Roberts & Stevens, P.A.
BB&T Building, Suite 1100
One West Pack Square
PO Box 7647
Asheville, NC 28802 
828.252.6600
www.roberts-stevens.com

vchildress@roberts-stevens.com
direct dial: 828.258.6993
fax: 828.258.6955

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

Practices & Industries

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

Vincent D. Childress, Jr.

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.

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 nonprofit 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