Southeastern North Carolina

Focused legal services, from one Elizabethtown office.

Hester, Grady & Hester, PLLC serves clients across the region without claiming an office in every county. These pages explain the firm’s current attorney and service focus.

County-focused criminal counsel

Dedicated information for Bladen and Columbus Counties.

These are the two counties where Kyle G. Melvin has defined a focused criminal, DWI, and traffic practice. We will add other county pages only when the firm has distinct, useful information for local clients.

Sydney Wheeless

Real estate, estates, and family law across the region.

Sydney M. Wheeless focuses on residential, commercial, and refinance closings; deeds; wills, trusts, estates and estate administration; and divorce, child custody, and child support matters.

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Current county coverage

  • Robeson County
  • Cumberland County
  • Sampson County
  • Pender County
  • Brunswick County
  • New Hanover County
  • Duplin County
  • Onslow County
  • Hoke County
  • Scotland County

Availability depends on the matter, conflicts, timing, and scope of representation.

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