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Hilton Hutchens

High Performance Law™

48 years of experience
Business Law, Gov & Administrative Law, Construction Law ...
North Carolina

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Biography

Managing Partner H. Terry Hutchens started the firm in 1980 with a staff of five. Over the course of nearly four decades, the practice has developed into the HIGH PERFORMANCE LAW™ firm it is today, employing over 280 people with offices throughout Fayetteville and in Cameron, Charlotte, Southern Pines, Southport, and Wilmington, NC as well as in Columbia, SC.

Terry concentrates his practice on matters pertaining to default services and real estate including development, finance, liquidation, and litigation.

During his 40-year career as a licensed attorney, Terry has represented large residential construction companies, providing the legal know-how to enable his clients to acquire raw land, obtain zoning, negotiate required utilities and infrastructure from municipal and private providers, develop subdivisions, and build and sell homes. Terry has represented and advised commercial construction companies in the same matters, enabling his clients to build retail/office apartments and office buildings, shopping centers, industrial parks, and mixed-use properties; and he has also provided the legal assistance necessary for his clients to build and manage apartment complexes in NC & SC, some built in cooperation with federal (Farm Home Administration and HUD) programs for specific populations (low-income, elderly, special needs) as well as apartment complexes for the general population.

For almost four decades, Terry has been trying cases across North Carolina in state and federal courts (including Bankruptcy Court) as well as handling appeals to the North Carolina Court of Appeals and North Carolina Supreme Court. Although a lot of his trials have been about business or real estate, Terry has tried cases as varied as age discrimination, fraud, unfair and deceptive trade practices, contracts, and shareholder disputes.

Practice Areas

Business Law: Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Gov & Administrative Law: Administrative Law, Election Law, Government Contracts, Government Finance, Legislative & Government Affairs

Construction Law: Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation

Real Estate Law: Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

Collections

Appeals & Appellate: Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals

Additional Practice Area

Litigation

Fees

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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

North Carolina

4th Circuit

U.S. Court of Military Justice

U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Experience

Managing Partner: Hutchens Law Firm; 1980 - Current

Education

Wake Forest University School of Law: J.D. (1977); 1977

Wake Forest University: MBA (1974); 1974

North Carolina State University: B.S.; 1972

Awards

Best Lawyers in America - Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law: US News & World Report; 2018

North Carolina Super Lawyers List: North Carolina Super Lawyers; 2018; Selected to be on the North Carolina Super Lawyers List: 2006-2011, 2013-2018