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"Active in all aspects of dispute resolution tailored to the forum best suited to each individual case, our lawyers are as comfortable in the courtroom as they are in alternative forums."

Robert C. Stephens

Biography


  • Areas of Practice

    • Approximately 40 years of involvement in complex commercial
      litigation including construction, real estate, banking and general business litigation.

     

    • Litigated construction claims involving industrial buildings, hotels, shopping centers, manufacturing plants, pharmaceutical plants, schools, water treatment plants and wastewater treatment plants, pipeline installation and tunnel construction.

     

    • Represented numerous municipalities in North Carolina with respect to bidding and negotiating public construction contracts as well as resolving claims arising out of public construction projects.

     

    • Represented numerous municipalities in connection with zoning and ordinance enforcement including appearances before Boards of Adjustment and in Court.

     

    • Assists in negotiating construction contracts and advising clients on claims and litigation avoidance procedures.

     

    • Extensive experience in litigating design claims, workmanship claims and construction delays, acceleration and scheduling issues

     

    • Represented borrowers/developers in connection with loan restructuring and workouts and the exercise of judicial remedies in loan default situations.

     

    • Represented litigants in a variety of business settings including breach of contract, business torts and shareholder / partnership disputes.

     

    • Certified Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association specializing in business and construction disputes.

     

  • Education & Experience

    • B.A., Wake Forest University, 1967.

     

    • J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law, (1970); Editor in Chief of the Wake Forest Law Review.

     

    • Lecturer and author for North Carolina Continuing Legal Education

     

     

     

     

     

  • Past Representation

    • Cities of Ashville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Kannapolis, Lumberton, Morganton and Wilmington; Stanley and Union Counties; Contract negotiations and claims settlement for Charlotte's Nascar Hall of Fame, Time Warner NBA Arena, and the Light Rail System; Represents the Charlotte Mecklenburg Utility Department and Water and Waste Treatment Facilities; General Counsel for the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County

  • Awards & Honors

    • Listed with Best Lawyers in America in the area of construction law

    • Named as the Best Construction Lawyer in the Charlotte Metro region for 2012
    • Selected by Business North Carolina magazine as a Legal Elite construction lawyers in the State of North Carolina and as a North Carolina Super Lawyer by Law & Politics and the publication of Charlotte Magazine, in the area of construction law.

  • Community Involvement

    • Licensed to practice law in North Carolina since 1970.

     

    •  President of the Mecklenburg Bar Foundation (2003-2005)

     

    • President of the Mecklenburg County Bar (2007-2008)

     

    • Admitted to practice in all Courts of the State of North Carolina, the United States District Courts for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

     

    • Served as a First Lieutenant in the United States Army, Judge Advocate General Corps, 1970-1972 with a tour of duty in the Republic of Korea.

     

    • Past Chairman of the Board of Managers of the Childress Klein YMCA and the Gateway YMCA, Member of the West Boulevard YMCA Board of Managers and recipient of the George Williams Award presented for lifetime achievement by the YMCA of greater Charlotte

     


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