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Daniel K. Bryson has extensive experience representing homeowners in EIFS related litigation. Since 1995, Mr. Bryson has successfully settled dozens of EIFS related law suits. He is assisted by four other attorneys in the firm's office in Raleigh, North Carolina. His firm also has an office in South Carolina. In the fall of 1998, Mr. Bryson, along with Mr. Rhine were the first attorneys in the Southeast to actually try a case against an EIFS manufacturer. (The general contractor and applicator were also defendants.) The case settled very favorably after six weeks of trial. Mr. Bryson has assembled extensive legal research files and compilation summaries of thousands of pertinent documents. For the last eleven years, Mr. Bryson has concentrated his practice in construction related litigation. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a law degree from Wake Forest University. Mr Bryson also has an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Mr. Bryson is the course planner for the Advanced Synthetic Stucco Seminar, "Trial and Beyond," scheduled for May 14, 1999 at the NC Bar Center in Cary, North Carolina. He is a frequent speaker to various homeowner groups and associations regarding EIFS related litigation. Mr. Bryson is licensed to practice law in North Carolina. |
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Kimberly Wilson is a litigation associate with Lewis & Roberts in Raleigh, North Carolina. She received her undergraduate degree and law degree from West Virginia University. She concentrates her practice in complex toxic tort and pharmaceutical litigation. Ms. Wilson authors a quarterly commentary for MealeyÕs Mold Litigation Reporter and frequently lectures across the country on the handling of mold related cases. Ms. Wilson has appeared on CBS Nightly News with Dan Rather. Many of her cases have been covered in national publications such as Time Magazine and Ladies Home Journal. Ms. Wilson is licensed to practice law in North Carolina and West Virginia, but regularly co-counsels cases throughout the country. |
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Joel Robert Rhine maintains an active trial practice and has tried cases in state and federal courts, arbitrations and administrative proceedings and has been involved in numerous appeals, in both state and federal courts. Mr. Rhine limits his practice to complex civil litigation, construction litigation, class actions, catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases, and a multitude of product liability actions. He has participated in numerous class action lawsuits, including actions concerning defective products. With regard to EIFS cases, Mr. Rhine has represented hundreds of homeowners; was co-counsel (along with Mr. Bryson) in the Pepper case, which was a six week EIFS trial against Sto. Corp. and others; and, along with Mr. Crouch is a Plaintiffs' attorney in the North Carolina Class action against various EIFS manufacturers. Mr. Rhine received his Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1988, where he was elected to the Wake Forest University Law Review and received the Wake Forest Law Review award in recognition of his two publications. From 1988 to 1991, Mr. Rhine was associated with the law firm of Hunton & Williams, one of the top fifteen largest firms in the country. While at Hunton & Williams, he was involved in many complex litigation matters, including litigation involving: defective construction of numerous commercial projects, including shopping centers, large office buildings and two nuclear power plants; wrongful death actions; environmental contamination cases; insurance disputes; product liability cases and other complex trials on behalf of the firm's largest corporate clients. During his tenure with Hunton & Williams, Mr. Rhine contributed to Douglas' Forms, Civil Litigation, a publication recognized as a standard reference manual for North Carolina attorneys. Upon relocation to Wilmington in 1991, Mr. Rhine associated with Shipman & Lea and was awarded partnership shortly thereafter. Mr. Rhine was a founding partner of Lea, Clyburn & Rhine in 1995 and has been instrumental in numerous multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements. Mr. Rhine is active in community activities and politics. He is the immediate past President of the New Hanover County Bar Association, a frequent lecturer at The University of North Carolina At Wilmington, and is a speaker at the EIFS seminar scheduled for May 1999. Mr. Rhine is licensed to practice law in North Carolina. |
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