Appellate Practice
Our firm’s appellate work combines imaginative research with persuasive writing and skilled oral advocacy. The firm’s extensive trial practice also gives our attorneys an unusual ability to appreciate how best to present trial-related issues on appeal. Our lawyers have experience both prosecuting and defending appeals in North Carolina.
Appeals:
We handle and have handled Appeals in all jurisdictions. The firm handles cases in the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Supreme Court. The firm was involved in one case that went up to the Iowa Supreme Court. The firm has appeared in front of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington D.C. on an appeal.
The firm has handled each of the following cases in the Court of Appeals:
- In Re: Bies – P15-791 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Shearon Farms Townhome Owners Ass’n II, Inc. v. Shearon Farms Dev., LLC – 18-1308 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Deutsche Bank Nat’l Tr. Co. v. Ferguson – 18-1278 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Stocks – 18-1171 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Brennan Station 1671, LP v. Borovsky – 18-184 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In re: Smith – 17-874 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In re: Smith – 17-483 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Estes v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. – 16-657 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Ryan – 16-201 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In Re: Bies – 15-1340 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Regions Bank v. Bank of America, N.A. – P14-934 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- U.S. National Bank Assoc. v. Dye – P14-848 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In re: Ballard – 15-475 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In re: Gutowski – 14-881 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In re: Gibbs – 13-1396 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Quality Built Homes Inc.& Stafford Land Co. v Town of Carthage–315PA15 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In Re: Michael and Marge Iannucci – 16-738 – Attorney Benjamin, John
- Ervin, et al v Benjamin, Jr., et al – P13-360 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Washington Mutual Bank, et al v Webb, et al – P12-417 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In Re: Ida Imbimbo – P12-289 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In Re: Joseph D. Reid, II – P12-91 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In Re: McCleary – P12-10 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- McCleary v Deutsche Bank National Company as Trustee, et al – P10-579 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In re: Brown, et al – P09-798 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Johnson v Brock & Scott PLLC, etal – P09-498 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Dalenko v Peden General Contractors – P08-396 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In Re: Albert A. Corbett – P05-1005 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Brown v Centex Homes – P04-663 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- N.C. Farm Partnership v PIG Improvement – P02-813 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Dollar v Town of Cary – P01-740 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In Re: Terpak – 13-1205 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v Hundley – 13-1038 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In The Matter Of: McLean – 13-513 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Friedman v Bank of America, N.A., et al – 13-483 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In The Matter Of: Webb – 13-324 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In Re: Foreclosure of Young – 12-1224 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In Re: Foreclosure of Connard – 12-1166 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In Re: Foreclosure of Raynor – 12-1116 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Foreclosure of: Perry – 12-944 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In Re: Foreclosure of Armstrong – 12-800 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Johnson v Bank of America, N.A., et al – 12-562 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- McCleary v Deutsche Bank National Company – 11-437 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In Re: McCleary – 11-304 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In Re: Earhart – 10-1592 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Estate of Conroy v Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al – 10-452 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In The Matter Of The Foreclosure: Gilbert – 10-361 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In Re: Foreclosure of Cantey – 09-1187 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Johnson v Brock & Scott, PLLC, et al – 09-1005 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Grafton v Washington Mutual Bank – 08-1035 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Cypress Capital v Firestone – 08-459 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Dalenko v Collier – 07-1404 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Food Lion, LLC v Finazzle Corporation – 07-1029 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- In The Matter of Foreclosure: Webb – 06-1515 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Allred v First Bank National Assoc’n – 06-617 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Brown, et al v Centex Homes, et al – 04-1180 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Appel v Food Lion, L.L.C. – 04-423 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- NC Farm Partnership v Pig Improvement – 03-328 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Coastal Caisson v Kline Iron and Steel – 02-1319 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Dollar v Town of Cary – 01-1412 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Mitchell v Mitchell & Marino – 99-1115 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Lewis v Estate of Lewis, et al – 99-551 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Leader Constr. v New Hanover Cty, et al – 94-1218 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- J.W. Cook & Sons, v Hill, et al – 93-1176 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- United Carolina v Trask, et al – 93-710 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
We have also been successful in getting multiple appeals dismissed at the trial court level and the appellate level, including the following:
These are the Court of Appeals matters that the firm had dismissed:
- In re Cantey, 700 S.E.2d 747, N.C., 2010;
- Estate of John F. Conroy, III v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al., COA10-452;
- In re Earhart, COA10-1592; In re McCleary, COA11-304;
- McCleary v. Deutsche Bank National Company, et al, COA11-437;
- In Re Armstrong, COA12-800.
The firm has handled the following cases in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit:
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. AMH Roman Two NC – 16-1681 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- U.S. Bank National Association, Wells Fargo, N.A. v. Sharon Dye – 16-1236 – Attorney: Benjamin, John
- Margaret Reaves v. John T. Benjamin, Jr. et al. 18-2311, Attorney Benjamin, John
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Lynton Ballentine; No. 17-2187