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Practice(s): Bank Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Business Litigation, Contracts Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Securities Litigation, Shareholder Disputes, Trade Secrets, Trademark, Copyright, Corporate Disputes, Employment, Unfair Competition, Unfair Trade Practices
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Born: Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1959.
Admitted to bar: 1987 West Virginia; 1989 North Carolina.
Education: Duke University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1982); Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha; Stanford University (J.D., 1986).
Clerkship: Honorable John T. Copenhaver, Jr., United States District Judge, Southern District of West Virginia (1986-88).
Member: Forsyth County, North Carolina, and West Virginia Bar Associations; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; Recognized as one of "The Best Lawyers In America" (2005- ) in the area of Commercial Litigation.
Civic Activities: American Belarussian Relief Organization; Salem Montessori School, Board of Directors;Homeless Legal Project; Northwest North Carolina Chapter of the American Red Cross; Knights of Columbus.
Admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina, The United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. | 