Elizabeth City, NC

M.H. Hood Ellis

Hood’s practice encompasses a wide range of civil litigation and real estate matters. He represents developers, lenders, businesses, families, and individuals in real estate transactions, both residential and commercial. His extensive trial experience includes real estate litigation, construction litigation, personal injury, and business litigation, representing both entities and individuals. Hood also provides guidance to local municipalities and has served as the Town Attorney for the Town of Edenton since 2007. His practice also includes representing homeowners and other common-interest communities such as Corolla Light Community Association, Inc. and The Currituck Club Property Owners Association, Inc.

L. Phillip Hornthal, III

For over 30 years, Phil has been a trial lawyer, handling everything from personal injury and wrongful death claims to complex business, construction and land disputes, including earning compensation for landowners facing the loss of property to the State and other takers. Recognized by his peers, Phil enjoys an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell, membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates and has been named Legal Elite by Business North Carolina. He is also a member of The Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which is limited to fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers. Phil has also been a certified mediator since 2011 and likes helping lawyers and their clients resolve difficult cases and is also routinely selected as an arbitrator. All of Phil’s clients come to him with difficult problems, and he is happy to bring his results-oriented practice to bear to resolve them. Phil understands that every case and every client is different, and offers flexible, innovative strategies to achieve results best suited to each client’s situation. After graduating law school in 1993, Phil clerked for the Honorable John Webb on the North Carolina Supreme Court and then practiced with a large insurance defense firm in Raleigh. However, born and bred on the Pasquotank River, he moved home to Elizabeth City with his wife Kristy in 1999, where they happily raised three children and have enjoyed being a part of the Elizabeth City and northeastern North Carolina communities. A lifetime member of Christ Episcopal Church, Phil has also been very active in Boys and Girls Club, Arts of the Albemarle, Carolina United Soccer Association, Rotary and the Elizabeth City Pasquotank County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. In his spare time, Phil enjoys fishing, boating, running, tennis and traveling.

Donald C. Prentiss

Don’s practice focuses on helping individuals throughout the civil litigation process. With more than thirty years of experience in insurance defense litigation, Don is a skilled trial attorney with a vast knowledge of North Carolina motor vehicle, premise liability, and personal injury law. In addition to insurance defense, Don helps injured individuals recover damages for injuries suffered in accidents. He also litigates commercial and contract disputes, involving both individuals and businesses.

Kenneth King

Ken was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961 and served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps from 1986 through 1990, where he was a member of the JAG Corps. Ken practices law in the following areas: workers’ compensation, personal injury litigation, and wrongful death, trials in state and federal courts and arbitrations. For the last 30 years, Ken has practiced law and been an advocate for North Carolina’s Injured.

Danny Glover Jr.

Danny Glover Jr. is a 1995 University of North Carolina School of Law graduate who has secured significant settlements and verdicts in northeastern North Carolina. He focuses on protecting the rights of individuals injured by negligence, handling thousands of cases including car, truck, motorcycle, pedestrian, and bicycle accidents, recovering millions for his clients. Licensed in all North Carolina state and federal courts, he has over 26 years of experience. He is known for his determined advocacy, often taking cases to court when insurance companies offer insufficient settlements. In 2014, he was elected President of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice.

Leah L. King

Leah was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina in 1967. Leah practices law in the following areas: workers’ compensation, personal injury litigation, trials in state and federal courts and arbitrations. She is a Board Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist through the North Carolina State Bar and a frequent lecturer at the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.

After graduating from both Virginia Tech and William and Mary’s School of Law, John Goss jumpstarted his legal career in 1977 with the Tidewater Legal Aid Society in Norfolk, Virginia. For four years, he represented disability claimants living in the Tidewater region of Virginia in Social Security Administrative courts, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and in the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He continued to represent disability claimants when he entered private practice in 1982 and has successfully represented thousands of claimants over the years of his legal career. When Mr. Goss entered private practice in 1982, he also began representing victims of accidental injuries caused by the negligence of others. He established the law firm of Goss & Fentress that same year of 1982 and has welcomed additional attorneys to the firm over the years. Past Director of the National Organization of Social Security Claims Representatives (NOSSCR). 2016 American Bar Association’s Pro Bono Award. Within his 45 years of practice, Goss has received the American Bar Association’s 2016 Pro Bono Award for his advocacy work in the Appalachia hills of Kentucky. Whether he is presenting his case to an administrative law judge or to a jury, John Goss takes great dignity in being the most prepared and the most determined advocate he can be in advancing the cause of justice for his client.