Mr. Andrews currently serves as the Town Attorney for Lewisville and Sedalia. He also has has extensive experience in economic development law, eminent domain, community development, code enforcement, nuisance abatement, employment and water utilities law. His background also makes him uniquely suited to advise North Carolina police departments and Sheriff’s offices. Mr. Andrews’ practice includes municipal law, zoning and land use law, litigation, and ordinance drafting. Mr. Andrews also advises private clients in administrative and judicial matters at the local, State and Federal levels.

Mr. Andrews has argued cases before the N.C. Court of Appeals, including a case of first impression involving police personnel records. Mr. Andrews negotiated the City of Greensboro’s participation in the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite via a master services agreement and the rerouting of water and sewer services from Greensboro to the site.

Mr. Andrews is a member of the North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys and has served as past President of the North Carolina Association of Police Attorneys.

For many years, he worked as a planner, first for the Beaufort County, S.C. Planning Commission, and then for the City of Cary, N.C. where he oversaw the adoption of the first Unified Development Ordinance, the construction of the first five miles of greenway, and several comprehensive plans. While working in Cary, he attended the evening law program at N.C. Central University School of Law, in Durham, NC.

After receiving his law degree, Mr. Benshoff became the City Attorney for Lumberton, N.C. and then served as the City Attorney for Concord, N.C. Some of his accomplishments in Concord include litigating a major zoning challenge to the new Cabarrus County jail, re-writing the Concord Development Ordinance, obtaining and defending Inter-Basin Transfer Permits from the Yadkin and Catawba Rivers to Concord and Kannapolis, assisting with the redevelopment of “Brownfield” sites, and organizing community development and the construction of the joint Albemarle-Concord- Kannapolis water pipeline.

Mr. Benshoff provides general legal counsel to the Village of Clemmons and the Towns of Gibson, Mocksville, Oakboro, Sedalia, and Stanfield. He has worked with other local government clients, including the Towns of Aberdeen, Carthage, Carrboro, Creedmoor, Selma, Holly Springs, Pinebluff, Robbins, the Lumberton Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Cities of Kannapolis and Roxboro, and the Village of Pinehurst. He practices in the areas of real estate development, code enforcement, contracts, economic development, annexation, land use and zoning, eminent domain, housing authorities, personnel, and community development, including U.S. Housing and Urban Development programs.

Mr. Benshoff is licensed in the North Carolina state courts and U.S. District Courts of the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, as well as the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is an active member of the North Carolina Bar Association, where he has served on the Section Councils of both the Government & Public Sector Section and the Zoning, Planning and Land Use Law Section. Mr. Benshoff recently received the Grainger Barrett Award for Excellence from the Government & Public Sector Section. Also, from 2017 to 2019 Mr. Benshoff served on the Board of Directors of the NC Association of Municipal Attorneys. In the community, he serves as a director of a nonprofit corporation providing housing to low income seniors in Cabarrus County, the Methodist Episcopal Senior Housing, Inc.

Mr. Bowen’s practice focuses on all aspects of local government and land use law. He represents both public and private clients, and is admitted to practice in the State Courts of North Carolina.

During law school, Mr. Bowen served as a Senior Comments Editor for the Campbell Law Review. There, he assisted students and attorneys in editing their writings for publication. Mr. Bowen also externed for the Honorable Judge Allegra Collins on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. In that role, he analyzed legal arguments, researched and applied laws necessary to issue a judgment, and wrote preliminary drafts for judicial opinions. Mr. Bowen also spent both law school summers with a firm in Asheville, North Carolina. There, he gained experience in land use law, pretrial litigation, and appellate advocacy. Mr. Bowen also externed with North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, where he assisted with general counsel matters and government relations objectives. Mr. Bowen also completed a pro bono expunction project and the McIntyre-Whichard Legal Fellows Program.

Prior to law school, Mr. Bowen interned in the United States House of Representatives and then in the White House. He also served as a legal research assistant for a UNC Law professor.

Mr. Herman currently serves as the Town Attorney for Carthage and Vass and the City Attorney for Rockingham and Southport. He also provides outside counsel to the City of Sanford Planning Board. His practice is devoted to assisting private clients obtain zoning and land use entitlements and advising local government clients in a wide range of areas, including zoning and planning matters, code enforcement, quasi-judicial functions, ordinance drafting and interpretation, police and fire functions, storm water and other public-utility matters, employment matters, and contract and other transactional matters for local governments. Mr. Herman also provides legal research and litigation representation and support for cases litigated by the firm. This includes counsel and representation in negotiation and mediation, administrative matters, quasi-judicial proceedings, trial proceedings, and appellate cases brought on behalf of the local governments represented by the firm in the North Carolina and federal courts.

