Areas of Practice

• Environmental Litigation
• Plaintiffs' Personal Injury
• Construction Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Complex Litigation

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certification/Specialties

• Certified Mediator, Dispute Resolution Commission

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 1994
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1994
• U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 2006
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1998
• U.S. Tax Court, 2001

Education

• Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Buies Creek, North Carolina, 1994
  J.D.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Honors: John J. Broderick Scholar
  Law Review: Campbell Law Review, Editor in Chief, 1993 - 1994
  
  
• UNC - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1990
  B.A.
  Major: English
  
  

Representative Cases

• Hester v. Allstate Ins. Co., 347 N.C. 345. 493 S.E.2d 416 ( 1997)
• Rawls & Associates v. Hurst, 550 S.E.2d 219 (144 N.C. App. 286 2001)
• Smith v. Johnson, 481 S.E.2d 415 (125 N.C. App. 603 1997)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Pitt County Bar Association
  Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, President 2003-2004
  
  
• North Carolina Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• American Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• American Association for Justice
  Member
  
  
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Ward and Smith, P.A., associate, 1994 - 1999
• Ward and Smith, P.A., partner, 2000 - 2001

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Omicron Delta Kappa

Birth Information

• December 10, 1963, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States of America