A. Mark Adcock

A. Mark Adcock is a business attorney and co-head of Opinion at Moore & Van Allen PLLC in Charlotte, North Carolina. He represents financial institutions and manufacturing companies on corporate, finance, and commercial issues. He has also served as outside general counsel to business clients. His work focuses on contracts, loan transactions, state banking regulation, warranties, distribution arrangements, and the legal requirements that affect commercial relationships and day-to-day business operations.

Mark earned a B.A. cum laude from Wake Forest University in 1980 and a J.D. with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1983. At law school, he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as articles editor of the North Carolina Law Review. He has been admitted to the North Carolina bar since 1983. His academic record supports a practice requiring detailed contract interpretation and legal opinion work.

Mark advises clients on domestic and international sales representation and distribution agreements, consignment contracts, consumer credit, and antitrust compliance. He also handles issues arising under the Uniform Commercial Code and prepares legal opinion letters for financial and commercial transactions. His practice involves advising banks on loan documentation and state banking regulation, while assisting manufacturers with the commercial terms that govern their supply, sales, and distribution relationships.

A. Mark Adcock is a life fellow of the American Bar Foundation and has been recognized as a North Carolina Top Rated Lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell. His professional activities include service on the TriBar Opinion Committee and leadership of the North Carolina Business Section Opinion Committee. His work reflects extensive experience with financing documents, business agreements, and the legal questions institutions encounter when entering complex commercial arrangements.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Moore & Van Allen
• Member, The North Carolina State Bar
• Past Board Member, Working Group on Legal Opinions
• Chair, North Carolina Business Section Opinion Committee
• Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Member, TriBar Opinion Committee
• Member, New City Church

Licensed State

• North Carolina

Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Wake Forest University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Cum Laude)

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