Business law and commercial real estate attorney Joe Allman concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial transactions and commercial leasing. His clients range from local individuals to publicly traded companies and institutional investors. Joe provides experience and expertise in the representation of both sellers and buyers of office and industrial properties and in the representation of landlords and tenants in all facets of commercial leasing.

Joe has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law teaching Commercial Real Estate Purchase and Sale Transactions at Wake Forest University School of Law and as a Lecturer in the Law School’s Summer Practice Series on the topic of Approaching a Commercial Purchase and Sale Transaction. Joe also has bankruptcy experience in the representation of debtors and creditors and has served as a Chapter 11 trustee and a standing Chapter 7 trustee. He has served two terms as a member of the Bankruptcy Council of the North Carolina Bar Association and has served six terms as a member of the Professionalism Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association.

Joe has been awarded the AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 rating from Martindale-Hubbell® and has been named in Business North Carolina magazine’s “Legal Elite” in the area of Business Law and to “Best Lawyers in America” in the area of Real Estate Law. He also provides advice and counsel to various non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations in North Carolina, including The Shalom Project and Green Street United Methodist Church.

Joe Allman has more than 30 years of experience in advising clients with regard to a wide variety of transactional needs. His approach is results-oriented and designed to assess and achieve his clients’ objectives in a timely and cost-efficient manner.

Year Joined Organization: 1986

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Transactions
• Commercial Leasing
• Work-outs and Bankruptcy

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 1986

Education

• Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, J.D., Cum Laude, 1986
• Wake Forest University, B.A., 1982

Honors & Awards

• AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 rating by Martindale-Hubbell^®
• Business North Carolina “Legal Elite” — Business Law
• “Best Lawyers in America” — Real Estate Law

Professional Associations and Memberships

• North Carolina State Bar
• North Carolina Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section and Business Section
• North Carolina Bar Association, Bankruptcy Council, Two Terms
• North Carolina Bar Association, Professionalism Committee
• Forsyth County Bar Association