Business Milestones

By: JournalNow Staff | Winston-Salem Journal
Published: February 12, 2012

William George Burns has joined Anchor Financial Management Group LLC, which is based in Winston-Salem. Burns has more than 10 years of experience in the wealth-management and financial-services industry.

Bob Gold has joined NewBridge Bank as an assistant vice president and branch manager of its Kernersville office on East Mountain Street. Gold is responsible for managing NewBridge Bank's day-to-day operations and branch sales. He has six years of experience in the financial-services industry.

Marian Stafford & Tom Somerville, brokers of eXp North Carolina, have announced that Scott Marshall has joined their office as a broker. Marshall, a full-time real-estate licensee, works and lives in Clemmons. Marshall, an eight-year veteran to the business, previously was affiliated with Re/Max.

Stacey Waldroup has joined NewBridge Bank as an assistant vice president and branch manager of its Walkertown office on Old Hollow Road. Waldroup is responsible for managing NewBridge Bank's day-to-day operations and branch sales. She has seven years of experience in the financial-services industry.

Bank of America has appointed David Welch as its small-business banker for Winston-Salem. Welch will provide more personalized attention to small-business owners by spending time with them at their business and learning more about what their companies do. Small-business bankers will consult with small-business owners and assess their companies' deposit, credit and cash management needs. Welch previously worked for Salem Financial Group. He has more than 20 years of experience working with small businesses.

Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce Architects P.A. has announced that Brian Kubecki, after completing state licensure requirements, is registered to practice architecture in the state of North Carolina. His member status within the national professional organization, The American Institute of Architects, has been upgraded to AIA. Walter Robbs also reported that Intern Architect Lauren Frye has earned designation as a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional.

Drivers of Unifi Manufacturing Inc. recently won national awards for having one of the safest trucking fleets in the country. This is the second consecutive year drivers of the Unifi fleet have received these awards. The drivers of Unifi Manufacturing received first place in the truckload/local division as well as first place for the drivers in general commodities for less than 300 employees. Unifi, based in Greensboro, has a large operation in Yadkinville.

The Green Building Initiative has awarded the "green" renovations and additions to the C.E. McCall Middle School in Montoursville a 2-Globes rating. Kristen McKissick of McKissick Associates InSights, an interior design firm in Winston-Salem, completed the significant interior renovations at McCall.

Joslin Davis and Loretta C. Biggs, shareholders in the Winston-Salem law firm of Davis, Harwell & Biggs P.A., have been named in North Carolina Super Lawyers 2012 in family law. North Carolina Super Lawyers are the top 5 percent of lawyers in the state who have attained a high level of peer recognition and professional achievement. Davis also was chosen as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers and Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in North Carolina.

Lawyers from Womble Carlyle's Winston-Salem office named 2012 Super Lawyers are: Alfred G. Adams, real estate, Top 100 listing; Jean T. Adams, estate planning and probate, Top 50 Women listing; Reid C. Adams Jr., insurance coverage; Mary Craven Adams, business litigation; Jimmy H. Barnhill, family law; W. Andrew Copenhaver, antitrust litigation; Ronald R. Davis, business litigation; Charles A. Edwards, employment and labor; Michael D. Gunter, employee benefits/ERISA; Hardin G. Halsey, real estate; Jeffrey C. Howland, securities and corporate finance; Trent E. Jernigan, real estate, Rising Star; Jeffrey T. Lawyer, tax law, Top 100 listing; Christopher E. "Chris" Leon, banking law; Robert D. "D.J." Mason Jr., intellectual property litigation, Rising Star; Kenneth A. "Ken" Moser, real estate; Ryan B. Opel, business/corporate law, Rising Star; Elizabeth L. "Betty" Quick, estate planning and probate, Top 50 Women listing; George A. Ragland, estate planning and probate; Richard T. Rice, general litigation; Kimberly H. Stogner, estate planning and probate, Top 50 Women listing; William B. "Bill" Sullivan, bankruptcy and creditors' rights; Keith W. Vaughan, business litigation; C. Mark Wiley, tax law; Erna A.P. Womble, civil litigation defense; and William F. Womble Jr., personal injury defense: products.