Locke T. Clifford
Senior Partner
Email: clifford@ccolawyers.com

Practice Areas: Bank Fraud; Check Fraud; Credit Fraud; Juvenile Criminal Law; Fifth Amendment Law; Fourth Amendment Law; Criminal Law; Assault and Battery; Burglary; Capital Offenses; Civil Forfeiture; Criminal Conspiracy; Criminal Defense; Criminal Fraud; Criminal Investigation; Criminal Prosecution; Extortion; Federal Criminal Law; Felonies; Forensic Accounting; Forgery; Grand Jury Practice; Habeas Corpus; Homicide; Mail Fraud; Manslaughter; Murder; Post-Conviction Remedies; Search and Seizure; Sex Crimes; Sexual Assault; Theft; Weapons Charges; Drugs and Narcotics; Civil Drug Forfeiture; Controlled Substances Law; Drug Crimes; Drug Forfeiture; Drug Trafficking; Financial Fraud; Fraud and Deceit; Health Care Fraud; Insurance Fraud; Money Laundering; Securities Fraud; Tax Fraud; White Collar Crime; Embezzlement; White Collar Criminal Defense; White Collar Fraud; Computer Crime; Malicious Prosecution; Parole and Probation; Wire Fraud; Internet Crimes; Civil RICO.

Admitted: 1967, North Carolina; 1970, Georgia

Law School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., 1967

College: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A.B., 1964

Member: Greensboro (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1973-1974; Board of Directors, 1995-1996; Member, Quality of Life Committee, 1996-1997; President Elect, 1999-2000; President, 2000-2001), 18th Judicial District (President, 1999-2000; Chairman, Nominating Committee, 2001-2002; Member: Fee Dispute Resolution Committee, 2002-2003; Committee on Indigent Appointments, 1995-2001), North Carolina (Member, Criminal Law Section, Vice Chairman, 1981, Chairman, 1982-1983; Board of Governors, 1984-1987, Administration of Justice Study Committee, 1988-1990; Long Range Planning Committee, 1999, Nominating Committee 2007-2008) and American (Member, Criminal Justice Section, 1973-) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar (Member, Criminal Law Certification Specialization Committee, 2001-2006); American Board of Trial Advocates (Associate, 1999-); Federal Bar Advisory Committee; Guilford Inn of Court, American Inns of Court (Master of the Bench, 1995-; Vice President and Program Chairman, 2005-2007; President, 2007-2009); Greensboro Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1979-1981); North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Criminal Defense Section); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Biography: American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow, 1996; Federal Criminal Procedure Committee, 1998-2003; NC State Committee, 2000-2004) Listed in Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward/White, Inc., 1989-2008 editions. Assistant Solicitor, 18th Judicial District, 1971-1973. Member, Board of Directors, National Association of Counsel for Children, 1978. Member, North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission, 1998-. Member, North Carolina Legal Elite, Criminal Defense, Business North Carolina, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. Member, North Carolina's Top 100 Lawyers, 2006, 2007, 2008; North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2006, 2007, 2008; Member, Board of Directors and Region 4 Representative, University of North Carolina School of Law Alumni Association, 2005-2007. (Board Certified Specialist in Criminal Law, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization)

Military: Infantry Officer, U.S. Army, 1969-1971

Reported Cases: State v. Watkins, 11 N.C.App.766, 433 S.E.2d 817 (1993); 337 N.C. 437, 446 S.E .2d 67 (1994); 120 N.C.App.804, 463 S.E.2d. 802 (1995).

Born: Cincinnati, Ohio, July 27, 1942

ISLN: 908337802