Representative Experience
- Serve as lead and local counsel in business litigation involving all aspects of contract and commercial disputes
- Experience in federal and state appellate matters and jury and bench trials
- Represent and advise contractors, owners, and design professionals on public, commercial, and residential construction projects
- Represent contractors, owners, and warranty companies in litigation involving construction delay, cost overrun, and defect claims
- Represent insurers and insureds in complex insurance coverage and bad faith litigation
- Defend manufacturers and suppliers in products liability litigation
- Represent businesses and individuals in disciplinary proceedings before administrative licensing boards
Education
- Appalachian State University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2001
- Wake Forest University, J.D., 2004
Admissions
- North Carolina State Bar
- Virginia State Bar
- United States District Courts for North Carolina
- United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Publications and Presentations
- Recent Developments in Federal Preemption of Pharmaceutical Drug and Medical Device Product Liability Claims, The Defender, Fall 2009
- Compendium of Product Liability Law Issues (North Carolina section), ALFA International, 2009
- The Lawyer's Perspective: What P.I.'s Should Know, presented to the North Carolina Association of Private Investigators, 2009
- Unfair Trade Practices v. Bad Faith, Insurance Bad Faith Claims, Lorman Educ. Svcs., 2005
- Discovery in Bad Faith Actions, Insurance Bad Faith Claims, Lorman Educ. Svcs., 2005
Affiliations
- National Trial Advocacy College, University of Virginia School of Law - Participant, 2012
- North Carolina Bar Association - Co-Chair, Pro Bono/Poverty Issues Committee, 2009 - Present; Co-Chair, Domestic Issues Committee, 2008 - 2009
- Virginia State Bar/Young Lawyers Conference - Admission & Orientation Committee, 2006 - 2008 (Chair, 2007 - 2008)
- North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
- Defense Research Institute
- University of Richmond School of Law - Coach, National Labor and Employment Trial Advocacy Team, 2007 - 2008; Coach, National Appellate Advocacy Team, 2006 - 2008