Atty. Allen N. Trask
Allen began his career as a traditional litigator focused on business and real estate disputes. Over time, his practice has expanded to include clients from a variety of markets with a variety of needs.
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Allen N. Trask is a cannabis and agriculture attorney based in Wilmington, North Carolina, practicing at Ward and Smith PA. They have 17+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2009. Admitted to practice in North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association (2009). Educated at Campbell University (J.D., 2009) and East Carolina University (B.S., 2005). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Agriculture Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Cannabis Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Community Association Law (2026). Serands clients in Wilmington, NC and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Allen began his career as a traditional litigator focused on business and real estate disputes
- Over time, his practice has expanded to include clients from a variety of markets with a variety of needs
- Litigation and dispute resolution remain essential parts of his daily practice, but he also enjoys advising clients on a broad range of general legal, business, regulatory, and practical matters, craving the opportunity to serve as a trusted advisor
- His unique and varied journey through the practice of law has led him to his current roles as co-leader of its Community Associations, Insurance Counseling and Recovery, and Hemp and Cannabis Law Practice Groups, and leader of the Firm's Agribusiness Practice Group
- Allen also serves the Firm as the co-Geographic Team Leader for its Wilmington office and is a member of the advisory board for Ward and Smith Business Consulting
- Working with North Carolina real estate developers and the community associations that they create was where Allen found his professional footing
- He continues to handle a wide range of issues for these clients, including the preparation, amendment, interpretation, and enforcement of restrictive covenants and governing corporate documents, declarant control transition and disputes, fiduciary concerns, and collections
- Allen's representation of community associations in disaster recovery cases gave rise to his interest in the insurance space, which he actively leverages for the Firm's clientele
- His work with real estate developers goes beyond just their relationship with community associations and embraces both land use and zoning matters and commercial leasing and property management concerns
- Allen also devotes a significant portion of his time to the Firm's diverse base of Agribusiness clients, which include farming and timber operations, crop storage facilities, equipment and inputs suppliers, and agritourism ventures
- He coordinates the Firm's resources to address the specialized issues facing these clients, such as bona fide farm designations, farmland leases, crop insurance, corporate organization and succession planning, equipment financing and leasing, environmental concerns, and regulatory compliance and permitting
- In 2015, partially as an outgrowth of his Agribusiness practice and borne also of a desire to develop work in emerging domestic markets, Allen began to work with clients in the hemp space, both in North Carolina and beyond
- Tracking legal developments over the last several years, that representation has expanded to include clients both in and adjacent to the hemp and greater cannabis markets, and Allen currently helps guide the Firm's practice in those efforts
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Cannabis attorneys for business licensing, regulatory compliance, and marijuana-related legal matters.
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Agriculture attorneys for farm operations, ag finance, land use, water rights, and agribusiness.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in North Carolina
Practicing law in North Carolina. Legal matters in North Carolina are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Wilmington are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate North Carolina state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in North Carolina brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in North Carolina courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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