David L. Terry  
Partner 
Education

Wake Forest University, JD, 1983

Wake Forest University, BS, 1980, cum laude

Professional and Community Activities

Mecklenburg County Bar Association

North Carolina State Bar

Notable Accomplishments
Jurisdictions Licensed
301 S. College Street, Suite 2300, Charlotte, NC 28202t: 704.342.5272|
f: 704.342.5264|
David provides counsel and legal representation to employers on a wide range of employment and labor-management areas. His practice is primarily litigation involving employee issues which expand into areas of tort law actions against employers. David represents Fortune 500 companies and employers in the trucking, retail, healthcare, manufacturing and other industries. He is a frequent speaker to various human resource and employer/employee groups. David was a Captain in the United States Army and served as the Chief Trial Counsel, JAGC, for the 3rd Infantry Division.

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 various tort 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

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Prior Legal Experience

He was Captain and Chief Trial Counsel in the United States Army, Judge Advocate General’s Corps from 1983 to 1987.
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