Breeze L. Alcorn, Attorney
252.565.8997
breeze@alcornhaggard.com
Breeze is a 2010 graduate of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. His hometown is Greenville, North Carolina, and he graduated from J.H. Rose High School before earning his B.S. in Communication at East Carolina University. At Loyola, he not only studied common law but also elected to take advantage of the law school’s extensive international law programs and Louisiana’s civil law tradition. Outside of his common law curriculum, Breeze has studied international law, civil law, comparative law and European Union institutional law, not only in New Orleans, but also at affiliated civil law institutions in Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic and Costa Rica. In December 2009, he participated in Loyola’s seminar/tour of the principal institutions of the European Union including onsite analysis of: the European Commission and the European Council in Brussels, Belgium; the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg; and the European Parliament and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. Additionally, he served as a research assistant in Belize, Guatemala and Honduras for his international law professor and earned a Certificate in International Legal Studies.
For the spring 2010 semester, Breeze transferred to Temple University Beasley School of Law in order to complete his graduation requirements at the law school’s satellite campus in Tokyo (Temple University Japan). At Temple, he studied Japanese Law, Comparative Immigration Law and East/West Negotiations. He also elected to take part in a guided research project concerning the global sex trafficking industry. Outside of his studies, Breeze served as a legal researcher and investigative journalist for Stephen Hesse, Senior Environmental Columnist for The Japan Times. After graduation, he relocated to Belize to continue his internship with The Japan Times and coauthored a series of articles addressing extensive human rights violations and environmental degradation. These exposés specifically focused on the Maya peoples of southern Belize, detailing the struggle they face in having their communal land tenure rights respected and protected.
Breeze then moved back to Greenville, North Carolina and subsequently helped found Alcorn & Haggard in May of 2011. Since entering private practice, his primary areas of experience include: criminal defense; international law; property and landlord/tenant law; personal injury; contract and dispute resolution; wills, trusts and estates; and anti-discrimination law. Breeze is dedicated to providing much needed protection and support to individuals charged with a wide variety of criminal offenses including drug and alcohol charges as well as traffic related matters. Additionally, he focuses on resolving a wide variety of civil disputes including personal injury, property, sexual harassment and discrimination. He also frequently travels abroad and applies his international and civil law background in order to achieve the desired results of his clients. He has transnational experience in asserting property rights, negotiating settlements, contract drafting and resolving complex legal disputes. Breeze is admitted to practice in all North Carolina state courts.
Education:
East Carolina University
B.S. Communication, 2006
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Juris Doctor, 2010
Breeze Alcorn
