Title: Michael A. Grace | Winston-Salem | Grace, Tisdale & Clifton
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Michael A. Grace
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Contact
Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
Education
Representative Cases
Classes/Seminars
Honors and Awards
Professional Associations and Memberships
Past Employment Positions

Content: In 2015 Mike was appointed by the Chief of Justice of the Supreme Court   to be a Commissioner on the Innocence Commission. He also currently serves   on the Death Penalty Due Process Review Project Committee for the North   Carolina Bar Association and the North Carolina Administrative Office   of the Courts Committee in search for a new Director. Contact
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Phone: 888-441-8522
Fax: 336-721-1176
Email: mgrace@gtc-law.com
Areas of Practice
Homicide
Assault
Sexual Assault
DWI
Drugs
Burglaries, Thefts, Felony Larceny, Breaking and Entering
White Collar Crime
Firearm Violations
Bar Admissions
North Carolina, 1977
U.S. Federal Courts
U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
Education
Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
J.D - 1977
University of North Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina
B.A. - 1974
Major: History
Representative Cases
State vs. Michael Hayes (1989)
U.S. vs. Frank McClean (Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
U.S. vs. Ernest Pitt (Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Classes/Seminars
Adjunct Professor, Wake Forest University School of Law
Honors and Awards
Preeminent Criminal Defense Lawyers in North Carolina
Roy A. Taylor Distinguished Alumnus Award, UNC Asheville’s annual    Distinguished Alumni Awards, 2009 - Present
UNC Asheville Athletic Hall of Fame
Cofer Lifetime Achievement Award, Forsythe County Criminal Defense Trial    Lawyers Association
Professional Associations and Memberships
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Member
Forsyth County Criminal Defense Trial Lawyers Association, Member
North Carolina Bar Association, Member
North Carolina State Bar, Member
Forsyth County Bar Association, Member
American Inns of Court, Member
UNC Asheville National Alumni Council
Past Employment Positions
Congressmen Lamar Grudger and Ike Andrews, Staff Attorney
Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice, Special Assistant