Our Firm

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

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

The second ingredient is our longstanding relationships with both public and private clients.  This experience allows us to achieve a unique synergy for our clients that is bar none. 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 concerns gives us the ability to develop and negotiate win-win solutions whether the problem at hand concerns a transactional matter or litigation.

Benefits of Wilson, Kinston and Raleigh Offices for Client Services

Rose Rand Wallace Attorneys, P.A. is a full service law firm with a statewide presence capable of handling your most sophisticated or every day legal needs.  We maintain modern offices in Wilson, Kinston and Raleigh connected by high-speed internet and data access.  Our Eastern North Carolina clients can enjoy the benefits of the expertise of an urban law firm located at the hub of state government 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 Wallace Attorneys, P.A. is able to serve all of its clients’ needs more efficiently and effectively than ever before.

Technology Commitment

Technology is revolutionizing the practice of law and is a special priority for our attorneys, legal assistants, and staff. Our goal is to utilize technology to remain accessible and efficient.  We bring the power of informational technology to bear on every aspect of what we do.  We are committed to remain on the cutting edge and invested in smartphone technology, e-discovery, and a state-of-the-art computer network to respond to our clients’ needs.

Firm History
In January 2009, Rose Rand Attorneys, P.A., located in Wilson and Raleigh, merged with Wallace, Morris, Barwick, Landis, & Stroud, P.A. of Kinston.  The result was Rose Rand Wallace Attorneys, P.A., a full-service law firm with offices in Eastern North Carolina and the Triangle area.

We feel that the combination of these two well-established firms better enables us to serve our clients by providing a greater depth of experience, practice areas, and wider range of legal services.

Over the years, our firm has produced Justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court and North Carolina Court of Appeals.  Our attorneys have served as President of the local bar associations as well as President of the North Carolina Bar Association.  We have also been honored to practice with two members of the North Carolina Bar Association’s General Practice Hall of Fame —Bill Rand and P.C. Barwick.  As we look ahead to the future we feel it is important to remember the deep roots that the firm has in the area and honor those attorneys who built the foundation of legal excellence which has become synonymous with our firm.

The Wilson office of 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 until 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.  Naomi E. Morris received her first legal training with the firm and returned to Wilson to practice with the firm, Naomi E. Morris before she was appointed to serve as a Chief Justice on the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

The Kinston office began when Fitzhugh E. Wallace, Sr. moved from Kenansville to Kinston in 1920 and started his own law firm.  Fitzhugh, Sr. was active in the state legislature and served as President of the North Carolina Bar Association. Fitzhugh Wallace, Jr. joined his father in 1949 forming the firm of Wallace & Wallace. In November of 1963, Fitzhugh Wallace, Jr. and R. S. Langley formed the firm of Wallace & Langley which shortly thereafter became Wallace, Langley & Barwick after P.C. Barwick joined the firm.

R. A. Whitaker started his practice in Kinston in 1925 and was later joined by A. H. “Bootsie” Jeffress, forming the firm of Whitaker & Jeffress, which later became Whitaker, Jeffress & Morris, after Thomas H. Morris joined the firm. Whitaker, Jeffress & Morris merged with Hodges & Rochelle and ultimately the firm became Morris, Rochelle, Duke & Braswell.

In 1986, Wallace, Langley, Barwick, Landis & Rodgman merged with Morris, Rochelle, Duke & Braswell to form the firm of Wallace, Morris, Barwick & Rochelle, P.A. At the time of the merger with Rose Rand Attorneys, P.A., the firm name was Wallace, Morris, Barwick, Landis & Stroud, P.A.

The merged firm of Rose Rand Wallace Attorneys, P.A. is proud of its history in Eastern North Carolina as it continues to offer a broad range of services to clients throughout the State.