Dorothy Bass Burch, Partner
919.881.2206
dburch@rl-law.com
Dottie practices in the dynamic business
and real estate departments of the firm.
Her practice covers a wide range of areas
from business and real estate financing and
transactions to everyday business advice involving strategic contract
negotiation, business strategies, human resources, corporate formation,
management and dissolution. Dottie has extensive experience in forming,
buying and selling businesses, whether small family owned businesses or
publicly traded companies. She frequently represents insurance companies
and agents in negotiations with the North Carolina Department of Insurance;
in addition, she is one of only two lawyers in North Carolina who have
extensive expertise in the rapidly expanding area of equine law.
Dottie heads the firm’s Equine Law Practice Group, serves on the Executive
Committee and Board of Directors for the North Carolina Horse Council and is
the Chair of the Equine Law Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s
Animal Law Committee. Dottie has a great passion for working with horse
owners, trainers, breeders and insurers and assists them with legal issues
related to horses and the unique circumstances and liabilities surrounding
their use, care and transfer.
Dottie also serves as the firm’s recruiting partner.
Visit Dottie’s blog at www.nchorselawyer.wordpress.com and tweet her
@nchorselawyer
Experience Highlights
Regularly represents NC business owners (veterinarians, daycare owners, dentists,
insurance companies, restaurant owners, equestrians, etc.) in connection with
their sale or purchase of NC businesses and property; successfully negotiating
terms and preparing all closing documentation to finalize transactions.
Represents multiple lenders and property owners in connection with complex
real estate title defects (including boundary disputes, lien priority disputes,
easement disputes and mineral rights disputes), negotiating successful resolutions
of these concerns, including successfully appearing before the NC Court of
Appeals to defeat a competing lender’s request for the Court to impose the
remedy of equitable subrogation.
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2840 Plaza Place, Suite 400, Raleigh, NC 27612
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Practice Areas
Business & Corporate Law
Equine Law
Insurance Law & Regulatory
Real Estate Finance
Real Property Litigation
Title Curative Work & Insurance
Education
Meredith College, B.A. 1988, Summa cum Laude
UNC at Chapel Hill School of Law, J.D. 1991,
Recipient Judge Heriot Clarkson Award;
Recipient Amur Book Award in Professional
Responsibility
Admissions
North Carolina Bar, 1991
North Carolina State and Federal Courts
Supreme Court of the United States
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association, Chair of the Equine
Law Subcommittee of Animal Law Committee
North Carolina Bar Association
Wake County Bar Association
North Carolina Horse Council, Board and
Executive Committee
Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women
(TCREW), Member, Past Director and
Special Events Officer
Civic Affiliations
Meredith College Paralegal Program, Member,
Advisory Board
Make-A-Wish Foundation, previous Director,
Legal Counsel and Secretary
Hudson Memorial Presbyterian Church, former
elder, Finance Committee member and many
other positions held as lifetime member
Honors & Awards
LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent®
Peer Review Rated
2013 “Leader in the Law” by NC Lawyers Weekly
magazine
North Carolina Horse Council, Star Volunteer
Award
Meredith College, Alumna Career Achievement
Award
Top 25 Women in Business Award, Triangle
Business Journal
Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers®
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Represents major equine insurance agency, several large equine boarding
and teaching facilities, prominent equine trainers and breeders and many
horse owners and equestrians with regard to corporate matters, real property
matters, personal injury matters and business disputes.
Represents several equine owners in major veterinary malpractice matters,
seller misrepresentation matters and similar disputes, successfully negotiating
resolutions of those matters.
Represents multiple NC licensed insurance companies, brokers and agents in
connection with their acquisitions of insurance books of business, companies
and agencies and in their negotiations with the North Carolina Department of
Insurance
Publications & Presentations
Author, Equine Law Blog at www.nchorselawyer.wordpress.com
Author, Equine Law Twitter Feed @ncHorseLawyer
Presenter, 2015 National Conference on Equine Law, Lexington, Kentucky
Guest Lecturer on Equine Law, NCSU College of Agriculture
Guest Lecturer on Business Law, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine
Guest Lecturer on Business & Real Estate Law, UNC School of Dentistry
Contributing Author, Southeast Equine magazine
Meredith College Seminar Instructor – “Owning Your Own Business”
Meredith College Senior Class Keynote Speaker
2840 Plaza Place, Suite 400, Raleigh, NC 27612
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Representative Business Clients
Atlantic Casualty Insurance Company
BMS Investments
BURN Athletic
Chapel Hill Comics
Chicago Title Insurance Company
Commonwealth Title Insurance Company
Crystal C. Finnegan, DDS
David Mashburn, DDS
Dual Comfort Heating & Air Conditioning
Enthalpy Analytical
Fidelity National Title Insurance Company
Investors Title Insurance Company
Jonathan T. Zsambeky, DDS
Koko FitClub Raleigh
Kurt A. McKissick, DDS
lucettegrace
Mashburn, Zsambeky, Chaney & Associates
McKeeman Communications
Middlesex Family Dental
Ryan Dempster
Strickland Insurance Brokers
Strickland Insurance Group
White & Stradley, PLLC
Representative Equine-Related Clients
8 Oaks Farm
Apex Equestrian Center
Caroline Russell Howe
Double J Stables
Emil Spadone
Fern Creek Veterinary Care
Hilltop Animal Hospital
John and Katherine Barker
MacNair’s Country Acres
Mary Ann McBride, DVM
Megan Cacchio
MKM Group, LLC
North Carolina Horse Council
Portofino Equestrian Community
Redfield Farms
Savannah Breeze Farm
Scotty A. Gibbs, DVM
Star H Equine Insurance
Tori Edwards
Whispering Hope Farm
Winslow Stables
919.787.5200
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