Charles E. Clement, Attorney At Law
Attorney At Law, Managing Partner
Location: Boone, North Carolina
Phone: 828-264-6411
Fax: 828-264-5424
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Charles Clement’s interest in the law began at an early age – when he served as a Page to the North Carolina Senate under then Lt. Gov. Luther H. Hodges (later Governor of North Carolina and Secretary of Commerce under President John F. Kennedy). Mr. Clement attended the University of North Carolina, AB, 1961, and Wake Forest University Law School, JD, 1964, and was licensed by the North Carolina State Bar the same year. He served as Law Clerk to the North Carolina Supreme Court, Trial Attorney in the NC Attorney General’s Office and Counsel to Governors Dan K. Moore and Robert Scott.
During his tenure with both governors Moore and Scott, he was appointed director of the State Crime Commission, where he oversaw development of the nation’s second computerized statewide Police Information Network and, along with the late Albert Coates and the Institute of Government, was instrumental in developing the state’s present-day law enforcement training program in our community colleges.
For more than four decades Mr. Clement has headed one of the preeminent law firms in western North Carolina. He has been heavily involved in business and real estate practice in the Western North Carolina High Country and has served as counsel to a variety of the area’s resorts, including Hound Ears Club, Grandfather Golf and Country Club, Sugar Mountain and Beech Mountain Resort. He served as Blowing Rock town attorney for more than 10 years, during which time he was active in the North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys, serving as its president in 1987 and member of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina League of Municipalities.
Mr. Clement is frequently called upon to serve as advisor, technician and litigator in complex real estate development, municipal and zoning matters and other property-related issues. He has served on a number of drafting committees, including those which promulgated the present-day foreclosure statute, the Timeshare Act, the Condominium Act, and the statutes dealing with weapons of death and destruction. He has a distinguished record before the North Carolina appellate courts, having successfully argued cases of first impression in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, often resulting in precedent-setting case law.
Mr. Clement is a member of the American Bar Association and the North Carolina Bar Association, where he has served as a member of its Board of Governors. He was inducted into the North Carolina General Practice Hall of Fame in 2009. He is active in the local bar, and is past president of both the Watauga County and 24th Judicial District Bar Associations.
Mr. Clement has enthusiastically and unselfishly devoted much time to his community, church and state. Over the years, he has served as a board member and chair of the Watauga County Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Boone Chamber of Commerce and Cannon-Sloop Health Care Foundation, co-founded and served as a board member of the Watauga County United Way and served an eight-year tenure on the board of trustees of Lees-McRae College. He served 17 years on the board of trustees of the North Carolina Natural Heritage Trust and as advisor to the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University. He has been Senior Warden of the Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Valle Crucis and member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Western North Carolina. Mr. Clement is presently a member of Christ the King Anglican Fellowship in Boone. He was a founding member of the Appalachian Chorale and the Blue Ridge Community Theatre, and performed in numerous musical and theatrical productions.
Areas of Practice
Real Estate Law and Litigation
Business Law and Litigation
Land Use and Zoning
Eminent Domain and Land Condemnation Litigation
Wills and Estates and Litigation
Bar Admissions
North Carolina, 1964
U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1972
U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 1972
U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1972
U.S. Supreme Court, 1972
Education
Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina
J.D. - 1964
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
A.B. - 1961
Major: Political Science
Classes / Seminars
NC Foreclosure Act, NC Bar Association, 1979 - 1980
NC Condominium Act, NC Bar Association, 1982 - 1983
Honors and Awards
General Practice Hall of Fame, 2009
Professional Associations and Memberships
North Carolina State Bar
North Carolina Bar Association, Board of Governors, 1999 - 2003
North Carolina Bar Association, General Practice Hall of Fame, 2009
American Bar Association, Member, Sections of General Practice, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
24th Judicial District Bar, President, 1994
Watauga County Bar Association, Member
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys, Member, Board of Directors, 1983-1988; President, 1986-1987
North Carolina League of Municipalities, Member, Board of Directors, 1986 - 1988
American Land Development Association , Member, Board of Directors, North Carolina Chapter, 1984 - 1988
Lees-McRae College, Board of Directors, 1987 - 1995
North Carolina Natural Heritage Trust, Board of Trustees, 1996 - 2013
Past Employment Positions
NC Supreme Court, Law Clerk, 1964 - 1965
NC Attorney General Office, Trial Attorney, 1965 - 1967
Governor of North Carolina, Counsel, 1967 - 1968
Fraternities / Sororities
Sigma Chi
Phi Delta Theta
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