John McNames | Counsel 
Commercial Real Estate

Office: 370 Knollwood Street, Suite 600, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Phone: (336) 717-1286
Email: jmcnames@waldrepwall.com
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John focuses his practice on commercial real estate transactions and creditors rights matters. He has extensive experience handling acquisitions and dispositions, lease agreements, easements, title searches, survey reviews, 1031 like-kind exchanges, and refinances. Additionally, John represents lenders, loan servicers, and private equity firms in foreclosures, receiverships, and workouts involving distressed commercial real estate loans throughout North Carolina. 

 

John began his legal career as a Staff Attorney with a transatlantic AmLaw 100 firm in Winston-Salem, where he primarily focused on creditors' rights and foreclosure matters. In 2017, he joined Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC as an Associate and later Partner, shifting his focus to commercial real estate transactions where he represented individuals and small businesses in acquisitions and refinances of commercial real estate. John subsequently served as Counsel at a global AmLaw 100 firm, where his practice transitioned back to creditors' rights matters representing loan servicers in the enforcement of distressed commercial real estate loans. He rejoins Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC bringing valuable experience from his diverse real estate practice. 

 

A Winston-Salem native, John received his J.D. degree from Florida Coastal School of Law in 2012 and earned his B.A. degree in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009. He has been a member of the North Carolina State Bar since 2012 and is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association.