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Charles "Chip" Hinnant grew up in Anderson, South Carolina, where he developed a passion for Clemson Football and spending time on Lake Hartwell. Chip attended the College of Charleston as an undergraduate where he worked as the managing editor of the college newspaper and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
Chip is a recipient of the Charlotte Law Scholar award for writing a work of publishable quality as a law student, and graduated law school with the Pro Bono Highest Honors Distinction after completing in excess of 250 hours of pro bono legal service. Chip has also served as a teaching assistant for legal courses in civil procedure and legal writing, in addition to serving as a research assistant for a publication implicating the Healthcare Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA). Chip was the winner of the 2010 National Law Review Student Legal Writing Competition for his analysis of Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., 557 U.S. 167 (2009), within his published article entitled "How the Supreme Court Skirted ADEA Issues During Reductions in Force and What Must Be Done to Fix It".
Previous Experience: The Law Offices of Jason E. Taylor, PC, 2015-2016, Associate Litigation Attorney, Hunter | Everage, 2014-2015, Associate Litigation Attorney, Jetton & Meredith, PLLC, 2012-2014, Associate Attorney, The North Carolina Business Court, 2012-2013, Judicial Intern, The North Carolina Court of Appeals, 2011, Summer Clerk
Education: College of Charleston, B.A. in Political Science, 2005-2009, Charlotte School of Law, JD, 2009-2012
Job Titles:
- Attorney
- Member of Charlotte 's Providence Baptist Church
Education: B.A. in History from West Virginia University 1974-1978; West Virginia University College of Law 1978-1981
Stephen B. Goad graduated Magna cum Laude at West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a membership in Phi Beta Kappa, a national honorary society. He then studied law and earned his Juris Doctorate at the West Virginia University College of Law while working part-time in law firms in northern West Virginia and southern Pennsylvania.
After graduating from law school, Stephen worked in a law firm in southern West Virginia, primarily focusing on areas of law such as civil and criminal defense, wills and estates, domestic relations, real estate, and business transactions.
In 1989, Stephen moved to Charlotte and limited his practice to medical and legal negligence claims. He later took a leave of absence from the field of law to pursue other interests. He traveled to Ghana, Haiti (twice) and Malaysia on mission trips, volunteered, and also worked in a bicycle shop.
In 2005, Stephen joined Ted A. Greve & Associates, P.A., to work in the area of Social Security disability law.
This United States Navy veteran is also a member of the Mecklenburg County Bar, the North Carolina State Bar as well as the North Carolina Academy for Justice - Disability Advocacy Section. Stephen is also a National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representative.
Stephen is also a member of Charlotte's Providence Baptist Church, and is a crew leader for the church's Habitat for Humanity team and an Adult Sunday School teacher. When he is not at the office or in the courtroom, he also likes to spend his time cycling.
Stephen is licensed to practice law in North Carolina.