Mark E. Sullivan

Mark E. Sullivan is the principal of Law Offices of Mark E. Sullivan, P.A., in Raleigh, North Carolina.  He has limited his trial practice to family law since 1981 and has been certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a Family Law Specialist since 1989.

He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Town & Country Magazine, Law Weekly USA and The Raleigh News & Observer, and has had articles published in the American Journal of Family Law, Family Law Quarterly, Family Advocate, The Military Law Review, the Army Lawyer, Family Advocate, and The Practical Lawyer.  

Mr. Sullivan is the editor of "Family Law Practice and Procedure Manual" (NC Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2000), and he has written numerous articles on trial advocacy, negotiating techniques, the use of computers,  and the practice of family law.  He is a frequent speaker at military and family law programs and is an annual lecturer on family law at the Army JAG School and the Naval Justice School.  

Mr. Sullivan is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Family Law Sections of the North Carolina Bar Association and the American Bar Association, the Judge Advocates Association, and the Reserve Officers Association.  In September, 2000, he was certified by the AAML as a family law arbitrator, and he is the past-president of the North Carolina Chapter of the AAML.  He is a retired colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. 

Mr. Sullivan's book, The Military Divorce Handbook, was published in May 2006 by the American Bar Association.
 

G BRENTLEY TANNER

G. Brentley Tanner joined the firm in 2008. He was admitted to the practice of law in North Carolina in 2007 and has focused his practice on family law and real estate, including litigation in equitable distribution, alimony, child custody, child support, and real estate closings and foreclosure actions. While practicing in Cumberland County, he focused on aspects of family law involving military family law issues.

Mr. Tanner received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2004. In 2007, he received his Juris Doctorate from the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University.

While in law school at Campbell University, Mr. Tanner served as Vice-President of the Student Bar Association and Treasurer for the Federalist Society, and he participated in the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity. While attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Mr. Tanner was on the National Dean’s List, served as Delegate Chairperson of the North Carolina Student Legislature, was Treasurer of Phi Alpha Delta Pre-law Fraternity and participated in Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity. He was also Vice-Chair of the Honor Court, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
 

Charles R. Raphun

Charles R. Raphun was admitted to the practice of law in North Carolina in 1992.  He received his B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of Florida and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law.  Mr. Raphun joined the Law Offices of Mark E. Sullivan, P.A. in March, 2010.

Mr. Raphun has extensive experience in negotiating and managing dispute settlements and complex agreements.  While in law school, he was a member of the Holderness Moot Court Bench and the Negotiation Team, and he served on the student-faculty Curriculum Review Committee for the law school.

As a licensed Patent Attorney, he has over fifteen years of experience in the telecommunications industry, during which time he negotiated and implemented technology license agreements, customer and supply chain commercial contracts, and negotiated commercial dispute settlements with major companies in the information technology field.

Mr. Raphun is also a Certified Public Accountant with experience in taxation and financial auditing. 

Mr. Raphun is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association, Wake County Bar Association, and the Finance Committee of Disability Rights North Carolina.  He is presently an Army Reserve JAG officer, in the rank of lieutenant colonel and has served on active duty in the U.S. Army including an overseas tour in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.