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Mr. Brown is admitted to practice in Washington and California and has been practicing law for over 45 years. He is the managing partner at Phillips, Krause & Brown. His practice emphasizes Elder Law which includes estate planning, Medicaid planning and qualification, preparation of wills, trusts (including special needs trusts), durable powers of attorney and other documents, probate, guardianship and litigation in those areas. Professor Brown has also handled numerous adult protection and tort claims for elderly, incapacitated and injured people including several cases where the verdict or settlement amount exceeded $1,000,000. Mr. Brown is a member...

One of only 3 Board Certified DUI Defense Specialists* in the State of Florida. David Katz was the lead DUI prosecutor in the Seminole County State Attorney's Office and the Intoxilyzer Specialist. In this role, David had direct training from the manufacturer of the only Breath Test Instrument in use in Florida the Intoxilyzer 8000. David now uses this training to show the flaws in the breath test program and machines and to help his clients achieve outstanding results. Additionally, David is a Regent, Faculty Member and the Chairperson of the Board Certification Committee of the...

Mr. Maahs has tried, arbitrated, and mediated hundreds of cases throughout his career. These cases involve multi-million dollar exposure and significant injuries such as traumatic brain injury, paraplegia and burns. Mr. Maahs’ experience and practice includes automobile liability, premises liability, products liability, professional liability, trucking accidents, workers’ compensation, employment law, insurance, and commercial litigation.

Throughout his career, Mr. Maahs has represented consumers and numerous Fortune 500 companies, including Walgreens, United Technologies, Nationwide, State Farm, Chubb Insurance, Auto-Owners, Hartford, AIG, Johnson and Johnson, Marriott, Phillip Morris, Home Depot and DaVita. With 26 years of extensive experience, Mr. Maahs is committed to...

Alice C. Stubbs is a partner in the firm. She joined Tharrington Smith in 2006 after having served for eight years as a Wake County District Court judge. First appointed in 1997 by Governor Jim Hunt, she was elected to the judgeship in 1998 and 2002. During her time on the bench, Ms. Stubbs presided primarily in domestic court. She was certified as a juvenile judge in 2001 and was designated and presided as a family court judge from 2002 until she came to Tharrington Smith.

Ms. Stubbs is a native of New Bern. She graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover,...

Mike graduated from Antioch College in 1977 and from the University of North Carolina Law School, with honors, in 1980. At the law school he was selected as the James O. Bowman Scholar, served on the Law Review, and received the Order of the Coif Award for Legal Writing. Before entering private practice, he was a law clerk to the Honorable J. Dickson Phillips of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and worked as a litigation attorney in the Appellate Court Branch of the Enforcement Division of the National Labor Relations Board in Washington. Mike represents unions and...