Senior Partner
Practice Areas
- Assault and battery
- Bank fraud
- Burglary
- Check fraud
- Civil drug forfeiture
- Civil forfeiture
- Civil RICO
- Computer crime
- Controlled substances law
- Credit fraud
- Criminal conspiracy
- Criminal defense
- Criminal fraud
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal law
- Criminal prosecution
- Drug crimes
- Drug forfeiture
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- Drug trafficking
- Drugs and narcotics
- Embezzlement
- Extortion
- Federal criminal law
- Felonies
- Financial fraud
- Forensic accounting
- Fourth amendment law
- Fraud and deceit
- Grand jury practice
- Habeas corpus
- Health care fraud
- Homicide
- Insurance fraud
- Internet crimes
- Juvenile criminal law
- Mail fraud
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- Malicious prosecution
- Manslaughter
- Money laundering
- Murder
- Parole and probation
- Post-conviction remedies
- Search and seizure
- Securities fraud
- Sex crimes
- Sexual assault
- Tax fraud
- Theft
- Weapons charges
- White collar crime
- White collar criminal defense
- White collar fraud
- Wire fraud
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Admitted
- 1967, North Carolina
- 1970, Georgia
Education
Member
- Greensboro Bar Association
- 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 Bar Association
- 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
- American Bar Association
- Member, Criminal Justice Section, 1973–present
- North Carolina State Bar
- Member, Criminal Law Certification Specialization Committee, 2001–2006
- American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow, 1996
- Federal Criminal Procedure Committee, 1998–2003
- NC State Committee, 2000–2004
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Associate, 1999–present
- Guilford Inn of Court
- American Inns of Court
- Master of the Bench, 1995–present
- Vice President and Program Chairman, 2005–2007
- President, 2007–2009
- Greensboro Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers Member, Criminal Defense Section
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Biography
- Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 27, 1942
- Assistant Solicitor, 18th Judicial District, 1971–1973
- North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission member, 1998–present
- Member, Board of Directors and Region 4 Representative, University of North Carolina School of Law Alumni Association, 2005–2007
Recognition
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America for more than 20 years
- Member, North Carolina Legal Elite, Criminal Defense, Business North Carolina, 2004–2009
- Member, North Carolina's Top 100 Lawyers, 2006–2008
- North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2006–2009
- Board Certified Specialist in Criminal Law, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization
Military
- Infantry Officer, U.S. Army, 1969–1971
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Uncle Sam, aka Locke Clifford, hands out flags before the Fun Fourth Festival Run, part of the events celebrating Independence Day, 2008 in Greensboro, NC. Locke has been portraying Uncle Sam in these festivities since 1995.
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