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Practice(s): Worker’s Compensation, Construction, Employment, Civil Litigation, Products Liability
Online Articles: Non-Competition Agreements For Doctors And Medical Practices - 8/1/2006, A Good Noncompete Can Help You Stay Competitive - 6/1/2006, New Federal Rules Governing Overtime Pay and Exemptions - Part I - 11/1/2004, New Federal Rules Governing Overtime Pay and Exemptions - Part II - Rules Applicable to Medical Practices and Health Care Facilities - 1/20/2001
Born: Galax, Virginia, 1955.
Admitted to bar: 1989 North Carolina.
Education: Meredith College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); Wake Forest University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989); Research Editor, Wake Forest University Law Review (1988-89).
Member: Forsyth County and North Carolina (Litigation Section; Labor Law Section, Workers' Compensation Section) Bar Associations; North Carolina Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Secton Council-Liason to Labor Law Section, 2007-08; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; Listed, Business North Carolina's Legal Elite, 2006; Recognized as one of "The Best Lawyers In America" (2007- ) in the areas of Commercial Litigation and Workers' Compensation Law.
Civic Activities: Yadkinville Elementary School Advisory Board, 1998-2001; Yadkinville Elementary School PTA President, 1996-98; Yadkin County Smart Start Partnership, Inc., 1994-97, Friends of Yadkin County Library, 2005-; Yadkinville United Methodist Church (Missions Committee, 2005- ).
Author/Speaker: Advanced Workers' Compensation, National Business Institute, Inc. Seminar (December, 1994); North Carolina Labor and Employment Law, National Business Institute, Inc. Seminar (July, 1997); "Supreme Court Issues ADA Opinions Favorable to Employers," Bizlife Magazine, August, 2002; "New Federal Rules Governing Overtime Pay and Exemptions, Part I," MD News, November, 2004; "New Federal Rules Governing Overtime Pay and Exemptions, Part II," MD News, February, 2005; "Non-Competition Agreements for Doctors and Medical Practices," July, 2006; "A Good Noncompete Can Help You Stay Competitive," July, 2006; "Balancing Act: EEOC Weighs in on Work and Family Responsibilities," MD News, September, 2007.
Admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. | 