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Asheville, NC law firm McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A. provides a wealth of expertise and quality legal work through a wide range of services for business, industry and families. The core of the firm’s philosophy is a set of shared values which influences how each client matter is handled: with integrity, honesty and enjoyment of the work at hand. These values result in solutions that comprehensively meet clients’ business and legal challenges.
The firm has a long and successful history of representing business clients in banking and finance, construction and design, health care and medicine, hospitality, manufacturing, media and entertainment, real estate and technology, as well as non-profit and religious organizations. In addition to its support of business, these Asheville Lawyers offer legal expertise to individuals and families through a wide range of services.
Announcements
Attorney Sarah Sparboe Thornburg Becomes Newest Member of McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A. Board of Directors
Sarah Sparboe Thornburg has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors of McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A. in Asheville effective March 1, 2010. Thornburg is a member of McGuire, Wood & Bissette’s Wills, Trusts and Estates Team and has extensive experience assisting individuals with the proper planning of their estates. Prior to joining McGuire, Wood & Bissette as an associate in 1998, Thornburg served as judicial clerk for the Honorable Thomas A. Higgins with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. She has served as president of the Young Lawyers Section of the Buncombe County Bar Association, and is a member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association.
Thornburg is a Board Member of the Asheville-Mountain Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, is on the School Management and Planning Committee at Claxton Elementary, and volunteers with Pisgah Legal Services’ "Mountain Area Volunteer Lawyer" program. Thornburg received a Bachelor of Arts undergraduate degree from Duke University in 1990 and a law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1996.
News
Mar. 8th, 2010
Attorney Sarah Sparboe Thornburg Becomes Newest Member of McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A. Board of Directors
Feb. 8th, 2010
Attorneys Joseph P. McGuire and Douglas O. Thigpen of McGuire, Wood & Bissette selected as 2009 Super Lawyers for NC
Resources
Is Green Law Sustainable?
Employer-Paid COBRA Subsidies: Assistance for Health Plan Continuation Coverage in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Successes
Served as local counsel for an out of state developer facing numerous topographical, utility and annexation issues in developing a 364-acre gated community












