Matt Rhoad to Serve on the Section Council of the Zoning, Planning, and Land Use Section of the NCBA

Raleigh, NC (April 15, 2011) – Matt Rhoad, a lawyer with Smith Anderson’s Land Use and Zoning and Commercial Real Estate practice groups, has been elected to serve a three year term on the Section Council of the Zoning, Planning, and Land Use Section of the North Carolina Bar Association.

Mr. Rhoad joined Smith Anderson in August, 2002, after completing a two-year clerkship with Justice (now Chief Justice) Sarah Parker of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He has significant experience in land use and zoning; real estate development; commercial real estate transactions; public utility real estate issues, including right-of-way acquisitions and condemnations/eminent domain; easement negotiation and drafting; negotiating and litigating boundary and encroachment disputes; and title disputes.

The Zoning, Planning and Land Use Section, currently with 318 members, sponsors CLE programs and services; provides members with a substantive newsletter; and helps mold the association's legislative agenda for presentation to the N.C. General Assembly.