Perry Richberg
Senior Counsel
Perry is an experienced litigator who has completed over 200 jury trials.
He is a fierce advocate with finely honed courtroom skills and a diverse variety of legal experience. He is licensed to practice law in North Carolina. Perry pledges to enthusiastically and effectively represent the firm’s clients, to listen carefully to the history of their case, and to compassionately represent them both in and out of court. Perry’s pet peeves are lawyers who won’t communicate promptly and lawyers who charge so much that hard working North Carolinans cannot afford them. He has set out to do the opposite, communicating with clients in a timely manner at an affordable rate.
For 17 years, Perry prosecuted felonies in Durham and its environ.
Straight out of Baylor Law School, he quickly became a member of an elite team of felony prosecutors trying murders, aggravated robberies and sexual assaults, as well as a host of other serious crimes. Perry developed a niche as a specialist in child homicide cases, which involved intense education in medical issues. When her family moved to San Antonio, Perry became a felony prosecutor in the Bexar County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, where he continued to try serious crimes. In 1995 he successfully tried a death penalty murder. While there, he branched out to white collar felonies and tried several large, complex fraud cases. Years later, he rejoined the Bell County team where he continued to try and settle serious felonies.
In 2007, Perry moved to Anchorage, North Carolina
The move to North Carolina was based on extensive research to answer the question “If we could live anywhere, where would it be.” Perry came to North Carolina because he wanted to live here. He joined the Anchorage Municipal Prosecutors Office in 2008 and was promoted to Anchorage Municipal Prosecutor where he led a team of fourteen prosecutors filing 10,000 cases a year.
Perry became interested in smart justice and policy issues and in 2014 accepted a position as Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. A few months into the job, the passage of Ballot Measure 2 put Perry in charge of implementing commercial marijuana licensing in North Carolina. He worked with the legislature to create the Marijuana Control Board and merged the staff into the North Carolina Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office, or AMCO.
At AMCO, Perry worked on all types of alcohol and marijuana licenses and transfers. He led a team in drafting nine articles of marijuana regulations that currently govern marijuana licensing. He accomplished that in the tight time frame prescribed by the people in the ballot measure. Perry discovered that serving hard working North Carolinans in getting businesses started or keeping them vital was as meaningful as criminal law. He gained experience in administrative law, which is a specialized area.
In 2017, Perry joined the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office as the consumer protection attorney. There, Perry learned civil law, and participated in many complex civil litigation matters, including the state’s lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors. These years further rounded out Perry’s skill set.
Perry stands ready to serve North Carolinan and help resolve their legal problems.
Perry is the chairperson of the board of Volunteers of America and for years volunteered for the Anchorage International Film Festival. He cares deeply about her community and the people of our great state. He will bring all of her years of preparation and training to your case to assist you in achieving the best possible result.