Education: Alma College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1985).

Member: Buncombe County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; 28th Judicial District and North Carolina State Bars; American Bankruptcy Institute; National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys.

Areas of Practice: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Condemnation; Creditor Bankruptcy; Foreclosures; Collections; Real Estate Litigation; Property Law; Bankruptcy Trustee.

Experience Includes:

• Certified Mediator for Superior Court Civil matters
• Commercial Litigation
• Condemnation
• Construction Law
• Construction Litigation
• Liquidations in State Court and Federal Court
• Real Property Litigation
• Representation of Creditors in Bankruptcy, Federal, and State Court

Representative Clients:

• Altamont Environmental
• Appalachian Oil
• Blue Ridge Paper Products
• Bonita Company of Carolina-Tennessee
• Branch Banking & Trust Company
• Buncombe County Tax Collector
• Carolina Day School
• Chicago Title Insurance Company
• Christ School
• Dearybury Oil & Gas, Inc.
• Fidelity Title Insurance Company
• Holcim USA
• Ingles-Markets/Leasing
• Jackson Savings Bank
• Lake Adger Developers
• Manual Woodworkers & Weavers
• Metromont Materials Corporation
• Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County
• NEO Corporation
• Old Republic Insurance Company
• Ramco-Gershenson, Inc.
• Self-Help Ventures Fund
• The Biltmore Company
• TMI Equity, Inc.

Presentations:

• N.C. Bar Foundation, Construction Law Section

Community Service:

• Haw Creek Elementary School PTA - Board of Directors (2000-2005)
• Rape Crisis Center - Board of Directors (1989 - 1995)