I am an experienced civil litigator having represented clients in North Carolina’s state and federal courts for over eighteen years. I focus my litigation practice on the areas of personal injury, employment law, and business litigation.  Here are just a few of the types of civil cases I handle:

• Personal Injury Claims
• Wrongful Death
• Employment Discrimination
• Catastrophic Injuries 
• Bicycle Accidents
• Wrongful Discharge
• Non-Competes or Restrictive Covenants
• Race Discrimination
• Gender Discrimination
• Employment Retaliation
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Equal Pay Act
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Dog Bites and Attacks
• Workers’ Compensation
• Automobile Accidents
• Business Disputes
• Breach of Contract
• Unfair And Deceptive Trade Practices Claims
• Negligent Misrepresentation
• Fraud
  

I also do a fair amount of business transactional work. I review and draft various types of contracts, such as business contracts, landlord/tenant agreements, non-competition agreements (restrictive covenants), non-disclosure agreements, confidentiality agreements, severance agreements, and many others. I enjoy helping entrepreneurs form and start their businesses, while also counseling them on compliance with state and federal employment law. Because I have litigated cases in which poor legal drafting has led to hotly contested and costly litigation, I strongly believe my business clients greatly benefit from my litigation experience.

Overall, I am a litigator and trial lawyer at heart. From the moment I begin working on a client’s case, I work the case as if I will one day try that case to a jury. This means I am always prepared to fight for my client in the courtroom. However, I also constantly keep my client’s objective in mind. Therefore, even while I am preparing a case for trial, if my client’s objective is, for example, to settle the case, that is the objective I seek to achieve. With my client’s objective as my main goal coupled with my continuous and relentless preparation for trial, my clients receive outstanding legal representation.

Professional Activities

• Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Western, Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina
• Admitted North Carolina State Bar, 2003
• American Bar Association
• North Carolina Bar Association
• Wake County Bar Association

Education

• Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, J.D., 2003, cum laude
• Louisiana State University, 1996, B.A.