Everett Gaskins Hancock attorneys represent individuals and organizations in business-related litigation in both state and federal courts throughout North Carolina. EGH has extensive experience working with companies of all sizes – from Fortune 500, and midsize, closely held LLCs, to small businesses. As part of the business and commercial litigation practice, EGH frequently acts as local counsel for national clients involved in North Carolina litigation in association with the client’s regular, out-of-state counsel.
It is our objective to act as strong legal advocates of our clients’ positions while offering a voice of reason to our clients regarding what course of action is reasonably within their best interest in a commercial and business setting. In order to achieve our objectives, our attorneys often work with local and national consultants to conduct focus groups and mock trials in order to present our clients’ positions in the most effective manner.
Ed Gaskins, James Hash, Michael Byrne, Katie King and Bill Kroll work as a team to represent business clients in a wide variety of settings. Ed Gaskins, EGH’s chairman and senior trial lawyer, has tried business related cases in state and federal courts for more than 40 years. He has been recognized for his commercial litigation skills in The Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers and Legal Elite. He is a charter member of the Commercial Litigation Section of the Advocates for Justice. James Hash, EGH’s managing partner, has been recognized by Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite in litigation in 2019. This is the third year he has been included in the Legal Elite list for litigation. James was previously listed as a “Young Gun” from 2014-2017. Partner Michael Byrne has worked extensively in breach of contract, franchise dispute, intellectual property and construction law cases.
