Profile - Richard T. Boyette

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Cranfill Sumner LLP
5420 Wade Park Blvd Ste 300
Raleigh, NC 27607

Phone

(919) 863-8729

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Richard Boyette is a Partner in the Raleigh office of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP, where his practice has consisted of a wide variety of defense and commercial litigation. Currently, his litigation practice concentrates in legal and appraiser malpractice and commercial litigation.

Beginning in the early 1990's, Richard developed an active mediation practice, and is recognized as one of the top mediators in North Carolina. He has mediated approximately 1300 disputes in a broad range of subject matters, including personal injury and wrongful death, contract, construction defect, employment relations, medical and other professional liability, product liability, medical device liability, insurance coverage, condemnation, intellectual property and stockbroker/customer disputes.

In addition to litigation and mediation, Richard's practice includes commercial real estate transactions, including entity formation, land acquisition and construction and permanent financing. Richard has also advised and represented businesses in employment and contract disputes, and serves as general counsel to a commercial general contractor.

Richard has been active in DRI in many capacities, and served as its president in 2004-2005. At his urging, DRI established the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence, a charitable foundation having as its mission the education of state court judges. Richard has served on the board of directors of the NFJE since it was founded, and currently serves as its vice president.

Richard is a graduate of the University of North Carolina (B.A., 1974; J.D., with honors, 1977). He was admitted to the North Caroline bar in 1977 and is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in North Carolina, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. From 1977-1978, Richard served as a Law Clerk to Chief Judge Walter E. Brock, North Carolina Court of Appeals followed by an appointment as an Assistant District Attorney, Twelfth Judicial District from 1978-1980.

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Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog, LLP was founded by a group of twenty-seven attorneys in 1992. Since that time, the firm has more than tripled in size, growing steadily each year, and is consistently ranked in the list of the largest firms in the state of North Carolina. With offices in Raleigh, Charlotte, and Wilmington, its attorneys represent individuals and businesses of all types across the state.

The firm concentrates its practice in civil litigation for the defense, handling virtually all types of claims, including medical and professional negligence, products liability, construction law, police and municipal law, land condemnation, premises liability, commercial litigation, employment law and workers’ compensation claims.

With its experienced litigators and support personnel utilizing the latest technology available to enhance effectiveness and efficiency, the firm provides representation that is designed to reach the desired results for its clients, and is able to do so in an efficient and reasonable manner.

The firm is proud to be recognized for its efforts and results in the legal community, and for its reputation in the community at large as providing a positive contribution in many other ways as well.

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