View
Litigation Attorneys >>
The trial attorneys
in our Litigation Department regularly practice
before the North Carolina and federal trial
and appellate courts. We also have experience
representing clients in matters pending
before administrative agencies and professional
licensing boards. We are engaged in an active
trial practice and specialize in the areas
of complex business and commercial litigation,
employment litigation, professional liability
and medical malpractice defense, insurance
defense, construction litigation and other
areas of civil litigation.
Select a Category
:
CORPORATE
AND BUSINESS
The
Litigation Department supports and represents
the firm's diverse business clients whenever
they become involved in litigation. We have
successfully handled cases involving contract
disputes, shareholder derivative actions,
taxation matters, real estate disputes,
estate and trust litigation and virtually
every type of business dispute that may
arise between corporations and their clients,
customers or competitors.
Back
To Top >>
COMMERCIAL
Clients of our firm's
Real Estate and Banking practice area have
the resources of our experienced and aggressive
litigators for complex commercial cases
involving lender liability, real estate,
collections, bankruptcy, leasing cases and
other financial disputes.
Back
To Top >>
CONSTRUCTION
Our firm maintains a strong and diverse
construction practice that includes litigation,
arbitration, and administrative hearings.
In conjunction with our firm's Real Estate
department, we offer a broad range of services
to developers, owners, general contractors,
subcontractors and suppliers. Our services
range from the negotiation and drafting
of agreements to handling lien, bond, subcontractor
and owner disputes through litigation, mediation
or arbitration in state and federal courts.
Back
To Top >>
EMPLOYMENT
Our firm primarily represents the employer’s
interest in the full range of employment
matters, whether involving employment discrimination
cases, occupational safety and health cases,
wage and hour disputes, Employment Security
Commission issues, covenants against competition,
and ERISA questions. We provide support
to the firm's Business Department in the
areas of employment contract, employee benefit
and pension issues and other employment
matters. We also represent plaintiffs in
employment matters, primarily based on referrals
from other attorneys, Judges or other clients
when such representation does not create
a conflict with our representation of existing
clients. In addition
to handling litigation in state and federal
courts and before administrative agencies,
we work closely with management to develop
and implement effective employment policies.
We are skilled and experienced in creating
employee handbooks, disciplinary systems,
employment contracts and related materials
that minimize the risk of costly litigation.
Back
To Top >>
INSURANCE
DEFENSE/PERSONAL INJURY
Our firm regularly handles general
insurance defense, product liability,
professional liability and workers' compensation
cases, including insurance coverage issues.
We are approved counsel for 28 insurance
carriers or groups and are listed in Best’s
Directory of Recommended Attorneys. Litigation
attorneys handling these matters are members
of North Carolina Association of Defense
Attorneys, The Defense Research Institute,
and Litigation Sections of the North Carolina
and American Bar Associations. We also
represent plaintiffs in personal injury
matters, based on referrals from other
attorneys, judges, or other clients, when
this representation does not create a
conflict with our representation of existing
clients.
Back
To Top >>
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Our firm
represents and counsels clients with respect
to a broad range of issues relating to
the creation, protection, and transfer
of intellectual property rights, including
representation of clients in federal and
state litigation of disputes concerning
intellectual property. Our practice in
this area involves copyrights, trademarks,
trade dress, trade secrets, and unfair
competition law.
We counsel clients
regarding the evaluation, selection, use,
protection, licensing, and transfer of
trademarks and copyrights. We practice
before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office in preparing and prosecuting applications
for registration of marks and in litigation
involving the registration of marks. We
also counsel clients in all aspects of
protecting trade secrets and other proprietary
information and are involved in drafting
employment agreements, confidentiality
agreements and covenants not to compete.
Back
To Top >>
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
DEFENSE
Our firm maintains
an excellent statewide reputation for
the effective and successful representation
of physicians, dentists and other health
care providers and their insurers in the
defense of professional liability claims.
We have successfully defended many physicians
and other health care providers in cases
where plaintiffs were seeking to recover
millions of dollars. One of our clients,
Medical Mutual Insurance Company of North
Carolina, is the largest medical and dental
malpractice liability insurer in North
Carolina. One of our attorneys is one
of only six members of Medical Mutual
Insurance Company of North Carolina’s
"Diamond Defense Team" which
is comprised of attorneys who are considered
to be among the best in the State and
who are often retained to represent physicians
and other health care providers in the
most difficult and complex cases. Our
firm also represents physicians, dentists
and other health care providers at hearings
before their respective licensing boards.
Back
To Top >>
|
