The Twiford Law Firm offers a full array of legal services:

Personal Injury: Since we do not advertise, many people are not aware that the firm has an active personal litigation practice. Cases we have handled include automobile, slip and fall, medical malpractice, accounting malpractice, police malpractice
Workers Compensation: All workplace injuries.
Commercial: All business disputes including contract, unfair and deceptive trade practices, RICO and specific performance.

Social Security Disability
The firm has a long and successful history in representing disable individuals for their Social Security benefits in Federal Administrative courts, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

Criminal Law
With a former longtime district attorney and an assistant district attorney as members of our firm, we are deeply involved in all areas of criminal defense. This runs the gamut from traffic offenses, including infractions such as speeding and more serious misdemeanors such as DWI to the most devastating felonies and capital charges.

Traffic Law (Including DWI and Speeding)
Speeding tickets, driver's licence issues, DWI, and infractions. We appear regularly, in all seven counties in the first judicial district and beyond. In certain situations we maybe able to represent you without the necessity of your appearance at the court proceeding.

Family & Domestic Law
The practice of family law has changed substantially in recent years and our family law team is experienced and prepared to deal with a multitude of problems including separation agreements, alimony, post separation support, child custody, support, and visitation, adoption, equitable distribution, domestic violence, and counseling on all aspects of domestic relations.

Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning
This area of our practice includes counseling and preparation of wills, powers of attorney (both healthcare and commercial), living wills, testamentary, and inter vivos trust as well as litigation disputes over probate, interpretation, and dissent. Likewise, we handle guardianships and appear before clerks of courts in handling all aspects of estate administration.

Real Estate
We handle both residential and commercial transactions for individuals and developers. This includes single residential transactions for both buyer and seller including original purchase, refinance, equity lines, title insurance, title examinations, document preparation, recordation, property owner associations, restrictive covenants, and litigation involving all of the preceding.

Administrative Law
Our attorneys appear before both federal and state administrative agencies and administrative courts on a wide variety of issues such as Medicaid rates, restoration of driving privileges, healthcare facility licensure, the North Carolina Utilities Commission, the Department of Labor, North Carolina Personnel Commission, the North Carolina Nursing Board, Social Security hearings, and the like.

Maritime Law
As a coastal practice, we are frequently involved in and experienced with maritime litigation, including Jones Act Torts, as well as other areas of admiralty law.

Health Care Law
The firm maintains an active healthcare law practice including licensure, CONS, HIPPA issues, Medicaid rates, healthcare contracts, professional corporations, medical privileges, and establishment of healthcare management entities for individual practices and governmental organizations.

Governmental Law
The firm serves as counsel to counties, public healthcare entities, and development corporations. With regard to individuals, we are experienced in land use issues, open meetings and public records law, public employment law, and appear before numerous state and federal regulatory boards and commissions.