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Important Disclaimers
**Please carefully read the following important disclaimers:

1) The NC Academy of Trial Lawyers members listed in the chart on this page have agreed to provide pro bono services to assist you in completing and notarizing your "Declaration of Desire for a Natural Death."

2) Because the "Health Care Power of Attorney" is more complicated both to fill out and to explain, that is not provided free of charge; however, we encourage you to discuss your need for the power of attorney with an NCATL member or an attorney of your choosing.

3) The NCATL members listed in the chart on this page are not necessarily specialists in estate planning and probate law. If you feel your circumstances require specialized assistance, please consider contacting the Elder Law Clinic at Wake Forest University School of Law. Other resources include the Estate Planning and Elder Law sections of the NC Bar Association.



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Over the past year we have all seen the public awakening over the need to have our personal desires declared when it comes to decisions involving life sustaining measures or to allow death by the natural course of events without medical intervention. 

As part of our mission to serve the public and protect people's rights, it only seems natural that the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers should offer to the public, on our website and through our members, a free "Declaration of Desire for Natural Death."**


General Information

The most important documents you need for a "living will" are the Declaration of Desire for a Natural Death and the Health Care Power of Attorney.  These two documents work together to alert family and physicians to your wishes as well as to give the person of your choosing the power over your health care decisions should you become incapable of making those decisions yourself.  The Advance Instruction for Mental Health Treatment and Organ/Tissue Donor Card are documents that some people might also wish to fill out; the Advance Instruction for Mental Health Treatment does require the presence of witnesses and a notary public and can be processed with the same lawyer you use for the "living will" documents.  For more general information on this topic, you can visit the Secretary of State's website on the Advanced Health Care Registry.

Documents
Attorneys
The following Attorneys are willing to answer questions and notarize your Declaration of Desire for a Natural Death.**

Ashe County

 

 

M. Alexandra Reeves

Vannoy &Reeves

 

202 East Main Street

PO Drawer 67

West Jefferson, NC 28694

 

336-246-7172

Alamance County

 

 

Linda Bell

 

2102 Huntington Road

Burlington, NC 27215

 

336-228-8293

Alleghany County

 

 

M. Alexandra Reeves

Vannoy &Reeves

112 South Main Street

PO Box 249

Sparta, NC 28675

 

336-372-8740

Beaufort County

 

 

Sonia Privette

110 S. Respess Street

PO Box 1745

Washington, NC 27889

 

252-946-6526

Buncombe County

 

 

Walter E. Daniels, III

191 Merrimon Avenue

Suite A

Asheville, NC 28801

 

828-350-0770

The Elmore Law Firm

53 N. Market Street

Asheville, NC 28801

 

828-253-1492

W. Bradford Searson

Cloninger, Lindsay, Hensley &Searson, PLLC

 

366 Merrimon Avenue

Asheville, NC 28801

 

828-252-1786

Burke County

 

 

Larry McMahon

Byrd Byrd, Ervin, Whisnant &McMahon

 

PO Drawer 1269

Morganton, NC 28680

828-437-4220

Cabarrus County

 

 

James D. Foster

247 Church Street, NE

PO Box 1362

Concord, NC 28026

 

704-788-6333

Caldwell County

 

 

Timothy J. Rohr

Wilson, Lackey &Rohr, P.C.

 

606 College Avenue, SW

Suite B

Lenoir, NC 28645

 

828-758-9110

Carteret County

 

 

Janet Lyles

Davis, Murelle &Lyles, P.A.

 

412 Front Street

Beaufort, NC 28516

252-728-4080

Catawba County

 

 

Jason Orndoff

Gary Young

Lovekin, Young, &Orndoff

 

PO Box 2087

Hickory, NC 28603

828-322-5435

Linda Sigmon

Sigmon, Clark, Mackie, Hutton, Hanvey &Ferrell

 

 

Elbert Ivey Memorial Library Bldg.

420-B Third Avenue, NW

Hickory, NC 28603

828-328-2596

Rufus F. Walker, Jr.