Brady is a contributing author to the regular updates for North Carolina Civil Trial Practice—With Application of the N.C. Rules of Evidence—which is North Carolina’s leading trial-practice treatise published by Juris Publishing Company. He is admitted to practice in all North Carolina courts.

Mr. Herman is also an Adjunct Professor at Campbell Law School and North Carolina Central University School of Law, and he has taught on the adjunct faculties at Duke Law School, UNC-CH Law School, and Elon University. He teaches courses in trial practice, the law of evidence, legal counseling and negotiating, arbitration, appellate advocacy, civil procedure, alternative dispute resolution, and pretrial litigation, among other courses. He has also taught on the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy in trial practice, negotiation and mediation, and deposition-taking skills. He is the author of : North Carolina Civil Trial Practice (Juris Publishing, Inc., 2nd ed. 2021); Advocacy in Negotiation and Mediation (Carolina Academic Press 2021); Navigating the First Year of Law School (Carolina Academic Press 2016); Practical Evidence: The Law, Foundations, and Trial Techniques (West Group, 2nd ed. 1999); Plea Bargaining (Juris Publishing, 5th ed. Inc. 2020); Legal Counseling, Negotiating & Mediating: A Practical Approach (Carolina Academic Press, 2nd ed. 2009); and Client Interviewing, Counseling, and Decision-Making: A Practical Approach (Carolina Academic Press, 2nd ed. 2021). He has also written over 60 articles on various subjects of law, litigation, and appeals.

Mr. Herman has been a lecturer at numerous Continuing Legal Education programs on topics such as land-use regulation powers, civil litigation and trial advocacy, eminent domain, the law of damages, witness preparation, disability law, and ethical considerations in civil litigation and appellate practice. He now serves as general counsel to the Town of Carrboro and the City of Roxboro. He has served as special litigation counsel for Cabarrus County, Rockingham County, Brunswick County, Chatham County, Currituck County, Robeson County, the City of Concord, the City of Wilmington, the Town of Unionville, and the Town of Garner. His practice is otherwise primarily devoted to general representation and complex litigation and appeals involving areas such as county and municipal law, zoning issues, land use regulation, condemnation cases, nuisance abatement, constitutional law, employment law, and business litigation.

While in law school, Mr. Hornik worked as a legal writing consultant and instructor, assisting and advising students on their legal writing assignments. He also worked as an intern at the school’s Community and Economic Development Clinic, providing pro bono legal services to non-profit and community and economic development organizations in the Charlotte area and in the surrounding communities. He also was a member of the World Affairs Council of Charlotte, participating in and attending a lecture series in the greater Charlotte area through both the law school and The Magellan Society.

Mr. Hornik currently serves as the City Attorney for Creedmoor and the Town Attorney for Pinebluff and Whitsett. He also regularly provides outside counsel to the Town of Chapel Hill Historic District Commission, the Town of Cary Board of Adjustment, and the City of Sanford Board of Adjustment and Historic Preservation Commission. His experience includes local government and municipal land use matters, as well as non-profit and community economic development work. Mr. Hornik practices with the firm by counseling the firm’s numerous local government clients in land-use, regulatory, and employment matters, including all operational and transactional aspects of those local governments.

In addition, he litigates cases on behalf of the firm’s local government and private clients. This includes counsel and representation in administrative matters, quasi-judicial proceedings, trial proceedings, and appellate cases brought on behalf of the local governments represented by the firm in the NC Court of Appeals, NC Supreme Court, the federal district courts of North Carolina, and the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Mr. Hornik’s practice emphasizes municipal law, zoning and land use law, litigation, and ordinance drafting. He serves as general counsel to the Towns of Hillsborough, Hoffman, and Stem, the City of Boiling Spring Lakes, and Foxfire Village. In addition, Mr. Hornik supports others in the firm in their capacities as counsel for the Firm’s other municipal clients. He has represented and advised municipalities in New York and North Carolina on issues including local finance, employment, annexation, zoning, planning and environmental law, and private developers in administrative and judicial proceedings at the State and Federal levels.

