Our Staff
Experience counts. So does compassion, understanding and perseverance. Each member of our team provides all of that and more to lead you through any eminent domain or land condemnation issue.
Emmett Boney Haywood, Attorney at Law
Ms. Haywood graduated in 1977 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in International Studies. In 1982, she received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law.
After practicing for several years with a private law firm, Ms. Haywood went to work with the North Carolina Attorney General’s office in Raleigh. For more than nine years there, she represented the North Carolina Department of Transportation in hundreds of land condemnation cases and other matters.
In April 2000, Ms. Haywood opened her private law practice in Raleigh, North Carolina. Since then, she has represented residential and commercial clients throughout North Carolina in matters of eminent domain, inverse condemnation, pre-condemnation planning and regulatory takings.
Benjamin A. Mount, Attorney at Law
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.
