Practice Areas - Trial Practice
- Complex and Multi-District Litigation
- Consumer Litigation
- Financial Institutions Litigation
| - Intellectual Property Litigation
- Theft of Trade Secrets
- Class Action Defense
- Arbitration
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| University | Duke University, A.B., cum laude, 1979 |
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| Law School | University of North Carolina, J.D., 1982 |
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| Admitted | 1982, North Carolina; 2007, District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | North Carolina State Bar (former Vice Chair, Disciplinary Hearing Commission); North Carolina Bar Association; Mecklenburg County Bar (former President); The District of Columbia Bar; National Bar Association; American Bar Association (former Co-Chair, Trial Evidence Committee, Litigation Section). |
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| Born | Wilson, North Carolina |
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| Biography | Angier B. Duke Scholar; John Motley Morehead Law Fellow; Recipient, Schley Lyons Leadership Award, Leadership Charlotte, 1991; Law Clerk to The Hon. Charles L. Becton, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1982-1983; Chair, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission, 1987-1991; Chairman, Board of Directors, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Urban League, 1991-1993; Member, North Carolina Board of Transportation, 1993-2001; Recipient, Order of the Long Leaf Pine, North Carolina's highest civilian honor, 2001; Member, Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, Duke University; Member, Board of Directors and Chair of Audit Committee, Duke University Health System, Inc.; North Carolina Appellate Rules Committee; Certified Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy; American Law Institute; Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America; The Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation, 2008, 2009, 2010; North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2009, 2010; Chambers USA Guide for General Commercial Litigation.
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| ISLN | 907597801 |
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