Fred is a seasoned litigator with more than 30 years of experience representing clients throughout state and federal courts in North Carolina. He serves as a trusted advisor to businesses across various industries with a focus on financial institutions, including banks, investment advisors, and professional service firms. Fred defends clients in matters such as unfair and deceptive trade practices, competition disputes, trade secret protection, contractual disputes, shareholder disputes, professional liability, fraud, and financial services litigation. He also guides his clients through complex, high-stakes class action lawsuits.
In addition, Fred regularly represents clients in complex arbitrations, the North Carolina Business Court, the North Carolina Court of Appeals, the North Carolina Supreme Court, and all state and federal courts in between. He has also represented clients in front of the Office of Administrative Hearings in contested cases.
Fred is committed to improving the legal process management experience for clients as a certified Legal Lean Sigma® Yellow Belt. This certification focuses on problem solving, process improvement, and project management to provide efficient case management.