Mark Costley
Clarity Legal Group
With more than 30 years experience in private practice, Mark Costley has helped hundreds of North Carolinians with estate planning, trust and estate administration, planning for children and adults with special needs, business succession planning and business transactions, and family charitable and philanthropic counseling. Mark’s work involves elements of teaching, strategic analysis and planning, negotiation, documentation, and assisting clients in executing their plans. A Duke University Alumnus, Mark has given back to his alma mater in numerous capacities, including serving as a member of the Board of Trustees. He has devoted his considerable energies to the Servant Center, Inc., a nonprofit corporation providing health care services for veterans and the homeless. Mark frequently provides public presentations on the subjects of estate planning, financial planning, asset protection, health care planning, retirement planning, and related topics. Mark is also a certified court mediator.
Mark is an active member of a variety of associations and committees, including the North Carolina State Bar, North Carolina Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, American Bar Association, 14th Judicial District Bar, North Carolina Bar Association, Estate & Trust Legislative Committee, Durham-Orange Estate Planning Council, American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
Mark is married to Margaret Costley, and has two daughters, Eleanor born in 1995, and Audrey born in 2000. He is an active member of University Presbyterian Church, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, an avid sports fan, and enjoys reading, travel, tennis, music, politics and gardening.
- Duke University School of Law
- J.D. (1985)
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- Owner
- Clarity Legal Group
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- Managing Partner
- Walker, Lambe, Rhudy & Costley, PLLC
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- Crowe & Dunlevy
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- Guiding Those Left Behind in North Carolina
- Eagle Publishing Company
- Legal Issues for the Caregiver: Planning for Incapacity, Triangle Caregiver's Summit, Raleigh, NC
- Transitions Guiding Lights
- Legal Issues for the Caregiver: Planning for Incapacity, Triangle Caregiver's Summit, Lillington, NC
- Transitions Guiding Lights
- Legal Issues for the Caregiver: Planning for Incapacity, Triangle Caregiver's Summit, Chapel Hill, NC
- Transitions Guiding Lights
- Legal Issues for the Caregiver: Planning for Incapacity, Triangle Caregiver's Summit, Durham, NC
- Transitions Guiding Lights
- Certified Mediator
- North Carolina Judicial Branch
- AV Rated
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Leader in the Law Award
- North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
- North Carolina State Bar
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- American Bar Association
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- North Carolina Bar Association
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- Oklahoma Bar Association
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- North Carolina Bar Association Estate and Trust Legislative Committee
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- Durham-Orange Estate Planning Council
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- American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys
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- North Carolina
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- Credit Cards Accepted
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Elder Law
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- English: Spoken, Written