Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, DUI-DWI; view more
Licensed in North Carolina since: 1994
Education: University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2012, 2017 - 2024 Call today:
910-338-4900
Woody White Law PLLC
2004 Eastwood RoadSuite #201
Wilmington, NC 28403 Visit website
Details
Woody White is a senior partner with Woody White Law PLLC, a general practice, courtroom-based attorney. For 30 years, Woody has litigated serious criminal and personal injury/business cases in both state and federal court. HIs practice is located in Wilmington, North Carolina, just before the bridge to Wrightsville Beach. He handles cases involving motor vehicle accidents, damages against drunk drivers, bicycle accidents, as well as those charged with criminal offenses in either state or federal court.
Among his many accomplishments, Mr. White is a former North Carolina state senator, having been appointed by the governor of North Carolina to serve in the legislature in 2004. He has been recognized by Business North Carolina magazine as a member of its “LEGAL ELITE”, winning the award in 2007, 2010 and 2021.
Woody was elected and served two terms as a New Hanover County Commissioner from 2012 - 2020, receiving the most votes in a 6 way contested election. At his first meeting, he was unanimously selected by his fellow commissioners as Chairman of the New Hanover Board of Commissioners. Woody has also served as a Board of Trustees Member for the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW) as well as Cape Fear Community College (CFCC).
In March of 2023, the North Carolina Senate appointed Woody to a four year term on the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.
Woody was also appointed in 2023 by the New Hanover County Commission to be a Director of the New Hanover Community Endowment.
As a Board Certified Specialist in State and Federal Criminal Law, Mr. White has extensive courtroom experience and has won numerous jury trials. He has litigated countless suppression motions and bond hearings and has represented thousands of defendants charged with violent crimes, white collar offenses, drug offenses, sexual offenses and literally everything in between. He is an active member of the North Carolina Bar Association and the National Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, and he has served extensively on local boards in the Wilmington community.
Mr. White is a lifelong resident of Southeastern North Carolina and received his law degree from the University of Nebraska. He is licensed to practice before the state bar of North Carolina, the Eastern District of the U.S. District Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and was sworn into the United States Supreme Court by the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
Please visit my other website http://www.wilmingtonpersonalinjurylaw.com/ for more information
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Workers' Compensation: ClaimantFocus areas
Animal Bites, Assault, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Criminal Law, Criminal Law - Federal, DUI/DWI, Drug & Alcohol Violations, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sex Offenses, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Traffic Violations, Trucking Accidents, White Collar Crime, Wrongful Death
- 30% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 30% Criminal Defense
- 20% Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI
- 10% Criminal Defense: White Collar
- 10% Workers' Compensation: Claimant
First Admitted: 1994
Professional Webpage: https://www.woodywhitelaw.com/
- Winter Park Optimist T-Ball and Little League Coach
- Youth Basketball Coach, St. John's Episcopal Church
- Member, St. Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, NC
- B.A. - History from Southern College - Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1991
- North Carolina Legal Elite, Business North Carolina Magazine, 2007
- North Carolina Legal Elite, Business North Carolina Magazine, 2021
- North Carolina Legal Elite, Business North Carolina Magazine, 2010
- Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International
- Board Certified Specialist in State Criminal Law, 2009
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of NC, 1997
- Board Certified Specialist in Federal Criminal Law, 2009
- All North Carolina Courts, 1994
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth District, 2000
- United States Supreme Court, 2003
- Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney, 1998
- $500,000.00 revcovery Woody represented an engaged couple visiting our beach areas. In a crosswalk, they suffered from being injured by a drunk driver and sustained severe injuries. Woody successfully recovered full compensation for both parties., 2022
- $1,000,000.00 Wood White represented two grandparents and three grandchildren that were victims of a repeat drunk driver. He made full recovery for all parties from the maximum policies applicable and the children's settlements were approved by a NC Superior Court Judge and structured over the course of the next 15 years., 2023
- 2023 - Member, University of North Carolina Board of Governors., 2023
- Appointed by the New Hanover County Commission to the New Hanover Community Endowment., 2023
- Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Chairman, Finance Committee, Hanover Regional Medical Center, 2001 - 2002
- Member, Criminal Justice Act, Panel Attorney
- Member - North Carolina Advocates for Justice, 2005
- Board Member, Coastal Horizons, 2003 - 2005
- Board Member, Habitat for Humanity, 2006 - 2007
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2000
- President, Rotary International, Wilmington South, 1998
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2003
- Member, Delegate, Republican National Convention, 2004
- Member, New Hanover County Bar Association
- Lower Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity, 2006 - Present Trustee
- Member, United States Tennis Association
- Chairman, New Hanover County Republican Party, 1997 - 2001
- Member, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, 2008 - Present
- Member - United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 2000
- Member, Rotary International, Wilmington South, 1996 - Present
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1997
- Vice President, Dick Cheney Event Coordinator, 2002
- Member, North Carolina Bar Association
- Member, Alternate Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1988
- Member, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, 1999 - 2002 Trustee
- Member, United States Association of Triathlons
- Member, Chief Legal Counsel, North Carolina Republican Party, 2002 - 2004
- Member, United States Navel Academy, Nominee, 1987
- Member - United States Supreme Court, 2003
- Board Member, North Carolina Hospital Association PAC, 1999 - 2002
- UNCW Board of Trustees, Member - Appointed by the Speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives, 2018
- Member, Legislative Affairs Committee, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, 1997 - 1998
- Member, North Carolina State Bar, 1994
- Member, Delegate, Republican National Convention, 2000
- CastleBranch Cape Fear Commercial Hensler Medical, 2023
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2012, 2017 - 2024
