Representative Matters
Representative experience includes matters handled in my independent practice, at law firms, in-house, in government, and in public-interest settings.Descriptions are generalized to protect confidentiality; prior results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Employment, Labor, & Workforce Counseling
- Defended employers in discrimination, retaliation, wrongful-discharge, constructive-discharge, and religious-accommodation matters; successfully mediated several six-figure disputes; and negotiated settlements for plaintiffs, including a near-seven-figure matter and settlements involving educational institutions and employers.
- Defended a regional brewing and taproom employer in wage-and-hour class litigation involving more than 5,000 employees, alleged tip-credit violations, and off-the-clock work.
- Advised employers and universities on 10+ reductions in force under Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, the OWBPA, and related law, and drafted or reviewed approximately 100 separation agreements.
- Counseled companies on domestic and international employment policies, employee handbooks, and multijurisdictional workplace practices.
Complex Litigation & Commercial Disputes
- Represented a national bank in multiple putative class actions centralized in multidistrict litigation arising from an alleged major Ponzi or pyramid scheme.
- Represented a publicly traded multinational company in multidistrict federal class-action litigation concerning PFAS and related products-liability and toxic-tort claims.
- Represented the Southeastern Conference in multidistrict class-action litigation challenging NCAA rules concerning name, image, and likeness.
- Represented large employers in contractual disputes in federal and state courts, including the North Carolina Business Court, involving UCC Article 2, competing contractual forms, supply and delivery obligations, software agreements, and settlement enforcement.
Institutional, Regulatory, & In-House Experience
- Advised presidents, chancellors, vice chancellors, deans, and other senior university and nonprofit leaders on governance, race and diversity, politically sensitive issues, organizational structure, recruitment and retention, fundraising, safety, and government policy.
- Advised seven Triangle-area nonprofits on program design and execution, organizational strategy, grant and community requirements, tax-exempt compliance, anti-discrimination requirements, and litigation and reputational risk.
- Advised a major healthcare system on public mental-health services and represented a healthcare organization in district-court involuntary-commitment hearings.
- Worked within Honeywell’s legal department on products, workers’ compensation, privilege, and discovery matters, and in the North Carolina Governor’s Office of Legal Counsel on constitutional, redistricting, executive-power, and policy matters, including Moore v. Harper.
Constitutional, Civil Rights, & Public Law
- Advised school boards on policies implicating the First Amendment.
- Supported matters involving prisoner religious liberty, student religious discrimination, and religious-dress requirements.
- Supported litigation challenging zoning and cemetery restrictions alleged to obstruct development of a mosque and cemetery.
Construction & Real Estate
- Handled litigation involving subdivision development, residential construction, real estate, and related contractual obligations.
- Supported an EPC contractor in the successful resolution of a nine-figure contract dispute concerning a sophisticated paper-mill manufacturing conversion.