Attorney
CurrentIn employment law, I provide both counseling and litigation expertise to employers and executives. My work ranges from the negotiation of employment and severance contracts, to day-to-day advice on employment law questions, to litigation of a variety of employment disputes, including discrimination, harassment, noncompetition covenant, trade secret, wrongful termination, and ERISA matters. My business and commercial litigation practice encompasses disputes of many kinds, including breaches of contract, shareholder rights, business valuations, landlord-tenant issues, and unfair competition matters. As noted above, I litigate frequently in North Carolina’s Business Court. My commercial litigation experience includes hearings and litigation in forums from state and local administrative tribunals, cases in all divisions of North Carolina's state (and other states') courts, and extensive federal litigation, including appeals to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. I have experience representing clients who are the subject of SEC and other investigations into securities matters. My experience includes conducting multiple internal investigations and successfully responding to both SEC informal inquiries and formal investigations without enforcement actions being filed. I also have litigated multiple civil securities matters for both corporations and shareholders. I also am a Certified Superior Court Mediator in North Carolina.
