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Current Employment Position:
Member
Year Joined Organization:
2009
Previous Firm:
Becton, Slifkin & Bell - Partner
1994-2008
Areas of Practice:
Catastrophic Personal Injury
Tractor-Trailer Collisions
Business Torts
Professional Negligence
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
North Carolina, 1991
U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1991
J.D
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1991
M.B.A
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1987
B.A.
Published Works:
Insurance Profitability, NCATL TRIAL Briefs
Classes/Seminars Taught:
"Uninsured Motorist Update", North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, October 1993
"Winning With Exhibits", American Association for Justice, November 1993
Personal Injury Law Seminar- "The Unattractive Client", North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, April 1994
"I'm Only a Tenth Grader, Isn't it Too Early to Think About Law School?"-
Moderator, High School Law Career Conference, North Carolina Bar Association, April 1994
Examination of Expert Witnesses- Litigation Section Annual Meeting, North Carolina Bar Association, October 1994
Personal Injury Law Seminar- "Summation", North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, April 1995
Exhibits: Injecting Life Into Your Products Liability Case", North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, January 1996
Practical Skills Course, "Life in a Small Law Firm" (Panelist), North Carolina Bar Association, August 1997
Trial Evidence program (Speaker), North Carolina Bar Association, December 2000
"How to Avoid Death by Your Own Client", American Association for Justice, January 2002
Trial Evidence, "Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule", North Carolina Bar Association, December 2003
Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group- "Weaving an Effective Story at Trial",
American Association for Justice Annual Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, July 2004
Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy
Honors and Awards:
Lawyer of the Year, North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, 1996
Best Lawyers in America, 2006
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Association for Justice, New Lawyers Division, 1993-1997
State Governor
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1994
Co-founder, Young Lawyers Steering Committee
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
Membership Committee
North Carolina State Bar, 1994
Chairman, Judicial District 10-B Bar Candidate Committee
North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, 1994-1996
Parliamentarian
North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, 1996-1998
First Vice-President
North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, 1998-2000
President
North Carolina Bar Association, 1995-1996
Minorities in the Profession Committee
North Carolina Bar Association, 1999-2000
Race Relations Implementation Committee
North Carolina Bar Association, 2003-Present
Tort Reform Study Committee
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1995-1996
Public Service and Information Committee
North Carolina Justice Center, 2005
Board of Directors
American Bar Association
Member
Wake County Bar Association
Member
Redeeming Love Baptist Church, 1999-2006
Ordained Minister/Pastoral Assistant
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Wendell, NC 2006- Present
Senior Pastor
Fraternities:
Alpha Phi Alpha
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