barnett is a partner with the Firm. He represents corporations and individuals, plaintiffs and defendants, in a wide variety of litigation matters in the areas of Business/Commercial Litigation, Estate and Trust Proceedings, Will Caveats, Incompetency and Guardianship Proceedings, Family Law, Real Estate and Construction Litigation, Collections, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury, and Bankruptcy-Creditors’ Rights. Mike has represented clients throughout the state in more than 20 trials, at arbitration proceedings and at the North Carolina Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Business Court. He was named one of North Carolina’s Rising Stars for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 in the state’s Super Lawyers publication. Mike and his wife, Agnese, live in Hickory with their daughters, Nicole and Isabel.
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Licensed in North Carolina for 22 years
State: North Carolina
Acquired: 2004
No misconduct found
Licensed in Pennsylvania for 23 years
State: Pennsylvania
Acquired: 2002
No misconduct found
Location
Patrick, Harper & Dixon, LLP
34 2nd Street NW, Suite 400, Hickory, NC, 28601
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Posted by anonymous | March 09, 2026
Don't trust PHD
I did not hire this attorney specifically but one at his firm. He ended up lingering in emails as the other attorney was withdrawing. Please do not hire this firm for family law. They will just leave you hanging in the middle of a case trying to get you to drop things that's been already approved by ...
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Experience
Honors
2017
Rising Star in Business Litigation, NC Super Lawyers
Associations
North Carolina State Courts
North Carolina Federal Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
North Carolina Bar Association
Catawba County Bar Association
Thirty-Sixth Judicial District Bar Association
Education
2002
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
J.D.
1998
State University of New York, Albany
B.A.
N/A
Oxford University
Publications
2012