Our Attorneys

Maria M. Lynch
Born Nashville, Tennessee, November 7, 1953, admitted to bar 1979, North Carolina.

Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., with high honors 1974); University of North Carolina (J.D., with honors, 1979). Order of the Coif. Research Editor, University of North Carolina Law Review, 1978-1979. Law Clerk to Hon. J. Dickson Phillips, Jr., U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1979-1980. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law, 2005, 2007. Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke University School of Law, 2007.

Member: Wake County and North Carolina (Member, Executive Council, Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section, 1987-1990; 2004-2007) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar (Councilor, 1993-2001). (Board Certified Specialist, Estate Planning and Probate Law, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization).

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Taxation.

Email: mml@lyncheatman.com
Phone: (919) 571-8496

Jerome R. Eatman, Jr.
Born Cheyenne, Wyoming, December 4, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, North Carolina; 1985, U.S. Tax Court.

Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1979; J.D., 1982).

Member: North Carolina Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Land Use and Zoning; Commercial Real Property; Business Acquisitions and Financing.

Email: jre@lyncheatman.com
Phone: (919) 571-9714

Katherine B. Wilkerson
Born Winston-Salem, North Carolina, May 10, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, North Carolina, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Education: Smith College (A.B., 1989); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1992).

Member: Wake County (Board of Directors, 2006- ) and North Carolina (Chair, Young Lawyers Division, 2002-2003; Member: Board of Governors, 2002-2003; Real Property Section (Council Member, 2007- ); Zoning, Planning and Land Use Section) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar.

Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Business; Land Use and Zoning.

Email: kbw@lyncheatman.com
Phone: (919) 571-8560

Jacob E. Sutherland
Born Terre Haute, Indiana, June 13, 1975; admitted to bar 2006, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina.

Education: Milligan College (B.A., 1997); Duke Divinity School, Duke University (M.T.S., magna cum laude, 2000); University of North Carolina (J.D., with honors, 2006).

Member: North Carolina Bar Association, American Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Business Acquisitions and Financing, Commercial Real Property, Estate Planning.

Email: jes@lyncheatman.com
Phone: (919) 571-3332

Isaac J. Bradley
Born Brevard, North Carolina, December 15, 1978; admitted to bar 2008, North Carolina; Certified Public Accountant, North Carolina.

Education: Brevard College (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001); University of North Carolina (MAC, 2003); University of North Carolina (J.D., 2008).

Member: American Bar Association, Tax Section; North Carolina Bar Association, Tax and Estate Planning Sections; North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants.

Practice Areas: Business; Taxation; Estate Planning

Email: ijb@lyncheatman.com
Phone: (919) 571-3332