Mr. Hornik has extensive litigation experience in municipal, land use, and annexation matters in trial and appellate courts, including the North Carolina Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. He has also counseled clients in various commercial real estate transactions, including site acquisition, leasing and financing of multi-million-dollar commercial, retail and office ventures, and large scale residential subdivisions. Mr. Hornik’s practice has included representation of several regional and national wireless telecommunication providers in the site acquisition and permitting processes for wireless telecommunications facilities, including State and Federal court actions brought under the Telecommunications Act.

Mr. Hornik is admitted to practice not only in in North Carolina and New York, but also in the federal courts in the Northern and Western Districts of New York, in the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, in the United States Circuit Court for the Fourth Circuit, and in the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the North Carolina, New York and American Bar Associations. Mr. Hornik is active in the North Carolina Bar Association’s Zoning, Planning, and Land Use Section, having served as a member of the Section’s first Section Council. He served two terms as Chairman of the Section’s Continuing Legal Education Committee, and has presented continuing legal education programs for municipal attorneys and newly admitted attorneys on numerous occasions.

Ms. Lavelle’s practice concentration is in state and local government law, including representation of local government councils and boards. She currently serves as the Town Attorney for Broadway, Godwin, and Oak Island.

In 2009, Ms. Lavelle joined the full-time faculty at NCCU Law School where she obtained the status of full professor. She regularly taught State and Local Governmental Law, among other subjects. She has published numerous articles and has co-authored two books. She has also served as a lecturer or panelist in over sixty workshops, events, and Continuing Legal Education programs on topics such as local government authority, legislative issues, and leadership.

Ms. Lavelle has served in public office and as a member or chair of numerous organizations, including the Executive Committee of the N.C. Metropolitan Mayors Coalition, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Orange County Solid Waste Advisory Group, the Board of Directors of the Orange County Visitor’s Bureau, and the Board of Directors of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce. Her memberships in legal organizations include the 18th Judicial District Bar, the North Carolina Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys (where she served as past President).

Mr. Morphis’ primary practice areas include local government, zoning and land use, employment, code enforcement, environmental, and coastal area management law. He provides general legal counsel for Person County; the City of Hamlet; the Towns of Aberdeen and Robbins; and the Village of Whispering Pines.  He also serves as outside counsel to the Chatham County Board of Adjustment, and regularly represents citizen groups and other private clients in land-use litigation throughout North Carolina. Mr. Morphis has experience at all stages of litigation, from quasi-judicial hearings before local boards to trial court work and appellate advocacy before the North Carolina Court of Appeals and North Carolina Supreme Court. Mr. Morphis also regularly advises local government clients on code enforcement and board governance issues.

Early in his career, Mr. Morphis served as a clerk with the Charlotte City Attorney’s Office and as an extern for the Honorable Judge Linda McGee of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Mr. Morphis’ Masters-Degree Project compared land trusts and resource conservation efforts in North Carolina with forest conservation in India, and he was a recipient of a U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language Area Studies scholarship for the study of Hindi and Urdu. Mr. Morphis also received, at UNC-CH Law School, the Gressman-Pollitt Award for Oral Advocacy, the Best Overall award in the UNC Environmental Negotiation Competition, and recognition as a finalist in the Merhige National Environmental Negotiation Competition.

Mr. Morphis is admitted to practice in the State courts in North Carolina and in the United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina. He has previously served on the Board of the North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys; as the Chair of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Zoning, Planning and Land Use Section Council; and as the Co-Editor of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Land Use Law Quarterly. He also previously served on the Triangle Land Conservancy’s Land Protection Committee and as the Chairman of the Advisory Committee to the City of Durham’s Community and Family Life Center at Lyon Park.

After law school, Ms. Yovanovich worked in private practice with another Chapel Hill law firm, her primary practice area being transactional real estate. She has extensive experience in and understanding of all areas of real property law including title research, contract negotiations, and interpretation and drafting of easements and covenants.

Ms. Yovanovich  has closed hundreds of real estate transactions, both residential and commercial, during her time in practice. Since her admission to the Bar, she has also gained experience in general research and writing, estate planning and administration, landlord-tenant matters, and small business formation.

Using her experience in legal research and real property law, Ms. Yovanovich’s work with The Brough Law Firm focuses primarily in local government and land use law to represent both local government entities and private landowners.