FN-4343476 MN-4343476 LN-4343476, Esq.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Prior Criner & Edwards PLLC - Attorney
Attorney, Prior Criner & Edwards PLLC, 2006-Present; Attorney, Crossley McIntosh Prior and Collier PLLC, 1996-2006; Adjunct Professor, Cape Fear Community College, 1999-2000; Attorney, Great American Insurance Company, 1994-1995.
Practicing attorney for 22 years in litigation of work injury, employment issues, insurance compliance, insurance coverage issues, building construction and insurance cases.
Mediator of over 2,000 cases of varying issues including severe injuries, insurance issues, commercial and residential construction cases.
North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission (Mediator)
North Carolina Clerk Mediation Program (Certified Mediator)
District Court (Certified Arbitrator)
North Carolina Industrial Commission (Certified Mediator)
North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission (Certified Superior Court Mediator)
South Carolina Supreme Court (Mediator)
New Hanover County District Court (Arbitrator)
North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission (Mediator)
North Carolina Clerk Mediation Program (Certified Mediator)
District Court (Certified Arbitrator)
North Carolina Industrial Commission (Certified Mediator)
North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission (Certified Superior Court Mediator)
South Carolina Supreme Court (Mediator)
New Hanover County District Court (Arbitrator)
Injury cases, worker rights and injury cases, construction cases, insurance coverage issues, and contract disputes.
My role as a mediator is to help the parties find a settlement that makes sense for them by making the process comfortable and informative through the sharing of information in a non- threating manner. I give the parties a chance to be heard and to speak on the issues mist important to them.
University of Tennessee - School of Law (JD-1998); University of North Carolina at Wilmington - Cameron School of Business (BS, Business Administration-1993).
Admitted to the Bar: North Carolina (1998); US District Court: Eastern District of North Carolina (1998); US Court of Appeals: 4th Circuit (1998); US Supreme Court (1998).
American Bar Association; North Carolina Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation Section – Member, Dispute Resolution Section - Member & Section Counsel; New Hanover County Bar Association.
Worker’s Compensation in North Carolina and Mediation Strategies Seminar; Speaker, CLE Presentations on Mediation and Workers Compensation.
$240 Per Hour
English
United States of America
Wilmington, NC
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Mediators on the AAA Roster are not employees or agents of the AAA.
