In February, 1975, the law firms started by Charles Blanchard, then known as Blanchard, Tucker, Denson & Cline and the firm started by Howard Twiggs, called Twiggs and Hassell merged to form Blanchard, Tucker, Twiggs & Denson. Their offices were located on the fourth floor of the BB&T Building on Fayetteville Street Mall. In addition, to representing plaintiffs in personal injury cases, the firm handled other matters as well.

   In 1978, the law firm of Corvette and Earls joined, and the firm name became Blanchard, Tucker, Twiggs, Denson & Earls. At that time, the firm also had an office in Cary run by Tom Earls. In 1979, Douglas recently graduated from Wake Forest, joined the firm.

    In the summer of 1980, the firm moved into a building that they had renovated located on the Fayetteville Street within a block of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. In 1982, Peggy a Wake Forest graduate and former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Willis Whichard joined the firm. In 1983, Alex Denson left the firm to become a federal judge and the firm's name became Blanchard, Tucker, Twiggs, Earls & Abrams.

    In 1984, Don Strickland, a Duke graduate, joined the firm and Tom Earls and the Cary office became a separate firm. Our firm name became Blanchard, Tucker, Twiggs & Abrams. Since then, everyone in the firm has limited their practice to representation of plaintiffs exclusively in complex personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, commercial torts, aviation and insurance fraud and bad faith actions.

    Jay Trehy, a UNC graduate joined in 1988, Irvin Tucker became "of counsel" and the firm name became Blanchard, Twiggs, Abrams & Strickland.

    The firm sold its small office building in 1987 so that a new building, what is now called the First Union Capitol Center, could be built on its site. During construction, the firm moved to the corner of Morgan and McDowell Streets. In 1992, Karen Rabenau, a UNC graduate, joined the firm.

   The firm moved into the First Union Capitol Center in 1993 and has been on the 11th floor since that time. Also in 1993, Irvin Tucker retired and Don Beskind, who also is on the faculty at Duke Law School, joined the firm as counsel. In 1995, one of our founding partners, Charles Blanchard retired from the firm, and the firm became Twiggs, Abrams, Strickland & Trehy, P.A.  In 2001, Jay Trehy elected to become "of counsel" with the firm and Doug Abrams departed.  Recognizing those changes, the firm name became Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau, P.A.