Practice Areas
- Commercial Construction & Development Litigation
- Commercial Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Employment & Labor
- Financial Services & Insolvency Litigation
- Litigation
Education
- Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 1961
- A.B., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1965
- J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1968; Board of Editors, North Carolina Law Review
Bar & Court Admissions
- North Carolina, 1968
- All U.S. District Courts in North Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
George V. Hanna III
A veteran litigator, arbitrator and mediator, George Hanna possesses extensive experience in wide-ranging business and construction disputes.
He also serves as a trial court mediator certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission and is a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association.
Prior to joining Moore & Van Allen, he clerked for Chief Justice Joseph Branch of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Of Note
- Included in Chambers Partners USA in North Carolina - Litigation: General Commercial, 2004 - 2011
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation, Banking and Finance Litigation and Construction Litigation, 2007 - 2012
- Selected for inclusion to the North Carolina Super Lawyers list in the practice of Business Litigation (2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011) and in the practice area of Alternative Dispute Resolution (2011).
- AV peer review rated in Martindale-Hubbell legal directory for over 35 years including 2011
- Listed in Marquis’ Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in America and Who's Who in the World
- Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association
- Certified Trial Court Mediator by the NC Dispute Resolution Commission
- Law Clerk to Hon. Joseph Branch, Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court, 1968-1969
- Former Board Chair of Legal Services of Southern Piedmont
- Former Board Chair of the Children’s Law Center (now Council for Children's Rights)
- Member of the Board of Directors of the UNC Law Alumni Association
- Member of the North Carolina Chief Justice's Commission on Equal Access to Justice
- Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
- Past President of the Mecklenburg County Bar and Founding Chair of the Mecklenburg County Bar's Special Committee on Diversity
- Past President of the Mecklenburg Bar Foundation
- Former member of the Board of Governors and Former Chair of the Pro Bono Planning Committee of the NC Bar Association
- Recipient of the 2010 Dr. I Beverly Lake Public Service Award by the NC Bar Association
- Recipient of the 2006 Diversity in Business Award by the Diversity Council of the Carolinas, the 2008 Willie J. Stratford, Sr. Diversity Award by the Greater Charlotte YMCA and the 2009 Julius L. Chambers Diversity Champion Award by the Mecklenburg County Bar
- Chair of Moore & Van Allen's Public Service Committee
- Former Chair of Moore & Van Allen's Diversity Committee
News
- MVA Celebrates Service Commitment at 10th Annual Sally & Bill Van Allen Luncheon
- Moore & Van Allen Receives Chambers’ Top Recognitions
- MVA attorneys honored by NC Super Lawyers
- George Hanna Receives Dr. I Beverly Lake Public Service Award
- Thirty-six Moore & Van Allen Attorneys Named to North Carolina Super Lawyers 2010
- Chambers USA Names Moore & Van Allen Top Industry Leaders