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Areas of Practice
Employment Law, Labor-Management Relations,
Employment Discrimination/Retaliation, Wage and Hour
Education
J.D., Wake Forest University,
1983
B.S., Wake Forest University
(Cum Laude), 1980
Representative Experience
Employer defense trial counsel and providing
management advice on all areas of employment law including race, sex,
religion, color, age, disability and handicap discrimination, retaliation
and harassment cases, Family and Medical Leave Act cases, worker’s
compensation retaliation claims, "whistleblower" claims, wrongful
death cases, and "Woodson" cases
Defends employers before all state and local
human rights agencies, The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The U.S.
and State Departments of Labor, and all Federal and State courts
Provides timely advice on all aspects of
employment law with respect to employer actions and decisions, reductions in
force, handbooks and policies
Frequently provides management and employee
training on all areas of employment law and union avoidance
Frequently speaks to human resources
organizations, EAP associations, local and state employers associations and
other local groups on topics of particular interest or significance in the
employment arena
Specific experience in the trucking, retail
grocery, food distribution, manufacturing and health care industries
Professional/Community
Activities
Mecklenburg
County Bar Association
North Carolina State Bar
Captain, Chief Trial Counsel, United States Army, Judge Advocate General's
Corps, 1983 - 1987
Notable Accomplishments
Ranked among Law & Politics
magazine's North Carolina “Super Lawyers,” (Labor and Employment Law)
2006 - 2008
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