William G. Causey, Jr., is the Senior partner of Causey Law Offices. He graduated from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Law, and was admitted to practice in North Carolina in 1988. He was subsequently admitted to practice in Federal Court in 1991 and Board Certified as a Specialist in Federal and State Criminal Law in 1996. Only a small percentage of the Attorneys licensed by the State of North Carolina are designated as Board Certified Specialists. Mr. Causey is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, NC Bar Association, The High Point Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Guilford Inn of Court.
In addition to being a Board Certified Specialist in State and Federal Criminal Law, Mr. Causey is also a former Assistant District Attorney.
Mr. Causey's practice area is limited to the defense of the criminally accused. A large part of his practice is devoted to Driving While Impaired (DWI) and murder cases. He has handled over 70 murder cases to date with the majority involving the death penalty and capital punishment.
Mr. Causey was the defense attorney in the 1991 case of the State of North Carolina vs. D. Combs, the infamous "coma case". Mr. Causey's client was found not guilty of attempted murder and they subsequently appeared as guests on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Other areas of practice include handling speeding tickets and traffic violations, all major felonies, jury trials, misdemeanor cases, drug and narcotic offenses, expungements, sexual offenses, and appeals to the North Carolina Court of Appeals and North Carolina Supreme Court.
Harvey A. (Alec) Carpenter IV
, Associate Attorney, is from Thomasville, NC and is the grandson of Thomasville's former mayor, Harvey A. Carpenter, Jr. He is a graduate of The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Gonzaga University School of Law in Washington State. He was admitted to practice in 1996.
Mr. Carpenter is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, The North Carolina Bar Association, The High Point Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, The Lexington Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association and the Guilford Inn of Court.
Mr. Carpenter's practice area is limited to the defense of the criminally accused, including Driving While Impaired (DWI) and murder cases. He also handles speeding tickets, all major felonies, jury trials, misdemeanor cases, drug and narcotic offenses, expungements, sexual offenses, DMV hearings and License revocation cases, and appeals to the North Carolina Court of Appeals and North Carolina Supreme Court. He has handled over 40 murder cases to date with the majority involving the death penalty and capital punishment.
