Max Shafer is a commercial litigator in Cranfill Sumner LLP’s Wilmington, North Carolina office. After graduating from an undergraduate political science program, Max attended the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary. While at William & Mary, Max was an associate justice of the honor council, conducted research on the intersection of law and neuroscience, and externed with the North Carolina Supreme Court. While studying for the bar, Max helped out at a Wilmington-based MedTech start up, evaluating go-to-market strategies and valuing the company’s intellectual property. He is now a commercial litigation associate, specializing in disputes arising from entrepreneurship through acquisition transactions, construction and property development disputes, and securities and financial regulation. He also serves as outside general counsel for growth stage companies as they face the challenges that come with making the leap from small to established.
Jacob
Stewart
Litigation Attorney
Ellis & Winters LLP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobvstewart92/
CSB Alum and UNCW Alumn
Jacob is a litigation attorney at the law firm of Ellis & Winters. Before joining Ellis & Winters, Jacob served as a law clerk to Judge Jeff Carpenter on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and to Chief Judge Martin Reidinger on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
Jacob earned his law degree from Campbell University, where he served as the executive editor of the Campbell Law Review. Prior to law school, he earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in accounting, both from UNCW.