Rose Rand Attorneys

About Us

Attorneys at Rose Rand Attorneys, P.A. focus their talent and energy on representing large and small businesses in a wide range of commercial transactions, land use, litigation, and real estate development matters, particularly with regard to dealings with state and local governments. Rose Rand Attorneys, P.A. also serves as counsel to numerous local governments in North Carolina due to our attorneys' expertise with regard to legal issues that affect local government. Our attorneys are closely involved in the governmental, judicial, political and civic activities of Eastern North Carolina and the Research Triangle. The firm’s clients are located not only in and around the state, but also include regional and national firms that do business across the United States.

Our job is not to prove how much we know about the law because legal expertise is a given. Our job is to understand the client’s goal and to achieve it. We have the highest level of technical expertise, but so do many of our competitors. We, however, add two unique ingredients.

The first is a commitment to listen carefully so that we understand the client's objectives and then strategically plan and implement our work to obtain the best possible result at the lowest cost. We avoid getting caught up in the law and missing the business realities and practical solutions.

The second is our mix of public and private clients and experience in public/private partnerships. For instance, in major real estate transactions we understand how each participant, whether it is a developer, lender, or a city, operates and thinks. Our hands-on, day-to-day understanding of the needs of each party permits us to be effective problem solvers, negotiators and facilitators. Knowing the practical and legal context and constraints that apply to all sides of a client’s issue gives us the ability to develop and negotiate win-win solutions whether the problem at hand concerns a transactional matter or litigation.

Today with modern offices both in Wilson and Raleigh connected by internet and data access, Rose Rand Attorneys, P.A. is a full service law firm with a statewide presence capable of handling your most sophisticated or every day legal needs. Our Eastern North Carolina clients can enjoy the benefits of the expertise of an urban law firm while receiving the personalized attention their legal matters deserve. In turn, our Raleigh area and regional clients now have access to important local, civic, and governmental contacts in one of the state’s fastest growing regions--Eastern North Carolina. Rose Rand Attorneys, P.A. is literally able to serve all of its clients’ needs more efficiently and effectively than ever before.

Technology is revolutionizing the practice of law and is a special priority for our attorneys, paralegals, and staff. Our state-of-the-art computer network combines the latest Pentium PCs, desktop and Internet e-mail, desktop fax capabilities, CD-ROMs, and a powerful range of other application software. From litigation requiring management of boxes of documents, to wills requiring only a dozen well-chosen paragraphs, we bring the power of information technology to bear on every aspect of what we do. Our primary goal is to respond to our clients' needs with the highest quality work product, created in the most efficient way possible.

Our firm began in 1944, when William A. Lucas and Oliver G. Rand joined their law practices to form Lucas & Rand. Z. Hardy Rose joined the firm in 1948 and actively practiced law with the firm through late 1993. William R. Rand practiced with the firm for over 40 years before retiring in 2003. He was inducted in the N.C. Bar Association’s General Practice Hall of Fame in 2004.

The firm’s lawyers have consistently participated in a variety of civic and professional endeavors and, over the years, the firm has produced members of the State’s highest courts. Louis B. Meyer was a member of the firm before his service on the North Carolina Supreme Court, and following her years in practice with the firm Naomi E. Morris served as a Chief Judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

Since its inception, the firm has maintained offices in Wilson and the geographical area of practice has been focused on Eastern North Carolina. In early 2005, the firm opened an office in Raleigh to better serve existing clients in that area.