Firm News

The Bell, Davis, & Pitt Firm News Blog is an outlet for our firm to share news of developments within our firm as well as our interactions with our communities.

Kristan D. Bryant elected Director

January 15, 2016

Attorney Kristan D. Bryant has been elected director at the firm.

Joan Balderamos

Joan M. Balderamos elected Director

January 15, 2016

Attorney Joan M. Balderamos has been elected director at the firm. Joan Balderamos’ practice focuses in the areas of real property acquisition and development, complex loan transactions on behalf of financial institutions and economic development to promote job creation and real estate development throughout the State of North Carolina.

Kevin G. Williams Elected To The North Carolina State Bar Council

November 11, 2015

Kevin G. Williams has been elected to the North Carolina State Bar Council, the governing body of the NC State Bar, which regulates the state’s legal professionals and its over 20,000 licensed attorneys. Members of the 62-member NC Bar Council are lawyers elected by the attorneys in their home communities.

U.S. News 2016 Best Law Firms Badge

Bell, Davis & Pitt, PA Honored Among Best Law Firms in Triad For 2016

November 1, 2015

Winston-Salem/Charlotte, NC, (November 2, 2015) The Winston-Salem based law firm of Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A. has been recognized by US News and World Report magazine as one of the Triad’s best law firms for 2016 in 18 practice areas. The announcement was made by US News and World Report on November 2, 2015. The best law firm rankings are produced jointly by US News and World Report magazine and Best Lawyers in America®, a nationally recognized, annual peer-based listing published by Woodward/White Publishers.

Bell, Davis & Pitt, PA John A. Cocklereece, Jr., Appointed To Board Of Trustees of Forsyth Tech Community College

Winston-Salem/Charlotte, NC, (August 4, 2015) -- John A. Cocklereece, Jr., an attorney and director in the law firm of Bell, Davis & Pitt, PA, has been appointed to a four-year term as a member of Board of Trustees of Forsyth Technical Community College by North Carolina governor Patrick McCrory. Cocklereece, a native of Greensboro, has been practicing law in Winston-Salem for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of the Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA), earning his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in 1976 and his J. D. degree magna cum laude in 1979.

Bell, Davis & Pitt, PA Walter W. (Wrennie) Pitt, Jr., Appointed to North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, Inc. Endowment Committee

Winston-Salem/Charlotte, NC, (July 15, 2015) – Walter W. (Wrennie) Pitt, Jr., attorney and director of the law firm of Bell, Davis & Pitt, PA, has been appointed to the North Carolina Bar Association Foundation’s (NCBA) Endowment Committee. The NCBA’s Endowment Committee serves the Association’s members, the legal profession and the public through the evaluation of grant requests made to the NCBA Endowment Fund Board of Directors and overseeing the implementation of approved grants to ensure effective use of funds and the successful completion of grant projects.

Bell, Davis & Pitt, PA Attorney and Director Alan M. Ruley Elected To The Board of Directors of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys

Winston-Salem/Charlotte, NC, (June 2015) – Alan M. Ruley, attorney and director of the law firm of Bell, Davis & Pitt, PA, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (NCADA). The association, established in 1977, serves as a resource for educational opportunities, information exchanges and networking for nearly 1,000 North Carolina civil defense litigators.

Feeding Frenzy Champions Repeat

The results of the 2015 North Carolina Legal Feeding Frenzy, conducted by the Young Lawyers Division in conjunction with North Carolina Feeding America Food Banks, are in. In the Medium Firm category (51-100 employees), Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A. was the winner for the second consecutive year with 83.03 pounds of food per person. Virginia Pleasants accepted on behalf of the firm. Read More at NCBar.org

Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A. and Three of Its Attorneys Ranked High Among Law Firms in Chambers’ USA Listing

Our Litigation practice group and three individual attorneys have been listed among North Carolina’s foremost in their fields in the 2015 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers.

Bell, Davis & Pitt’s Mark A. Jones Earns Specialist Certification from North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization

February 2, 2015

Winston-Salem, NC February 3, 2015)—Mark A. Jones, an attorney with the law firm of Bell, Davis & Pitt, PA has been certified as a specialist in Federal and State Criminal Law by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. Jones heads the white collar and general federal defense sections at the firm, which has offices located in Winston-Salem and Charlotte.