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Areas of Practice
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Representative Experience
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Professional Background
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Professional/Civic Activities
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Speaking Engagements
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Bar Admissions
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Education
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Achievements
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Additional Information
Areas of Practice
Mr. Pridgen focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and international transactions. He serves as primary outside counsel to private and public companies and has represented clients in numerous merger and acquisition and other corporate transactions.
Representative Experience
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Provides legal services in the U.S. for a publicly traded U.K. company and its U.S. subsidiaries that manufacture filtration materials and equipment for fuel cell materials.
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Represented purchaser in leveraged recapitalization of plastics company.
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Represented purchaser in purchase of snack food company.
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Represented purchaser in purchase of telecommunications device manufacturer through a reverse cash merger.
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Represented the selling shareholders in the sale of stock of an insurance company.
Professional Background
Mr. Pridgen was a captain in the United States Army, serving from 1969-1973. From 1997-1999, he served as executive vice president and general counsel of Glenayre Technologies, Inc.
Professional/Civic Activities
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American Bar Foundation, Fellow
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North Carolina Bar Association, President, 2010-present; President Elect, 2009-2010; Board of Governors, 2003-2006; Citizen Lawyer Task Force, Chair, 2007-2009; Strategic Planning and Emerging Trends Committee, Member, 2001-2004; Development Committee, Chair, 1994-1997
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National Conference of Bar Presidents, member
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Southern Conference of Bar Presidents, member
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Boy Scouts of America, Mecklenburg County Council, Executive Board, 1999-present; Attorney to Council, 2001-2003; Executive Committee, 2001-present; Vice President, Finance, 2003-2006; President-Elect, 2006-2007; President, 2007-2009
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United Way of Central Carolinas, Board of Directors, 2004-2009; Regional Campaign Chair, 2009
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Father's Day Council, 2006-present
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Wake Forest University School of Law, Board of Visitors, 1996-2007, 2009-present; Vice Chair, 2003-2004; Chair-Elect, 2004-2005; Chair, 2005-2007
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Center for Law and the Humanities, Board of Directors, 2007-present
Speaking Engagements
Bar Admissions
Education
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J.D.,
Wake Forest University School of Law
(1978)
(magna cum laude; Wake Forest Law Review, Editor in Chief)
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M.B.A.,
Wake Forest University
(1975)
(with distinction)
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B.S.,
North Carolina State University
(1969)
(Blue Key, President; Golden Chain; Order of 30 & 3)
Achievements
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Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2005-2010
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"North Carolina Super Lawyers," Business/Corporate Law, 2007-2010
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"Legal Elite," Business North Carolina Magazine, Business Law, 2006, 2008, 2010
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"Corporate Spotlight," American Executive, August 2007
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Judson D. DeRamus Award for Outstanding Alumni Service, Wake Forest University Graduate School of Management
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Publications
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