Our Legal Team
About Corey
Corey Parton is the Founder and Managing Partner at Parton Law, PLLC. He has practiced law in Charlotte, North Carolina as a civil litigator since 2013.
Mr. Parton has a Juris Doctorate, having completed his legal education in two-and-a-half years while receiving Dean’s List Honors. During law school, he was a Teaching Assistant, Federalist Society Member, and part of the Expunction Project and Civil Rights Clinic. Mr. Parton holds a BA Degree in Communications from Virginia Tech, where he was a member of the Men’s Lacrosse Team.
Mr. Parton is active in the Mecklenburg County Bar, having served as Former Chair and Vice-Chair for the Lawyer Referral Service Committee, a Member of the Continuing Legal Education Committee, and a Member of the Lawyer Referral Service Taskforce. He has been named Top 40 Under 40 by National Trial Lawyers, a Rising Star by Super Lawyers four years in a row, as well as a Person on the Move by the Charlotte Business Journal. Mr. Parton has been honored as Outstanding Panel Member of the Year by Mecklenburg County Bar Lawyer Referral Service, is an Inductee of the North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society and was named a Marquis Who’s Who 2018 Listee.
Mr. Parton has taught Continuing Legal Education courses to his colleagues on Rules for Discovery, Advanced Trial Tactics, and Building Cases with Electronic Evidence for National Business Institute, Inc. He has been featured on Charlotte’s WBTV-3 & Time Warner Cable News as a Legal Consultant, recognized with an Outstanding Teacher Award for his volunteer work teaching English as a Second Language to Adults, and has been published by the American Bar Association on Environmental Litigation and Toxic Torts.
Mr. Parton’s work experience includes a position in the Pentagon in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy, and on Capitol Hill as a Staff Assistant for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security. Both positions required him to hold a Top-Secret Security Clearance issued by the US Government. In 2013, he opened the doors to a successful solo practice in Charlotte: Parton Law Firm. In 2015, he partnered with Chad Buckingham to create Parton Buckingham PLLC, which later became Parton Law, PLLC.
Mr. Parton is a die-hard Buffalo Bills fan which has taught him patience, perseverance and how to stay true during tough times.
Associations
United States Supreme Court Bar
Active Member
Mecklenburg County Bar
Active Member
North Carolina State Bar
Active Member
United States Federal Court For the Western District of North Carolina
Active Member
United States Supreme Court Bar
Active Member
Mecklenburg County Bar
Active Member
North Carolina State Bar
Active Member
United States Federal Court For the Western District of North Carolina
Active Member
North Carolina Bar Association
Active Member
Mecklenburg County Bar, Lawyer Referral Service Committee
Former Chair, Former Vice-Chair, Committee Member, Panel Member; Active Member
U.S. Department of Defense
Top Secret Security Clearance (Inactive)
North Carolina Bar Association
Active Member
Mecklenburg County Bar, Lawyer Referral Service Committee
Former Chair, Former Vice-Chair, Committee Member, Panel Member; Active Member
U.S. Department of Defense
Top Secret Security Clearance (Inactive)
Individual Awards
LRS Outstanding Panel Member of the Year
Mecklenburg County Bar
Member Spotlight
Mecklenburg County Bar Lawyer Referral Service
2018 – 2024 Rising Stars
Super Lawyers
Top 40 Under 40 – Nominee
Charlotte Business Journal
10 Years of Service to the Community
Martindale Hubbell
LRS Outstanding Panel Member of the Year
Mecklenburg County Bar
Member Spotlight
Mecklenburg County Bar Lawyer Referral Service
2018 – 2024 Rising Stars
Super Lawyers
Top 40 Under 40 – Nominee
Charlotte Business Journal
10 Years of Service to the Community
Martindale Hubbell
2017 – Pro Bono Honor Society
North Carolina State Bar
2019 – Pro Bono Honor Society
North Carolina State Bar
Outstanding Teacher Award: English as a Second Language
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
Selected and Profiled 2018 Volume
Marquis Who’s Who
Person on the Move
Charlotte Business Journal
2017 – Pro Bono Honor Society
North Carolina State Bar
2019 – Pro Bono Honor Society
North Carolina State Bar
Outstanding Teacher Award: English as a Second Language
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
Selected and Profiled 2018 Volume
Marquis Who’s Who
Person on the Move
Charlotte Business Journal