Player McLean, LLP

Lonnie M. Player, Jr.

Professional

Experience

Lonnie has more than 25 years of experience representing businesses and individuals in civil litigation. As the Managing Partner of Player McLean, LLP, Lonnie represents business clients in a variety of matters, including shareholder and LLC member litigation, collections, contract disputes, eminent domain proceedings and variety of other civil matters. Lonnie is an NCDRC Certified Civil Superior Court Mediator, mediating family and business disputes.

Lonnie’s notable clients have included national lenders, regional banks, and individuals on creditor’s rights matters throughout North Carolina, companies and principals in complex shareholder/membership disputes, as well as commercial real estate developers, business owners, commercial landlords, commercial landowners in eminent domain proceedings, construction contractors and construction suppliers of all sizes.

Professional/Community Activities

  • NCDRC Certified Civil Superior Court Mediator
  • NC State Bar Councilor, Twelfth (now Fourteenth) Judicial District, 2010-2018
  • Attorney Member, NC Judicial Standards Commission, 2018-2023
  • President, Cumberland County Bar Association, 2006-2007
  • Member, North Carolina State Bar and Fourteenth Judicial District Bar, 1998-Present
  • Chairman, Fayetteville Historic Resources Commission, 1999-2003
  • Counsel, US Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum Foundation, 2018-Present
  • Advisory Board Member, First Citizens Bank, 2018-Present
  • Lonnie has also previously served on the Boards of Directors of: The Museum of the Cape Fear; Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation; Highland Country Club; The Fayetteville Museum of Art; Downtown Fayetteville Alliance; Methodist University Board of Visitors; and UNC Law School Alumni Board of Directors

Professional/Community Activities

  • 2013-2014, 2017-2018 Business North Carolina “Legal Elite” – Litigation
  • 2015, 2020-2021, 2024-2025 Business North Carolina “Legal Elite” - Business
  • 2015-2025 North Carolina Super Lawyers – Litigation
  • 2009 North Carolina Super Lawyers – Young Guns
  • 2024 Chambers USA “Regional Spotlight” – Dispute Resolution
  • AV Peer Review rated since 2015

Education

  • Duke University, AB cum laude, 1993
  • The University of Texas at Austin, MA, 1995
  • The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, JD, 1998

Personal

  • A Fayetteville native, Lonnie has been married for almost 23 years to his wife, Dana, and they have one adult daughter, Alexandria.