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Areas of
Practice
Employment
Law, Health Care, Administrative Law, Litigation, Mediation
Education
J.D., Wake Forest University,
1983
B.A., Wake
Forest University, 1980
Profile
Louis has
been with Poyner & Spruill since 1985. He is a partner in the firm’s
employment law section and its healthcare practice group.
In employment
law, Louis has 20 years of experience in assisting employers and business
owners with enforcement of non-compete covenants and other restrictive
covenants, protection of trade secrets and proprietary information, and
litigation of other claims associated with departing employees. He has
obtained restraining orders and injunctions in numerous cases to prevent
departing employees from violating non-compete covenants or misappropriating
customer relationships and trade secrets. In addition, Louis advises
employers and business owners on the use of non-compete covenants and other
restrictive covenants in employment agreements and other business
agreements, helps them implement other strategies for protection of customer
relationships and trade secrets, and counsels them on precautions to take
when recruiting or hiring a competitor’s employee. In selected cases,
Louis also represents employees in disputes involving non-compete covenants
or other restrictive covenants.
In
healthcare, Louis represents healthcare providers in certificate of need,
licensure and certification, and other regulatory proceedings before North
Carolina agencies. He has represented healthcare providers in successful
efforts to obtain certificates of need for new healthcare facilities, and he
has obtained "no review" determinations from North Carolina
agencies allowing healthcare providers to develop new healthcare facilities
without certificates of need. Louis also represents healthcare providers in
matters involving physician privileges.
Recent
Cases of Note
Barr-Mullin,
Inc. vs. Douglas M. Browning, et al., 108 N.C. App. 590, 424 S.E.2d
226.
Douglas
Vaughn, et al. vs. Peirson & Whitman, et al., Wake County Superior
Court.
Barfield,
et al. vs. Sportsman’s World, Inc., Wayne County Superior Court.
Living
Centers-Southeast, Inc., et al. vs. N.C. Department of Health and Human
Services, et al., 138 N.C. App. 572, 532 S.E.2d 192.
Professional/Community
Activities
Task
Force on Quality and Value of Legal Services, North Carolina Bar
Association, 1991 - 1993
Division
Director, Young Lawyers Division, North Carolina Bar Association, 1992 -
1993
Board
of Directors, Wake County Bar Association, 1993 - 1994
Certified
Mediator since 1994
Notable
Accomplishments
Ranked among Law & Politics
magazine's North Carolina “Super Lawyers,” (Labor and Employment Law)
2006 - 2008
President,
Wake County Bar Association, 1999
Publications
Non-Fraternization Policies Pose Difficult Issues But May Be Useful When Limited
and Enforced Fairly (This article originally appeared in the January 2006
issue of Business Lawyer, the newsletter published by the North Carolina
Bar Association's Corporate Counsel Section. It is reprinted with permission.)
Impact
of New Overtime Regulations on Health Care Occupations
(This article
originally appeared in the
October 2004 issue of Prognosis, the newsletter published by the
North Carolina Bar Association's Health Law Section and the North Carolina
Society of Healthcare Attorneys. It is reprinted with
permission.)
Do’s
and Don’ts of Calling for a Reference, Business Leader, March 1996
Agreeing
to Agree: Written Employment Agreements Define Essential Terms of
Employment, Triangle Business Journal, October 1995
Employers
Should Take Precautions When Hiring a Competitor’s Employee, North
Carolina Business Counsel, 1994
Prior Legal
Experience
Law Clerk to
the Honorable Alexander B. Denson, United States Magistrate Judge, 1983-1985
Jurisdictions
Licensed
North
Carolina (all state and federal courts); United States Court of Appeals for
the Fourth Circuit; United States Supreme Court
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