Benjamin A. Mount, Attorney at Law

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Mr. Mount graduated magna cum laude in 2000 from Northeastern University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology. In 2005, he graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Government with a Master of Public Administration degree.

Mr. Mount continued his education by earning his Juris Doctor degree in 2008 from the University of North Carolina School of Law. While in law school, he clerked for Emmett Boney Haywood and then joined her firm in September 2008 as an associate attorney. Mr. Mount’s practice within the law firm focuses on representing property owners in eminent domain and land condemnation matters in Raleigh and throughout all of North Carolina.

Areas of Practice

Eminent Domain, Inverse Condemnation, Property Rights Litigation.

Prior Professional Experience

Before attending graduate school in 2003, Mr. Mount worked for a trial law firm in Durham, North Carolina. While in graduate school, he was a legislative assistant at the North Carolina General Assembly. During law school, he interned at the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Department of Justice.

Education

University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., 2008
University of North Carolina School of Government, M.P.A, 2005
Northeastern University, B.S., Magna Cum Laude, 2000

Professional Activities

American Bar Association
North Carolina Bar Association
Wake County Bar Association
10th Judicial District Bar
North Carolina Advocates for Justice (YLD Eminent Domain Section Liaison)

Publications

Co-author, “Relocation Benefits: Could the Process Be Any More Confusing, and How Is it a Benefit If I Have to Give it Back?” NCAJ Eminent Domain Seminar (April 2009)

Honors

Order of the Old Well (Public Service Honor Society, UNC-Chapel Hill)
Frank Porter Graham Honor Society (Public Service Honor Society, UNC-Chapel Hill)

Community Involvement

Community Development Law Clinic (UNC-Chapel Hill)

Interests

Music, reading, photography and traveling.