About Michael Joseph
Michael Joseph Barnett is a partner at Patrick, Harper & Dixon, LLP, located in Hickory, North Carolina. He has been practicing law for over 20 years, specializing in real estate law, collections, and insurance defense. His experience includes representing both corporations and individuals in various legal proceedings matters, similar to enterprise and commercial disputes, estate and trust hearings, and personal injury cases. Throughout his profession, he has participated in extra than 20 trials and binding dispute resolution proceedings, appearing earlier than the North Carolina highest court, Court of Appeals, and Business Court. In recognition of his professional achievements, he used to be named one of North Carolina's Rising Stars in commercial litigation from 2012 to 2017.
Born and raised in Hickory, Michael earned his Bachelor of Arts diploma summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany in 1998. During the spring semester of that year, he studied at Oxford University's New College. He then pursued his law degree with honors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 2002. While in law school, he served because the Symposium Editor for the North Carolina Law Review and received the Gressman-Pollitt Award for Appellate Advocacy. He was additionally inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
After obtaining his Juris Doctor, Michael used to be licensed to the Pennsylvania Bar in 2002 and the North Carolina State Bar in 2004. He is currently in good status with the North Carolina State Bar. His practice areas embody collections, insurance defense, and real estate law, with a particular emphasis on actual estate and construction law. He has represented clients in a number of legal stages, which includes trials, binding dispute resolution proceedings, and appeals. In addition to his legal practice, Michael is actively concerned in his community.
He has served on the Board of Directors for the Carolina Broadway Theatre Company since 2019 and has coached formative years basketball. He used to be the President of the Catawba County Bar Association in 2011 and the 25th Judicial District Bar Association in 2012. He additionally served at the Board of Directors for the Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry from 2012 to 2018. Michael resides in Hickory with his spouse, Agnese, and their daughters, Nicole and Isabel. He is English-speaking and conversational in Italian, reflecting his diverse background and commitment to serving his community.
