Law Clerk to the Honorable Louis B. Meyer, Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court, 1986-1987
Director of Research and Assistant Professor of Law, 1985, Campbell University School of Law.
Significant Cases
Bird v. Bird, 363 N.C. 774, 688 S.E.2d 420 (2010) (on brief, summary judgment issue);
State v. Haddock, 191 N.C. App. 474, 664 S.E.2d 339 (2008) (criminal jury instruction issue);
Bryant v. Bowers, 182 N.C. App. 338, 641 S.E.2d 855 (2007) (declaratory judgment action in connection with spouse's year's allowance)
Oakes v. Wooten, 173 N.C. App. 506, 620 S.E.2d 39 (2005) (motor vehicle negligence case);
State v. Moore, 111 N.C. App. 649, 432 S.E.2d 887 (1993) (instruction on self defense);
State v. Sapatch, 108 N.C. App. 321, 423 S.E.2d 510 (1992) (reversing client's conviction which was based on search violating the Fourth Amendment).
Publications
You Take (45% of) My Breath Away: Apportionment of Worker's Compensation Awards in Occupational Disease Cases, 4 Campbell Law Rev. 107 (1982).
Recovery of Computer Assisted Research Charges in Federal Court: Putting Some Byte in Federal Fee and Cost Shifting Statutes, 9 Am. J. Trial Advocacy 265 (1985).
The N.C. Bar Association and The N.C. State Bar: Historical Perspective of Their Relationship, Bar Notes (Jan. 1987) 13.
Should District Attorneys Control the Criminal Trial Calendar?, 59 Popular Government 2 (Spring 1994).
Welcome to Dispute Resolution Law Reviews, North Carolina Bar Association Dispute Resolution Newsletter (Spring 2004).
Continuing Legal Education Presentations
2008
Wake Forest University School of Law, Annual Review of Torts and Products Liability - September 6, 2008, October 21, 2008, November 25, 2008.
2007
Wake Forest University School of Law, Annual Review of Torts and Products Liability - September 8, 2007, October 27, 2007, November 17, 2007.
Wake Forest University School of Law, Automobile Accident Litigation, Recent Developments in Automobile Accident Law, February 8, 2007.
2006
Wake Forest University School of Law, Tort Law Seminar - Negligence - January 12, 2006.
Wake Forest University School of Law, General Practice Seminar - Torts - November 10, 2006.
2005
Wake Forest University School of Law, General Practice Seminar - Recent Developments in Torts - November 10, 2005.
2004
Wake Forest University School of Law, Criminal Law Seminar - Professionalism- January 2004.
Wake Forest University School of Law, Motor Vehicle Law in North Carolina - Proving Damages - September 24, 2004.
2003
Wake Forest University School of Law, Evidence Seminar - Rule 404(b) - January 2003.
High Point Bar Association: Coordinator of Professional Responsibility and Ethics Seminar (High Point), May 5, 2003.
N.C. Institute of Government: Training Conference for New Felony Defenders (Chapel Hill), June 2003.
2002
Wake Forest University School of Law, Criminal Law Seminar - Professional Responsibility - January 2002. N.C. Institute of Government: Training Conference for New Felony Defenders (Chapel Hill), June 2003.
1995
North Carolina Bar Association: Course Planner, Criminal Appellate Advocacy Seminar (Raleigh), January 20, 1995.
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