Michael A. Grace

Partner

Mike Grace opened his own law practice in 1981 and has been engaged in private practice and criminal defense in Winston-Salem for more than 30 years. He has been admitted to practice in federal courts throughout the United States. Mike and the firm Grace, Tisdale & Clifton are one of the two local firms who represent local law enforcement through the Police Benevolent Association.

Mike received his Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1977 and his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of North Carolina at Asheville in 1974.

He has been admitted to practice in North Carolina since 1977. He is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern, and Western Districts of North Carolina; the U.S. Court of Appeals; and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He currently serves as an adjunct professor for the Wake Forest University School of Law.

Prior to his work as a defense attorney, Mike worked as a staff attorney for Congressmen Lamar Grudger and Ike Andrews. By appointment of former President Jimmy Carter, Mike served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Membership & Awards

Mike is a member of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, the Forsyth County Criminal Defense Trial Lawyers Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina State Bar, the Forsyth County Bar Association, and the American Inns of Court. He currently serves on the UNC Asheville National Alumni Council. In 2009 he received the Roy A. Taylor Distinguished Alumnus Award at UNC Asheville’s annual Distinguished Alumni Awards for his career as a lawyer in Winston-Salem, and he was inducted into the UNC Asheville Athletic Hall of Fame.

In 2015 Mike was appointed by the Chief of Justice of the Supreme Court to be a Commissioner on the Innocence Commission. He also currently serves on the Death Penalty Due Process Review Project Committee for the North Carolina Bar Association and the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts Committee in search for a new Director.

Contact

Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Phone: 888-441-8522
Fax: 336-721-1176
Email: mgrace@gtc-law.com

Areas of Practice

Homicide
Assault
Sexual Assault
DWI
Drugs
Burglaries, Thefts, Felony Larceny, Breaking and Entering
White Collar Crime
Firearm Violations

Bar Admissions

North Carolina, 1977
U.S. Federal Courts
U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Education

Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- J.D - 1977
University of North Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina
- B.A. - 1974
- Major: History

Representative Cases

State vs. Michael Hayes (1989)
U.S. vs. Frank McClean (Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
U.S. vs. Ernest Pitt (Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)

Classes/Seminars

Adjunct Professor, Wake Forest University School of Law

Honors and Awards

Preeminent Criminal Defense Lawyers in North Carolina
Roy A. Taylor Distinguished Alumnus Award, UNC Asheville’s annual Distinguished Alumni Awards, 2009 - Present
UNC Asheville Athletic Hall of Fame
Cofer Lifetime Achievement Award, Forsythe County Criminal Defense Trial Lawyers Association