Matthews, NC

Michael David Bland

Michael David Bland is a founding partner of Weaver, Bennett & Bland, P.A. and an aggressive seasoned trial lawyer with forty years of experience. He has tried countless jury and bench trials and holds four record verdicts in North Carolina. He has successfully argued numerous appellate cases, including before the U.S. Supreme Court. His practice focuses on complex civil litigation, including medical malpractice, personal injury, and business litigation. He is also the founder of Sustainable Energy Community Development Company (S.E.C.D.C.) and has served multiple terms on the Board of Commissioners for the Town of Matthews.

Nicholas Anderson

Nicholas Anderson graduated magna cum laude from Gonzaga University School of Law, where he was a member of the Gonzaga Law Review and achieved the Dean’s List. He interned with Federal District Court Judge Lloyd D. George. After a brief period in civil litigation insurance defense, he focused on personal injury law in Las Vegas, settling millions for clients. He is rated on Super Lawyers for 2020, 2021, and 2022. Nick is committed to helping clients obtain justice efficiently.

Jeffrey B. Watson earned his B.A. degree in Communications on the Dean’s List from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, while being the Team Captain on the UNC Greensboro college basketball team. He earned his M.A. degree in Public Policy with honors from Regent University in Virginia, where he published a thesis on Medical Savings Accounts which was requested by Congress for study, interned in the Virginia Department of Public Safety, wrote speeches for Virginia Governor George Allen and Public Safety Secretary Jerry Kilgore, and co-wrote prison reform and environmental clean-up legislation which was later passed into law in Virginia. Mr. Watson also earned his J.D. degree from Campbell University, where he won a variety of national awards for his trial and appellate advocacy skills, including being a member of the Order of Old Kivett, National Moot Court team, and Campbell Law Observer. Mr. Watson started his personal injury career as a Senior Claims Adjuster for Integon Insurance. After graduate and law school, he began his law practice as an insurance defense trial attorney. For over 21 years, Mr. Watson has been a personal injury and corporate litigation attorney, including running his own law firm for over 15 years before coming to the Speaks Law Firm. He is licensed in all State and Federal court in North Carolina. He has been a member of the North Carolina Bar Association, the Forsyth County Bar Association, the Mecklenburg County Bar Association, the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, the American Bar Association, and the League of Credit Union Attorneys. He has served on the governing Boards of the Triad Hispanic Counsel, Forsyth County Family Coalition, Forgiven Ministries, Salem Pregnancy Support, Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, and the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, TN. Mr. Watson was selected in 2021 as a member of the National Top 100 Civil Plaintiff’s Trial Lawyers, and in 2024 he was elected by his peers as one of the nation’s Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Best Lawyers.

R. Clarke Speaks is an Injury Lawyer. He recovers money for people injured in auto and workplace accidents. Clarke has recovered millions of dollars for injured people since he started the Speaks Law Firm in 1997. The mission of the firm is simple. We stand up for injured people against big insurance companies. He believes in investing time and resources in local youth sports programs and coaches soccer and basketball. He has received various honors and distinctions throughout his career, written a guidebook for young lawyers for the North Carolina Bar Association, presented at legal education seminars, and authored 'The North Carolina Auto Injury Book' and other works. He has spoken to large and small groups about his approach to the practice of law. He has achieved National Recognition by attorney ranking sites such as AVVO and Super Lawyers, with a '10.0' rating and 'Superb' designation, and 'Top Car Accident Attorney'. He has been selected to Super Lawyers for personal injury law for two consecutive years and named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers in each of the last two years. Since 1997, he has represented thousands of individuals, businesses, and organizations all over North Carolina as well as Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. He has submitted briefs to the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court, and argued before the North Carolina Supreme Court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia on many occasions. He has successfully represented individuals and corporations in litigation with the United States Government, the State of North Carolina, large and small corporate defendants and virtually every insurance company operating in the United States.

Lindsey Curcio graduated cum laude with a Certificate in Advanced Legal Writing, Research and Drafting from Mercer University School of Law in 2011. She was named to the Dean’s List for four consecutive semesters and received awards for the highest grade in several law subjects. She also received numerous awards and recognition in national advocacy competitions and was inducted into the Order of the Barristers. In 2013, she completed a Master of Laws in Federal Criminal Practice and Procedure from Mercer University. Lindsey has practiced in Charlotte for eleven years, focusing on civil litigation, family law, contract drafting and disputes, personal injury, and criminal defense. She also serves on the Board of Directors for a local animal rescue and Roller Derby league.

David B. Sherman, JR.

David B. Sherman, Jr. is an associate attorney with Weaver, Bennett, and Bland, P.A., with ten years of experience. He divides his practice between domestic law and general civil litigation, including contract disputes and personal injury matters. David is a North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission Certified Family Financial Mediator and has substantial trial experience in various counties. He joined the firm in 2023 after nine years in private practice.

Serge Semirog

Serge Semirog holds degrees in Finance and Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he graduated cum laude. He earned his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he was a member of the Hastings Business Law Journal. His experience includes work at the Hampden County Superior Court in Springfield, Massachusetts, and several firms in California and Massachusetts. He also worked at the Massachusetts Family Institute (MFI), where he drafted legislative proposals for the State Assembly and was awarded the Blackstone Fellowship by the Alliance Defense Fund. After moving to Charlotte in 2006, he started his own practice. He has over 9 years of car and truck accident litigation experience.