Representative Bio

For more than 30 years, Gib Laite has assisted clients with the negotiation and litigation of cases involving a broad range of real property related matters.  His experience in real property valuation stems from representing property owners in property tax valuation matters and landowners in eminent domain cases. He also has extensive experience in construction and railroad right of way matters.

Gib has handled real and personal property tax appeals involving apartment complexes, office buildings, retail properties, hotels and hospitals.

Gib has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© in eight categories, including real estate law, real estate litigation and land use and zoning law.  In 2016, he was named a “Lawyer of the Year” in Wilmington by Best Lawyers®. He has also been elected to the Legal Elite Hall of Fame by Business North Carolina, selected to the North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine list and given an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating available.

Before entering private practice, Gib served two years as a law clerk to the United States District Courts in North Carolina. He earned his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Wake Forest University School of law. Prior to law school, he worked in the real estate brokerage business in Coastal Maine.

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Raleigh, NC 27601

Tel: (919) 981-4000
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Firm Information

Williams Mullen puts the needs of its clients in the forefront of its decision making when implementing new technologies. By utilizing innovative technology to provide superior service, we enhance the attorney-client relationship. It is our goal to offer secure, real-time solutions to clients enabling flexibility in the knowledge sharing process. Our firm invests in collaborative knowledge management systems that aid in our ability to conduct day-to-day business productively while allowing full compatibility with clients, courts and agencies.

Williams Mullen's infrastructure is built to support this innovative teaming approach. Our staff and the technology we use work together to support teams within offices, between offices and throughout each of our client relationships.

Williams Mullen's State and Local Tax Practice

Williams Mullen's state and local tax practice group is staffed by experienced attorneys who have practiced extensively in the property tax and state and local tax area for many years. They have handled matters involving all types of state and local taxes, including corporate income and franchise tax, sales and use tax, property tax litigation involving real and personal property and the tax exempt status of real and personal property, intangibles tax, excise and license taxes and personal income tax. We have counseled clients on county and state tax incentives, have assisted them in negotiations to obtain tax incentives and have defended against efforts by the Department of Revenue to attack tax credits. Our state and local tax attorneys also collaborate regularly with our corporate attorneys on behalf of clients on multistate tax consequences of corporate structures and transactions. While we have represented businesses which are wholly based in North Carolina and Virginia in various tax matters, most of our clients have been large multistate and international clients with significant North Carolina and Virginia operations. Williams Mullen is the North Carolina contributor to the semiannual audit sessions of the Council on State Taxation (COST).

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