Our Firm

Murchison, Taylor & Gibson, PLLC was founded in 1955.  The firm now has 13 attorneys, many with large law firm backgrounds, who practice in a variety of substantive areas.  One of the firm’s principal founders, Wallace Murchison, was a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill Law School and Harvard Law School and practiced with the firm for almost 40 years until his retirement in 1994. Another early partner, James C. Fox, left in 1982 to serve as a U.S. District Court Judge after being a partner with the firm for more than 20 years.

Throughout its history, Murchison, Taylor & Gibson has remained focused on three core values: a commitment to provide high quality legal services, a commitment to provide those services promptly and efficiently, and a commitment to provide those services for a fair and reasonable price.  Because of those commitments, Murchison, Taylor & Gibson has earned the loyalty of and enjoys long lasting relationships with its clients.

The firm and its attorneys have received several awards and other recognition, including attorney recognition in Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite list and North Carolina Super Lawyers® magazine, and MTG being recognized by U.S. News “Best Law Firms”, with special recognition of its practice in the Wilmington, NC market in the areas of ‘Real Estate Law’, ‘Corporate Law’, ‘Employment Law – Management’, ‘Litigation – Labor & Employment’, ‘Health Care Law’ and ‘Trusts & Estates Law’.

MTG was also profiled in Wilmington, NC Magazine, in an article titled ‘Deeply Rooted’.  To learn a bit more about the history and tradition of the firm, please take a look at the article by clicking here.