Christopher L. Mewborn
Telephone: (910) 455-9755
Facsimile: (910) 346-3483
Areas of Practice
Workers Compensation
Real Estate
Personal Injury
Business Law
Wills and Estates
Christopher L. Mewborn is a magna cum laude graduate of Campbell University where he earned a B.A. degree in Government and Pre-Law in 1988. He graduated cum laude from Campbell’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law in 1991. Following law school, Mr. Mewborn served as a law clerk for the Honorable Sidney Eagles, former Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. After a two year clerkship, he joined the law firm of Bailey and Dixon, LLP in Raleigh, North Carolina where his litigation practice focused on workers’ compensation, personal injury, and general insurance defense.
In 1997, Mr. Mewborn returned to his hometown of Jacksonville, North Carolina and opened his own general law practice. He currently concentrates in all phases of workers’ compensation litigation before the North Carolina Industrial Commission, the North Carolina General Courts of Justice, and the North Carolina Appellate Courts, as well as maintaining a busy real estate and general law practice. Since 2000, Mr. Mewborn has also served as a certified mediator before the North Carolina Industrial Commission and the North Carolina General Courts of Justice.
Member
North Carolina State Bar
North Carolina Bar Association
North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
Onslow County Bar Association
Fourth Judicial District Bar Association
Onslow County Teen Court
Mediator Certification
North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission
Papers and Presentations
What Defense Attorneys Need from Adjusters (2002); Presented to the Raleigh Claims Association.
Basics of Workers’ Compensation Law: A Defense Perspective for Employers (2001 & 2002); Presented for Coastal Carolina Community College.
Causation and the True Meaning of “Appreciable Benefit” Under Recent Appellate Case Law (2000); Presented for the North Carolina League of Municipalities.
Adjunct Professor, Coastal Carolina Community College (1999 & 2000); Course: Brokerage Law in North Carolina.
Subrogation and Recovery of Third Party Proceeds Under N.C.G.S. § 97-10.2 (1999); Presented for the North Carolina League of Municipalities
Brett J. DeSelms
Telephone: (910) 455-9755
Facsimile: (910) 346-3483
Areas of Practice
Criminal Law
Traffic Law
Domestic Law
Workers Compensation
Personal Injury
Civil Litigation
Brett J. DeSelms is a summa cum laude graduate of North Carolina State University where he obtained a B.A. degree in Psychology. Mr. DeSelms graduated cum laude from Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law in 2007. While at law school Mr. DeSelms was a member of the ATLA Trial Team and competed in trial competitions around the country. He is a member of the Order of the Barristers and also served as Deputy Attorney General for the Law School’s Honor Court.
In August 2007 Brett DeSelms joined Mewborn Law Office where he has focused on civil and criminal litigation.
Member
North Carolina State Bar
North Carolina Bar Association
Onslow County Bar Association
Fourth Judicial District Bar Association
Rotary Club of Jacksonville
Onslow County Teen Court