Mr. Slayton, President and General Counsel of the firm, has over twenty-five years experience in the trust, securities and financial planning industries. Prior to joining Trust Company, Mr. Slayton served as General Counsel/Investment Advisor to Gordon P. Getty and his $1.5 billion Family Trust, in Washington, DC. In addition to legal/investment representation of the Getty Trust and family, Mr. Slayton was responsible for the diligence, selection, contracting and monitoring of investment managers and direct investments. Prior to that time, Mr. Slayton was a corporate/securities attorney in the Washington, DC offices of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro and Metzger, Shadyac & Schwarz. Mr. Slayton earned an L.L.M. - Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center (1986), an M.B.A. - Finance and Investments from George Washington University School of Government and Business Administration (1982), a Juris Doctorate Cum Laude from George Washington National Law Center (1980) and an Honors B.A. in Political Science Cum Laude from Marquette University (1977).

Mr. Slayton is a Past Chair of the Trust and Investment Services Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Banking Law Committee, Past Chair of the Legislative Committee and the Uniform Trust Code Subcommittee and Council member of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Estate Planning & Fiduciary Law Section, and is a member of the Joint Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association and Bankers Association and the Greensboro Estate Planning Council.

Mr. Slayton is a frequent author, speaker and continuing education instructor on estate planning, fiduciary and investment matters and has served as an expert witness in federal courts on fiduciary law issues. Mr. Slayton is an Adjunct Professor in Finance and member of the Board of Advisors for the Love School of Business at Elon University and serves on the boards of numerous local organizations: Alamance Rotary (past president), Meals on Wheels (past president) and Salvation Army (Finance Director).