Licensed to practice before all North Carolina State Courts, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Member of the North Carolina and American Bar Associations, the Eighth Judicial District Bar Association, the Lenoir County Bar Association (President 97-98), the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (Member of Board of Governors), and The Eastern North Carolina Inn of Court. Selection as one of the Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of products liability litigation since 2010. Selected by his peers for North Carolina Business Magazine Legal Elite for Litigation since 2013. AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Recently selected to the 2017 North Carolina Super Lawyers list for litigation.Recent cases of note:• Industrial Plant Explosion: Participated as co-lead counsel in obtaining 43 million dollars from various installation contractors and providers resulting from an industrial accident and explosion resulting in numerous deaths and injuries.• Coastal Construction Failure. Obtained 2.7 million dollar settlement for family that sustained injuries from a coastal structural failure.• Wrongful Death and personal injury: Recovered 1.2 million for the wrongful death and personal injury in an intersection collision that involved issues of medical emergency by the defendant.*