Sylva, NC

Joshua O. Harper

Attorney Josh Harper helps people who are injured at work or who have been hurt in car wrecks or other accidents. He has been selected for the Super Lawyers: Rising Stars list for North Carolina in 2024 and 2025, and for Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury from 2022-2025. He graduated magna cum laude from Wake Forest University School of Law and served in the U.S. Army, earning the Bronze Star Medal.

W. Marlowe Rary, II

Marlowe Rary joined Whitley, Jordan & Inge, P.A. in 2018 and became a named partner in 2021. He handles district court practice, including DWI, drug possession, assault, and traffic charges, and manages the personal injury practice, having settled over $1 million in cases.

Kimberly N. Carpenter

Kimberly Carpenter is a Partner at Carpenter & Guy, PLLC. She has represented hundreds of injured workers in workers’ compensation cases and thousands of clients before North Carolina state civil courts, Federal District Court, and Cherokee Tribal Court since she began practicing law in 1996. Her practice areas include Workers’ Compensation, Social Security Disability, Personal Injury, Civil Litigation, and Domestic matters.

Richard B. Harper

Richard Harper has been practicing law since 1981 and has owned his own law practice in Sylva since 1993. His practice focuses on representing injured workers in the workers’ compensation system and others with personal injuries. He was honored by Best Lawyers as the Asheville area 2019 and 2016 “Lawyer of the Year” in the category of “Workers’ Compensation-Claimants.” He is board certified as a Workers’ Compensation Specialist by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization since 2000.

Cecil L. Whitley

Cecil Whitley is the founding partner of Whitley, Jordan, Inge & Rary, P.A. A Vietnam veteran, he graduated from Wake Forest University Law School and has been practicing law in Salisbury, North Carolina since 1973, focusing on traffic tickets, driver license restorations, and DMV hearings.

Patti Owen Harper

Patti Owen Harper began practicing law in 1981. Her practice focuses on workers’ compensation, and she also serves as the firm’s office manager. She earned her law degree, cum laude, from Campbell University School of Law and her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Darrin D. Jordan

Darrin Jordan is a Board Certified Specialist in State Criminal Law since 2004. He served as President of the North Carolina State Bar in 2021 and maintains an active practice in state and federal criminal law.