Jeffrey P. Keeter

jpkeeter@bcklawfirm.com

AREAS OF PRACTICE: Commercial real estate (acquisition and development); Business law and corporate law, formation, acquisition, mergers and general advising of business entities; homeowner and property owner associations; commercial law; administration of decedents' estates; residential real estate; land use planning and development, municipal law, nonprofits. Elder Law: covering living trusts, powers of attorney, Medicare, Medicaid, long-term care insurance, guardianship, conservatorship, medical decision making, estate planning, real estate issues and other senior legal issues.

PROFESSIONAL: In practice as a partner with the firm of Block, Crouch, Keeter, Behm & Sayed, L.L.P. since 1996; previously a partner with Carr, Swails, Huffine, Crouch & Keeter, L.L.P. 1994 to 1996; previously with Rountree & Seagle, L.L.P. from 1984, becoming a partner in 1989. New Hanover County Bar Association; North Carolina Bar Association (Member of Real Estate Law, Business Law, and Law Practice Management Sections); North Carolina Bar Association Law Practice Management Section Council (2002-2005)(Chairman of Ethics Committee); North Carolina State Bar; Phi Alpha Delta (Law Fraternity); Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership Fraternity). Business North Carolina, Legal Elite in Corporate Law- 2002;

COMMUNITY: Yahweh Center– Board of Directors 1996-1999 (Chairman of the Board and President 1997-1999); Member, Fellowship of Christian Athletes; University of North Carolina Wilmington Seahawk Club; Member, Myrtle Grove Presbyterian Church (Deacon 2002-2005); Ducks Unlimited Sponsor; Cape Fear United Way, Section Chairman, 1993; Wilmington Jaycees, 1986-1990; Boy Scouts of America (Eagle Scout-2 palms); Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1981; Outstanding Young Men in America, 1987; Strathmore's Who's Who in America 2000-2001; Class Representative-1981 Vice President, Campbell University Alumni Association.

Born Elizabeth City, North Carolina, July 30, 1959; admitted to Bar, 1985, North Carolina; admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1985.

EDUCATION: Campbell University (B.S. Cum Laude, 1981); Campbell University School of Law (J.D. 1984).