A history of service

The founders of Ellinger & Carr, PLLC are experienced business lawyers.  They have been providing legal services to individuals, businesses, nonprofits, housing authorities, and communities throughout North and South Carolina, and negotiating and closing complex commercial transactions on the East Coast, in the Gulf Coast and Florida, with combined experience of more than 40 years.

Next steps . . .

You have an idea, a project, a partner.  You are ready to move ahead to purchase the business, to make the investment in the new venture, to negotiate the shareholder agreement with your partners, to close the loan. You want the contract, the deal documents, to be worded just as you intended, to achieve your objectives, and to accomplish your plan.

You are ready for the next steps.  And you want legal counsel and advisors who know what those next steps are, and who can guide you to get the job done. Thoughtfully. Effectively. Diligently. Responsively.

We are ready for your next steps. We are business lawyers who have the experience of hundreds of transactions, simple and complex.  The knowledge gained from years of negotiations, strategic planning, risk analysis and mitigation, and advocacy. The confidence borne of proven results and successful execution of business plans and project developments.

Let’s move ahead together with your next steps.

Catch the Wind, Follow the Sun

As North Carolina and the United States look ahead to economic recovery, renewal, and prosperity in the coming years, we should look ahead to the role of renewable energy and energy efficiency in that recovery, renewal and more prosperous times.  Our firm has expanded our practice areas to include advising, counseling, negotiating and assisting clients in renewable energy and energy tax credit transactions. Steve Carr has been working with and advising clients in energy investments, energy management, energy savings, and other energy regulatory matters and transactions for more than 25 years, and renewable energy is the new energy model for at least the next 25 years. Our firm can help clients explore the options of renewable energy investments, projects, and incentives for a brighter, cleaner, and carbon-neutral North Carolina.

September 22, 2011

Social Networking in the Workplace: Advice for Employers

How are your employees using Facebook, Twitter, blogs, posts, tweets, and emails in the workplace?  What are the legal impacts of social media and social networking for employers and employees?  Do I need a social media policy?  Susan Ellinger and Steven Carr will discuss these topics at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Public Housing Authorities directors Association September 26, 2011 in Wilmington, NC.  Their presentation addresses emerging legal issues and “breaking news” about how these important legal issues emphasize the need for an organizational social media policy.

When Medical Procedures Go Wrong… Collaborative Dispute Resolution of Healthcare and Medical Error Cases

Steven Carr is now participating as a collaborative lawyer, representing patients, physicians and other health care providers in a revolutionary new program designed as an alternative to medical malpractice lawsuits and to facilitate health care settlement agreements when medical errors occur or when a patient suffers an adverse outcome from a medical treatment or surgery, whether an error has occurred or not.

For more information about the IACT program, visit http://www.iactprogram.com and view the video describing the IACT program and how the program will be beneficial to all of the participants and will help to improve health care outcomes and to resolve cases without the cost and pain of litigation. Call Steven for more information.

Risk and Reward in Community Development: Protecting the PHA in Community Development Transactions

Susan Ellinger and Steven Carr will be featured speakers November 7th at the Southeastern Regional Council-National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (SERC-NAHRO) in Point Clear, Alabama November 6 through November 8, 2011.  Assessing the risks and rewards, protecting the agency, the board of directors, and staff in community development transactions will be a topic of discussion and updates.  Other topics include the relationships between public housing authorities and nonprofits and their respective boards, as well as the executive director’s role during the transaction process.

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