Mullen Holland & Cooper, P.A. Attorneys at Law •P.O. Box 488• Gastonia, North Carolina 28053-0488• (704) 864-6751 • Fax: (704) 861-8394

ABOUT THE FIRM
The Law Firm of Mullen Holland & Cooper P.A. has been known for years as one of Gaston County’s finest law firms. Its lawyers are active in numerous community organizations. The firm is among those firms which have been awarded the highest rating of any law firm in the country, an "a-v" rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the leading national publication which rates attorneys. The firm is also among the few law firms in the nation listed in Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. The North Carolina Bar Association has recognized the firm for its pro bono work in which it provides free services to people who cannot afford to pay. The firm is a full service law firm, which handles a wide range of personal and business matters. Founded in 1951 by James Mullen and J. Mack Holland, its partners have included a North Carolina Bar Association President, two Gaston County Bar Association Presidents, three members of the Board of Governors of the North Carolina Bar Association, a member of the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners and a Federal District Court Judge. Its members frequently lecture at continuing legal education programs.

The firm concentrates in civil law matters and has particular expertise in the following areas of law: banking, bankruptcy and reorganization, construction, corporate, creditors’ rights, employment discrimination, estate planning and administration, hospital and health care, insurance, traffic tickets, litigation in all courts, mergers, malpractice, real estate, workers’ compensation, wills and state, federal and international taxation. Its attorneys are admitted to all federal, North Carolina and South Carolina State courts.

Mullen Holland & Cooper P.A. represents some of the area’s leading businesses and individuals, including BellSouth, Belmont Abbey College, CIGNA, Concrete Supply Co., Courtview Ob-Gyn, Dixie Yarns, Inc., Duke Energy, Eastridge Mall Limited Partnership, First Gaston Bank, First of Georgia Ins. Corp., First Value Homes, Gastonia Housing Authority, Gaston-Lincoln-Cleveland Mental Health/ Developmental Disabilities/ Substance Abuse Area Authority d/b/a PATHWAYS, Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia Sheet Metal, Ithaca, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., FMC Corp., Lithium Division, Owen Steel, Prepaid Legal Services, RWM Casters, Shelby Savings Bank, Sherman Textiles, Southern Railway, Spectrum Dyed Yams, and Witten Supply Co., Inc.