Forging Lasting Relationships Through Earned Trust and Proven Performance
At Nicholls & Crampton, P.A., we provide wide-ranging legal services to individuals, families and business owners in Raleigh, North Carolina, and surrounding areas.
Forging Lasting Relationships Through Earned Trust and Proven Performance
At Nicholls & Crampton, P.A., we provide wide-ranging legal services to individuals, families and business owners in Raleigh, North Carolina, and surrounding areas.
A Wide Range of Legal Services for Clients

Experience, Skill and Reputation in a Boutique Firm Setting
We take pride in offering personalized attention to each of our clients. We are a boutique firm, but the widespread knowledge and experience of our attorneys is similar to what many of the large law firms offer. Our firm regularly represents clients in matters in Raleigh, throughout the state of North Carolina, and across the United States.
Several of our lawyers are Board Certified by the North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization and have been named Super Lawyers in North Carolina. Our attorneys hold leadership positions within the committee for legal specialization as well as within the state and local bar associations. Members of our firm have also made the Legal Elite listing by Business North Carolina, a highly reputable magazine that highlights businesses throughout North Carolina.
Our Extensive Practice
Bankruptcy representation including Chapter 11, reorganization and creditor representation. We also represent other interested parties in bankruptcy matters, including potential purchasers, commercial debt collections, liens, landlord representation, foreclosures, and equity holders.
Business law such as entity formation, contracts, and other business transactions, litigation and disputes.
Commercial litigation and disputes regarding matters such as shareholder disputes, unfair trade practices, and lien enforcement actions.
Mediation and arbitration to resolve business disputes and other legal conflicts.
Land use, planning and zoning, including representation of developers, businesses and other landowners before local governments to obtain various land use and development approvals as well as in litigation over various land use disputes.
Eminent domain, including assistance with the condemnation process.
Real estate, including assistance with the purchase, sale or lease of a commercial or residential property and filing of liens and foreclosure actions, and assistance with real estate litigation.
Estate planning, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney and business succession as well as assistance with probate and estate administration.
Personal injury, including injuries and fatalities stemming from car, truck and motorcycle accidents as well as slip and falls.
Meet Our Attorneys
W. Sidney Aldridge
W. Sidney Aldridge PrincipalContact Phone: 919-781-1311Fax: 919-782-0465Email: WSAldridge@nichollscrampton.comLocation: Raleigh, North CarolinaPractice Areas Business Law and TransactionsCommercial and Real Estate LitigationSmall Busines...
Gregory B. Crampton
Gregory B. Crampton PrincipalContact Phone: 919-781-1311Fax: 919-782-0465Email: GCrampton@nichollscrampton.comLocation: Raleigh, North CarolinaPractice Areas Business Bankruptcy and ReorganizationInsolvency IssuesCommercial and Business ...
Adam Mark Gottsegen
Adam Mark Gottsegen PrincipalContact Phone: 919-781-1311Fax: 919-782-0465Email: AGottsegen@nichollscrampton.comLocation: Raleigh, North CarolinaPractice Areas Commercial LitigationBankruptcyConstruction LitigationContractsReal Estate Lit...
Emmett Boney Haywood
Emmett Boney Haywood PrincipalContact Phone: 919-781-1311Fax: 919-782-0465Email: EHaywood@nichollscrampton.comWebsite: https://eminentdomain-nc.com/(opens in a new tab)Location: Raleigh, North CarolinaPractice Areas Eminent DomainInverse...
Isabel Mattox
Isabel Mattox PrincipalContact Phone: 919-781-1311Fax: 919-782-0465Email: imattox@nichollscrampton.comLocation: Raleigh, North Carolina▸View BiographyIsabel is a Raleigh native who has been practicing real estate and land use law for ...
Steven C. Newton II
Steven C. Newton II PrincipalContact Phone: 919-781-1311Fax: 919-782-0465Email: SNewton@nichollscrampton.comLocation: Raleigh, North CarolinaPractice Areas Eminent DomainLand CondemnationProperty Rights LitigationLand Use LawBankruptcyCo...
F. Timothy Nicholls
F. Timothy Nicholls PrincipalContact Phone: 919-781-1311Fax: 919-782-0465Email: TNicholls@nichollscrampton.comLocation: Raleigh, North CarolinaAreas of Practice Real EstateEstate PlanningEstate AdministrationBusiness Law and Transactions...
John B. Ward
John B. Ward PrincipalContact Phone: 919-781-1311Fax: 919-782-0465Email: JWard@nichollscrampton.comLocation: Raleigh, North Carolina▸View BiographyJohn has advocated for clients as a litigator and advisor since he began practicing law...
Louis Wooten
Louis Wooten PrincipalContact Phone: 919-781-1311Fax: 919-782-0465Email: lwooten@nichollscrampton.comLocation: Raleigh, North CarolinaPractice Areas Eminent DomainLand CondemnationProperty Rights LitigationLand Use LawBankruptcyCommercia...
Explore Our Practice
Client Testimonials
Olivia Holding
Olivia Holding
Edythe Poyner
Pres. Capital Land Investment Company
Edythe Poyner
Pres. Capital Land Investment Company
Michael Groman
Michael Groman
Susan Miller
Susan Miller
Larry Barbour
President and CEO of North State Bank
Larry Barbour
President and CEO of North State Bank
LaDonna Kay
LaDonna Kay
Mike Conlon
CEO Affordable Communities Group, LLC
Mike Conlon
CEO Affordable Communities Group, LLC
Harold P. Nunn
Harold P. Nunn
News
John B. Ward Named Principal
UncategorizedNicholls & Crampton is pleased to announce that John Ward has joined the firm’s litigation group. John’s practice focuses on land condemnation, land use law, and commercial and business litigation. A native of Raleigh, John graduated...
John B. Ward Joins Nicholls & Crampton
UncategorizedNicholls & Crampton is pleased to announce that John Ward has joined the firm’s litigation group. John’s practice focuses on land condemnation, land use law, and commercial and business litigation. A native of Raleigh, John graduated...
Tim Nicholls Named to North Carolina Community Foundation Board of Directors
UncategorizedTim Nicholls was recently elected to the North Carolina Community Foundation Board of Directors. “Tim brings exceptional legal, estate planning and leadership experience to our board,” explained Rodney Martin, the Board’s Chair. Yo...
N&C Obtains $7.7 Million Settlement for Property Owner in Eminent Domain Case
UncategorizedEmmett Haywood and the law firm of Nicholls & Crampton recently represented the owner of a landfill in an eminent domain case against the North Carolina Department of Transportation Turnpike Authority. The Turnpike Authority acquired by ...










