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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 35 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.

     

    • Has 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.

     

    • 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

     

    • Has represented lenders and borrowers in connection with loan restructuring and workouts and the exercise of judicial remedies in loan default situations.

     

    • Has 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.

     

     

  • Past Representation

  • Awards & Honors

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

     

    • Selected by Business North Carolina magazine as one of the 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.

     

    • General Counsel to the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County.

     

    • 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 Uptown YMCA and the Gateway YMCA, member of the West Boulevard YMCA Board of Managers and past recipient of the George Williams Award presented for lifetime achievement by the YMCA of Greater Charlotte.

     

    • CLE lecturer on construction law issues.

     

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