Vincent D. Childress, Jr.

Practices & Industries

• Business Law
• Health Care
• Hospitality & Tourism
• Manufacturers & Distributors
• Non-profit Organizations
• Trusts and Estates

Education

• University of North Carolina, BA, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa, 1979
• University of North Carolina, School of Law, JD, Phi Delta Phi, 1983

Bar & Court Admissions

• North Carolina Bar Association: Sections: Business Law; Section Council, 1994-1997; Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law, Chairman Related Professionals Committee, 1999-2000
• North Carolina State Bar

Biography

Vince Childress, a shareholder of Roberts & Stevens, has been practicing for more than 28 years in the areas of Business and Corporate Law, Trust and Estate Planning and Probate, and Healthcare Law. Vince has significant experience in complex transactions including the formation , mergers and acquisitions, business financing and corporate contracts for large and family-owned corporations, small businesses, manufacturing and distribution companies; the entertainment and tourism industry; physician groups, tax-exempt hospitals, and healthcare organizations. Vince is the firm partner primarily responsible for transactional legal opinions.

Vince’s expertise also includes trust and estate planning for individuals, families and family businesses. Vince has participating in complex estate planning for families with high net worth, as well as simple wills and trusts for clients who do not require tax planning. Planning for business succession for owners of closely held businesses is an area where Vince uses his expertise in both estate and business law.

Vince has been honored for his work by being named as a “Best Lawyers in America”  in Corporate Law in 2011 and as a Business North Carolina magazine  ‘Legal Elite’ in 2008 in the field of business law. Outside of the firm, Vince is active in the community, including involvement with the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina and volunteer work for Pisgah Legal Services, from which he has received the nonprofit’s Outstanding Pro Bono Services Award.

Experience

Counseled large, family-owned or closely held businesses in re-structuring of capitalization and shareholder agreements Estate planning for family-owned businesses and individuals including preparation of wills, revocable living trusts, A-B plans and matters of estate and gift taxation

Representation of banks and borrowers in multi-million dollar transactions

Representation of sellers and buyers in business ownership transactions

Representation of medical practices in all aspects of organization including employment, leasing, financing and physician-hospital transactions, mergers

Tax-exempt organizational issues for non-profit organizations, including creation, tax-exemption, mergers, reorganization operations and personnel matters

Representation of several physician groups, both large and small, in connection hospital-physician integration transactions.

Professional

AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, 2011-2012; Health Care Law, 2012 

Business North Carolina magazine’s Legal Elite, Business Law, 2008

Pisgah Legal Services Outstanding Pro Bono Services Award

Presentations include:

“Planned Giving,” presentation to the guests of Carolina First Bank, Asheville, NC, 2010

"Contracting with Medical Groups and Other Legal Documents for New Physicians," presentation to the American College of Cardiology Fellows in Training (NC/SC), 2009

Community Service

Asheville Downtown Association, former Board of Directors Member

Asheville Downtown City Club, former Board of Directors Member

Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Former Board of Directors Member and Investment Committee Member; Current, Scholarship and Professional Committees Member

Mountain Area Child and Family Center, former Board of Directors Member

Pathways/Life After Cancer, former Board of Directors Member