"I love being a lawyer, but I especially love being a lawyer at Bell, Davis & Pitt. From the moment I began practicing law, I learned from some of the best lawyers this State has to offer that zealous advocacy on behalf of a client and honor are not mutually exclusive concepts. I am a litigator because I like helping people resolve their disputes in a civilized, albeit imperfect, manner."
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S.B.A., 1993)
Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998); Wake Forest Law Review; Moot Court Board
BAR & COURT ADMITTANCE
1998, North Carolina
United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
CURRENT
North Carolina State Bar Council
Endowment Committee, North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, Inc.
North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
President, Mount Tabor High School Athletics Board
Board of directors, Chief Justice Joseph Branch Inn of Court
Winston-Salem Rotary Club
Youth sports coach
PAST
President, Winston-Salem Lacrosse, Inc.
Executive Committee, Forsyth County Bar Association
Chair, Strategic Planning/Emerging Trends Committee, North Carolina Bar Association
Judicial Independence Committee, North Carolina Bar Association
Ethics and Grievance Committee, Twenty-first Judicial District Bar
Chair, Board of Managers, William G. White, Jr. Family YMCA
Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Vestry member; finance, stewardship, rector search, building & grounds committees, St. Paul's Episcopal Church
AWARDS
The Best Lawyers in America® Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance; Litigation - Construction; Litigation - Insurance; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Trusts and Estates (2025)
The Best Lawyers in America® "Lawyers of the Year" for Litigation - Trusts and Estates in Triad (2021, 2024)
The Best Lawyers in America® (Recognized since 2010)
Triad Business Journal’s 40 Leaders Under 40
William G. White, Jr. Family YMCA Volunteers of the Year (together with his wife, Aimee) (2010)
North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2009-2011)
North Carolina Super Lawyers in Business Litigation (2014-2015, 2017 - 2019)
Super Lawyers Business Litigation, Winston-Salem (2024)
Business North Carolina magazine Legal Elite in Litigation (2008-2009, 2013, 2015 - 2019)