Attorney Profiles

George T. ("Ted") Mann 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

George T. "Ted" Mann practices in the area of business law and commercial transactions. He provides legal advice and guidance to companies, shareholders, directors and officers with respect to a variety of organizational, operational and strategic matters. His clients have included large and small companies, public as well as private, which conduct business in many diverse industries, involving many different jurisdictions in the United States and abroad.

Ted counsels clients regarding choice of business entity (e.g. corporation, limited liability company or partnership), formation and organization of the new entity, and operational and ongoing compliance matters.

He routinely represents clients in many different kinds of commercial transactions, including financing transactions and purchases and sales of businesses. Ted frequently advises and assists clients in drafting, negotiating and interpreting commercial contracts of all sorts, including employment agreements, sales and distribution agreements, leases and shareholders agreements. He also assists clients in securing and protecting rights in intellectual property; and drafts, negotiates and enforces intellectual property licensing agreements for both licensors and licensees.

Ted served for three years as Chairman of the North Carolina Credit Union Commission which regulates credit unions in North Carolina. He has also served as general counsel and chief operating officer of a regional distribution company, legal counsel to a large public company and legislative counsel to a federal agency.

Areas of Practice:

Business Law

Commercial Transactions

Bar Admissions:

North Carolina, 1978

U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 1980

U.S. Supreme Court, 1981

Education:

Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee, 1974
J.D.

University of Virginia, 1971
B.A.
Honors: With High Distinction

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1984

Young Executives Institute

Professional Associations and Memberships:

North Carolina Bar Association, Business Law Section

North Carolina Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section

Young Executive Institution

Past Employment Positions:

U. S. Department of Veteran Affairs

U.S. Department of Commerce

R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc.

Watkins, Inc.

State of North Carolina, Department of Commerce, Credit Union Division

Fraternities/Sororities:

Phi Beta Kappa

Phi Eta Sigma