Who We Are
Experienced Criminal Defense
Locke Clifford wears the Cliffords'
Big Red Dogs tee shirt.
Clifford Clendenin & O’Hale, LLP is a Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense firm with four trial lawyers. R. Walton McNairy and Locke T. Clifford were classmates at the UNC School of Law, (class of 1967) and founded the firm in 1973. We have represented thousands of clients in state and federal criminal matters for over 36 years.
The Clifford Division can provide experienced criminal defense in both personal and business matters for the residents of Greensboro, North Carolina and its surrounding areas.
For legal assistance, please call toll free 877-645-2354 and ask for The Clifford Division or use our convenient contact us form.
Our Attorneys
Attorney Locke Clifford is certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a specialist in federal and state criminal law. He represents individuals and corporate clients in criminal cases that include the following:
- Sex offenses
- Financial crimes
- Computer crimes
- Arson
- Federal grand jury investigations
- Regulatory agency investigations
- Drug conspiracies
- Federal tax fraud
- Bankruptcy fraud
- Record expunctions
- Probation and parole violations
Attorney Andrew Clifford joined his father, Locke, in The Clifford Division and practices in State Superior and District Courts handling the following criminal cases:
- Felonies
- Misdemeanors
- Expunctions
- Juvenile cases
- Driving while impaired offenses (DWIs, DUIs)
- Traffic cases
- Defense of domestic violence protective orders
- DMV hearings
- Drug cases
Both father and son are former Assistant District Attorneys in Guilford County, Eagle Scouts, and graduates of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Paralegal for Andrew Clifford
Stephanie
Administrative Assistant for the Clifford Division
Shane
Serving our diverse, multi-lingual North Carolina community
We provide services in the following languages at our office and off-site:
- English
- Spanish
- Japanese
- German
- Italian
- Portuguese