110 3rd Street, NE

Hickory, NC 28601

 

828-328-8101

Chatham County

 

 

Gunn &Messick, Attorneys at Law

90 W. Salisbury Street

Pittsboro, NC 27312

 

919-542-3253

Cleveland County

 

 

Todd Cerwin

Cerwin Law Firm

522 S. Dekalb Street

Shelby, NC 28150

 

704-471-0808

Cumberland County

 

 

Michael C. Boose

214 Dick Street

Fayetteville, NC 28303

 

910-486-9292

Rebecca Britton

Hardison &Leone, LLP

 

PO Drawer 53037

1014 Hay Street

Fayetteville, NC 28305-3037

 

910-223-3022

Mark Sternlicht

Beaver, Holt, Sternlicht &Courie, PA

 

230 Green Street

PO Drawer 2275

Fayetteville, NC 28302

 

910-323-4600

Law Offices of Wade E. Byrd, PA

232 Person Street

Fayetteville, NC 28301

 

910-323-2555

Davidson County

 

 

Barnes, Grimes, Bunce &Fraley, PLLC

PO Box 476

Lexington, NC 27293

 

336-249-9128

Durham County

 

 

Kenneth J. Duke

PO Box 546

Durham, NC 27702

 

919-683-2175

Glen, Mills &Fisher, PA

400 W. Main Street

Suite 709

Durham, NC 27702

 

919-683-2135

Julie Linehand

 

 

Mathew Slotkin, JD, MSW

1218 Broad Street

Durham, NC 27705

 

The Chancellor Building

100 East Parrish Street

Suite 400

Durham, NC 27701

 

919-323-3478

 

 

919-956-9990

Forsyth County

 

 

V. Tate Davis

Davis Elder &Disability Law Services

 

6620 Shallowford Road

Suite 100

PO Box 754

Lewisville, NC 27023

 

336-946-0266

Jonathan S. Dills

 

411 North Cherry Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

 

336-761-1123

Todd M. Peebles

Peebles Law Firm, PC

102 S. Cherry Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

 

336-723-7361

Guilford County

 

 

Laurel O. Boyles

101 Charlois Blvd.

Suite 102

Winston-Salem, NC 27103

 

336-760-9002

Paul D. Coates

 

 

3203 Brassfield Rd.

PO Box 4848

Greensboro, NC 27404

 

336-282-8848

Richard A. Manger

Manger Law Firm

 

 

1208 Eastchester Drive

Suite 230

High Point, NC 27265

336-889-4334

Harnett County

 

 

Timothy C. Morris

102B S. 12th Street

Erwin, NC 28339

 

910-897-2105

Johnston County

 

 

Tom Berkau

Thomas S. Berkau, P.A.

 

212 Church Street

Smithfield, NC 27577

919-834-4634

Lama A. Sinno

Post Office Box 1118

Clayton, NC 27528

 

919-771-2376

O. Hampton Whittington, Jr.

Narron, O’Hale &Whittington, P.A.

 

207 E. Main Street

Benson, NC 27504

919-894-8565

Iredell County

 

 

David P. Parker

Parker &Howes, PLLC

242 East Broad Street

Statesville, NC 28677

 

704-871-0300

Lenoir County

 

 

Charles R. Hardee

Brantley, Jenkins, Riddle, Hardee &Hardee

2506 North Herritage Street

Suite A

Kinston, NC 28503

 

252-522-1500

Macon County

 

 

John R. Mayer

 

511 Smallwood Avenue

PO Box 750

Highlands, NC 28741

 

828-526-3731

Mecklenburg County

 

 

James H. Carter

 

131-2C Matthews Station Street

PO Box 2638

Matthews, NC 28106

 

704-844-8926

Michel C. Daisley

Wells &Daisley, P.A.

1616 Cleveland Avenue

Charlotte, NC 28203

 

704-375-1800

Knox, Brotherton, Knox &Godfrey

817 E. Trade Street

Charlotte, NC 28230

 

704-372-1360

McIntosh Law Firm

 

PO Box 2270

Davidson, NC 28036

 

704-892-1699

Rawls, Dickinson &Scheer, PA

1011 E. Morehead Street