Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Further legal experience interning in Corporate Law Department of Glaxo Wellcome and in a small firm litigation setting; computer sales experience (National Information Systems now merged with Unisys) prior to graduate school.

Health Law

• Personal Injury

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  The Law Office of Scott D. Beasley, P.A. is here to provide you and your family with sound estate planning for comfort and peace of mind. Estate planning is a process that involves people - your family, other individuals and in some cases, charitable organizations of your choice. Estate planning may include one or a combination of several methods of accumulation, conservation, and distribution methods such as wills, healthcare power of attorneys, durable power of attorneys, declaration for a natural death, and trusts. Our office will guide you through the various estate-planning instruments and provide the needed legal counsel and expertise based on your needs and desires of asset distribution.
• Wills
  Revocation is effective only after your doctor has been notified. Destroying the original and all copies of your Living Will may revoke your Living Will as a practical matter. However, if you have discussed this issue with your doctor, be sure to tell your doctor that you have revoked your Living Will. If you sign a new Living Will, be sure to revoke all prior Living Wills that may be inconsistent with your new Living Will.
• Trusts
  Despite its name, a Living Will is not a "will" in the traditional sense. Although the term Living Will may indicate that it is a will, in reality, it is more similar to a Power of Attorney ("POA") than a will. The Living Will is designed to address healthcare issue while wills and trusts deal with financial and legal issues. A Living Will is not a substitute for a will, nor is a will a substitute for a Living Will. The purpose of a Living Will is to allow you to make decisions about life support and directs others to implement your desires in that regard. Generally, a Living Will directs medical and healthcare personnel to not make attempts to prolong your life should you become permanently incapacitated or in a terminal and incurable state. In North Carolina, the Right to a Natural Death Act says you can execute a Living Will and it will be honored by the healthcare personnel taking care of you. If you do not have a Living Will and you are unable to make your medical decisions, someone else must decide for you. Before life support treatment can be withheld or withdrawn, two doctors must agree in writing that you are terminally and incurably ill or in a persistent vegetative state. Then, extraordinary means or artificial nutrition or hydration may be withheld or stopped with the permission of...
• Power of Attorney
  Another document often executed contemporaneously with a Living Will is the Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare ("DPOAHC"). It is a good idea to have both a Living Will and a DPOAHC because of the different role each instrument plays. A Durable Power of Attorney ("DPOA") is a document that people have drawn up to give someone else the power to handle their business affairs for them should they become unable to act for themselves. A DPOAHC does the same thing as a DPOA, but specifically regarding your medical care.

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy