Business & Personal Lawyers for Eastern North Carolina

The attorneys of Batts, Batts & Bell, LLP share a commitment to excellence and a dedication to the complete service of our clients and our community. Accordingly, we provide sophisticated legal representation to individuals and businesses with a broad range of issues.

Each client is served by an attorney with extensive hands-on experience who is supported by a highly skilled staff, ensuring that our clients receive powerful and efficient legal representation. For additional information on the practice area that most directly corresponds to your legal needs, please select from one of the options to the right.

The primary areas of law in which we represent clients include:

• Business & Corporate Law. We counsel businesses from their initial choice of entity or reorganization considerations through succession or dissolution. We advise on numerous business issues including contracts, taxation, intellectual property, employment law, employee benefits, mergers and acquisitions, third party disputes, and litigation.
• Civil Litigation. We represent clients in all North Carolina state and federal trial and appellate courts on a wide variety of business and personal matters, for both plaintiffs and defendants.
• Criminal Law. We represent clients in North Carolina state and federal court in criminal, administrative, and regulatory matters.
• Estate Planning and Probate Law. We provide valuable guidance and transactional services to protect your assets, including litigation when necessary. Common services include estate planning, estate, trust and guardianship administration, living trusts, powers of attorney, and health care directives.
• Tax Law. We help individuals and businesses in the selection and administration of various approaches to best protect their assets and provide representation in audits, collections, and litigation.

If you would like to meet with one of the firm’s lawyers or have questions about any area of practice, please contact our office to make an appointment for an initial consultation.