Firm Profile

Lea, Rhine & Rosbrugh, P.L.L.C. enjoys a national reputation from its principal location in Southeastern North Carolina. Since the 1980s, founders James W. Lea, III and Joel R. Rhine have crafted a powerful and dynamic legal presence as the firm has grown and evolved.

Jim Lea's practice focuses on all areas of family law. His legal team within the firm offers strength and expertise in large-scale marital asset distribution and custody suits.

Joel Rhine chairs the firm's complex civil litigation practice. This practice is extremely varied and our civil litigation attorneys focus on large cases. For example, as you will see throughout this website, Mr. Rhine's team handles catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases, defective product litigation cases, construction law (including construction accidents, construction defect cases, lien law, construction contracting and more), insurance litigation, business torts, corporate litigation and transactional assistance, mass torts / class actions and real estate litigation. You can find other areas where our attorneys have experience and interests throughout the website.

Lea, Rhine & Rosbrugh, P.L.L.C. today also includes a select number of highly capable partners and associates, each with their own specialty areas. The competent and efficient support staff has also enabled Lea, Rhine & Rosbrugh, P.L.L.C. to handle some of the largest cases in North Carolina in our key areas of practice.

Lea, Rhine & Rosbrugh, P.L.L.C. wants you to know that strong client service is our most important goal, with a long-established reputation for success in a significant variety of practice areas. Our attorneys are innovative, aggressive, and result-oriented when answering the wide variety of legal needs of our clients. We will keep you advised on strategies to avoid or minimize the problems associated with litigation. Resolving disputes through negotiation, mediation, and arbitration are encouraged. But when litigation is in our client's best interest, we move forward efficiently and effectively.

We firmly believe that our values and commitment are as much a part of our success as the quality of our legal services. We enjoy longstanding relationships with our clients who, in turn, regularly recommend us to their friends, family and associates.

Over the years, Lea, Rhine & Rosbrugh, P.L.L.C. has boldly taken on a number of high profile, cutting-edge cases, gaining national publicity for its expertise and success stories Lea, Rhine & Rosbrugh, P.L.L.C. always strives to provide the best representation possible. You deserve nothing less.