About Our Firm 

We are a North Carolina Professional Corporation

Zacchaeus Legal Services is the registered trade name for Mark D. Bardill, P.C., a North Carolina professional corporation.  It was formed in 2003 to provide property tax foreclosure services for local government by its principal, Mark D. Bardill. The Zacchaeus Legal Services office is located in Trenton and currently serves Onslow, Jones, Lenoir, Craven, Beaufort, Wilson, Warren, Durham, Chatham, Lee and Cabarrus Counties and the Town of Jonesville.

Mark Bardill is our principal shareholder

Mark Bardill has served local government as a Special Tax Attorney for more than 20 years. During this period, Mr. Bardill has collected the delinquent taxes on thousands of  parcels. He has been instrumental in developing the foreclosure program as a method of tax collection for each unit of local government he has served. His efforts in getting these foreclosure programs off the ground to full and complete implementation have resulted in greatly reduced delinquency rates in the counties he serves. Some of the tax offices he has helped now allow only 1 year of delinquent taxes before foreclosure proceedings are filed.

Mr. Bardill graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981 as a Mark Braswell Scholar.  In 1985, he graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law as a member of its Moot Court Bench.

Mr. Bardill is a native resident of Richlands, North Carolina. He is a member of  Richlands United Methodist Church and is Past President of the Richlands Rotary Club and the Richlands Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife, Suzette, have two sons, Ben and Gus. Mr. Bardill enjoys boating, fishing and playing basketball.

We proudly introduce our Staff

Mitzi  is a North Carolina State Bar Certified Paralegal with 11 years of experience in tax foreclosure work, all as Mr. Bardill’s secretary and assistant.   She currently serves as Staff Supervisor. She is a native resident of Craven County and enjoys fishing, boating and deer hunting.

Melanie is a North Carolina State Bar Certified Paralegal with 5 years of experience in real estate transactions and 3 years in tax foreclosure work, all as Mr. Bardill’s secretary. She is a native of South Carolina and lives in Onslow County. She enjoys music, oftentimes serving as church pianist, and performs in local play productions.

Martha has 5 years experience as a county tax office employee in the collections department and 3 years in tax foreclosure work. She is a native resident of Onslow County and enjoys music and the beach.

Steve Baker brings two decades of technology experience to our firm. He also has 8 years of experience working in local government, particularly working closely with the technology needs of tax, mapping and register of deeds departments. Steve’s personal interests include fishing and boating, beachcombing and scuba diving.

Heather Metts is our most recently hired employee. Most of Heather's work experience has been in retail sales.  Heather enjoys deer hunting, fishing and the beach.