Old Fort Lawyers

Our law firm is one of very few firms in the extended region with an entertainment law emphasis. We represent celebrities, authors, athletes, filmmakers, television companies, production companies, screenwriters, post-production facilities, entertainment companies, and actors. We are currently serving as production counsel on several television projects and feature-length motion pictures. We also represent corporate clients including in the sports, fashion, and entertainment industries.

Licensed to practice law in NC, SC, and GA.
Estate Planning and Elder Law attorney.

Benjamin A. Snyder is a North Carolina State Bar Certified Immigration Law Specialist and partner at Charlotte Immigration Law Firm.

Mr. Snyder manages Charlotte Immigration Law Firm's employment and investment-based immigration practice. His work includes preparing and filing nonimmigrant visa petitions and applications, such as for E, H, L, O, P, R, and TN visas, as well as employment-based immigrant visa matters, including PERM based EB-2 and EB-3 petitions, and petitions for multinational executives and managers, outstanding researchers, those with extraordinary ability, EB-2's with National Interest Waivers (NIW), and religious workers. Mr. Snyder has experience representing clients in virtually all manner...

Garrett Johnson, a Fort Mill resident and alumnus of Fort Mill High School, earned a Bachelor's in History and a Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest University. While in law school, he studied overseas in Venice alongside Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Before joining Elrod Pope Accident & Injury Attorneys as an attorney in 2011, Garrett interned there as a runner and legal assistant. His practice focuses on personal injury and serious accidents. In his spare time, he coaches Mock Trial at Fort Mill High School, leading them to multiple state championships (officially credited for one). His work earned him...

Bucknell University (1999); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (2002) AV Peer Review Rating (Martindale-Hubbell)

Kayleigh L. Messersmith is an attorney licensed to practice law in North Carolina. She has a broad legal background with experience in Worker’s Compensation, Personal Injury, Compliance, Real Estate, and Lien Resolution. Currently, Kayleigh concentrates her practice in civil litigation and lien resolution for our personal injury and worker’s compensation cases

Our goal at the Law Offices of Rick D. Lail is excellence in servicing. We seek to have a personalized business relationship with our clients where we are intimately familiar their portfolios and are easily accessible.

Prior to joining Ralston, Benton, Byerley & Moore in 2021, Catherine worked as an insurance adjuster for two large national insurance companies, where she gained valuable insight and experience on the innerworkings of claim handling. Thereafter, Catherine became an insurance defense attorney, where she represented a variety of insurance companies and employers against claims filed against them. In 2016, Catherine switched sides and began representing individuals in personal injury and workers’ compensation claims. Using her experience and insider knowledge, she now works vigorously to ensure each client is receiving all the benefits they are entitled to. Catherine’s practice primarily focuses...