The Van Winkle Law Firm is pleased to announce that attorney Carter B. Webb has joined the firm as a senior attorney in its Trust and Estates practice group in Asheville. His practice includes helping individuals and families with their estate planning and estate administration needs. He is also a North Carolina Bar Certified Mediator in Superior Court and with the Clerk of Court and is licensed in both North Carolina and South Carolina.
Before joining the firm, Carter spent the last eleven years as a member of the Asheville-based estate planning firm Strauss Attorneys focusing on estate planning and probate/trust administration. Carter was born in Asheville. He graduated from Presbyterian College with a BS in Business in 1993. Thirteen years later, he left the workforce to attend law school, graduating from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2009. He then accepted a job with the University of South Carolina of Medicine as the Assistant Director of Legal Affairs and the Privacy Officer, where he worked until moving to Asheville in 2011.
Carter served as the President of the Buncombe County Bar in 2021-2022 and is currently the Immediate Past President. He is also a Council Member of the Estate Planning & Fiduciary Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association and is a Board Member of the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina. Plus, he serves on two Boards for the city of Asheville, is an active member of the Rotary Club of Asheville, and has served as the President of his neighborhood’s homeowners association since 2015. Carter lives in Asheville with Leigh (his wife) and their two children, Reagan (17) and Beckett (15).
A dedicated and experienced team, The Van Winkle Law Firm’s trusts, estates, and elder law attorneys work closely with clients throughout both personal and business life stages to create customized and innovative solutions for estate-planning needs, trust and estate administration, and dispute resolution.
For more than 100 years, the attorneys at The Van Winkle Law Firm have provided a premier level of strategic legal counsel and services to meet clients’ personal, estate planning, commercial, business, and litigation needs. Headquartered in Asheville, Van Winkle is the largest law firm in Western North Carolina. With licensed attorneys serving clients in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and Florida, the firm is one of the most respected in the region.
