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Areas of
Practice
Legislative
Representation, Government Relations, Commercial Litigation,
including Construction, Real Property Development and Contract Matters
Education
J.D.,
Wake Forest University, 1985
B.A.
(Politics), Cum Laude, Wake Forest University, 1982
Profile
David is an experienced
contract lobbyist practicing before the North Carolina General Assembly on
multiple issues, including health care, tax and business and corporate
affairs. David’s lobbying practice is enhanced by almost two decades of
experience with Poyner & Spruill advocating for businesses in the areas
of commercial construction, real property development, commercial
landlord/tenant and financial transactions.
David is an experienced trial attorney and
has been involved in litigation in state and federal courts, as well as
before numerous arbitration panels. In addition, David is a certified
Superior Court mediator and has served as a mediator and advocate for
clients in mediations for almost ten years.
David brings a business-like approach to
lobbying and litigation with a focus on the solution to the problem, and a
big picture perspective.
Representative
Health Care Related Legislative Clients
- North Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological
Society
- North Carolina Association for Non-Profit
Homes for the Aging
- Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life
Care
- Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
Representative
Tax and Business Related Legislative Clients
- UST, Inc.
- Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
- North Carolina Association of Textile
Services
Recent
Cases of Note
Obtained a $5.5 million settlement in 2003
against the North Carolina Department of Transportation while representing
a national bridge building company
John Brent Frost and Carolyn Frost and Persons
Similarly Situated v. Mazda Motor Of America, Inc., 353 N.C. 188, 540
S.E.2d 324 (2000)
- Helped a national finance company resolve a
state court class action lawsuit that alleged unfair and deceptive trade
practices.
Defended developers of a historic
rehabilitation construction project in a week long arbitration from claims
of a disgruntled partner who alleged mismanagement and financial
irregularities
Hartford Fire Insurance Company v. T. A. Loving
Company, Incorporated v. ECF, Incorporated, D/B/A Underwood-Dawson (U.S.
App., 1996)
- Involving dispute over commercial insurance coverage
W. David Liner, et al. v. Gary
Dicresce, et al.,
905 F. Supp. 280 (MDNC, 1994)
- Involving claims against an estate for
alleged securities violations of the decedent
Bolton Corporation v. T.A. Loving Company, William E.
Bolton, III v. T.A. Loving Company, and Bolton Corporation,
94 N.C. App. 392, 380 S.E.2d 796 (1989)
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A precedent setting case involving
liability of multiple prime contractors on a state university construction
project
Raynor Steel Erection v. York Construction Company
and The Atlantic States Bankcard Properties Corporation,
83 N.C. App. 654, 351 S.E.2d 136 (1986)
- Represented a steel erector accused
of negligent construction in a building collapse
Professional
and Community Activities
North
Carolina Professional Lobbyists Association
Wake
County Bar Association
- Board of Directors, 1998-1999
North
Carolina Bar Association
Registered
North Carolina Lobbyist
Certified
Superior Court Mediator
District
Court Arbitrator
Board
of Directors, Kids Voting of Wake County, 1998-2000
Notable
Accomplishments
United
Way of Wake County’s Leaders for Tomorrow, 1993
Greater
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Leadership Raleigh
Jurisdictions
Licensed
North
Carolina
4th
Circuit Court of Appeals
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