Litigation:
The firm conducts a broad civil litigation practice. Clients include businesses of all sizes, institutions, insurers, and self-insured companies. Our attorneys regularly appear in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies. We have experience in all alternate forms of dispute resolution, including mini-trials, mediation, and arbitration. We also have defended a large number of class actions.

Our attorneys provide preventive counseling and litigation services on contract disputes; bankruptcy; lender liability; employment matters; product liability; construction disputes; entertainment; securities; franchising; collection of foreign debts and execution of foreign judgments in North Carolina; intellectual property disputes, including trade secrets, patents, trademarks and copyrights; environmental matters, including toxic torts; unfair trade practices, including antitrust, tying agreements, competitive bidding practices, promotional programs and practice, and exclusive dealing arrangements; confidentiality agreements; medical malpractice; suretyship; tax and estate matters; and title matters.

Intellectual Property:
We provide services in intellectual property protection, including patent prosecution and counseling; trademark searching and prosecution; copyright matters, both of a literary and computer software nature; trade secret matters; employee and non-disclosure agreements; research and development agreements; and related litigation.

We negotiate agreements involving strategic alliances, technology transfers and licenses, software use, product sales and distribution, and original equipment manufacturers and value-added retailers.

Our attorneys have technical backgrounds in electrical, computer, mechanical, and chemical engineering, as well as scientific backgrounds in molecular biology, biotechnology, physics, and chemistry.