Represent the Southeastern Conference in defending multidistrict putative class actions filed by present and former student-athletes challenging the validity of NCAA grant-in-aid rules, filed in various locations and centralized in the Northern District of California. In re National Collegiate Athletic Association Athletic Grant-in-Aid Cap Antitrust Litigation and Jenkins v. NCAA, MDL No. 2541 & No. 14-cv-02758-CW (N.D. Cal.).

Represented Garlock, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enpro Inc., and certain of its debtor affiliates, in a Chapter 11 reorganization case in the Western District of North Carolina. The case resolved thousands of pending and future asbestos claims and attracted national attention for the effective resolution of such claims. In re Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, No. 10-31607 (W.D.N.C.).

Successfully represented Gov. McCrory, joined by former Govs. Martin and Hunt, in a direct appeal to the North Carolina Supreme Court in one of the first actions assigned to a three-judge panel created to hear facial challenges to acts of the North Carolina General Assembly. The governors alleged that certain statutory provisions relating to three newly created executive branch commissions violated the separation-of-powers clause, executive power clauses and appointments clause of the North Carolina Constitution. McCrory v. Berger, No. 113A15 (N.C. S. Ct.).

Represented a cast iron soil pipe and fittings manufacturer in defending a multidistrict class action alleging that the three domestic manufacturers conspired to fix and maintain prices. In re Cast Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2508 (E.D. Tenn.).

Represented Family Dollar Stores Inc. in an appeal regarding certification of a putative nationwide class action to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court. Scott v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc., 733 F.3d 105 (4th Cir. 2013).

Represented a hospital system in defending a putative class action alleging systemic patient overcharges. Hefner v. Mission Hospitals, Inc., 2014 WL 7591860, 2014 NCBC 64 (Dec. 8, 2014) (denying class certification).

Represented a domestic drywall manufacturer in defending a multidistrict class action alleging eight makers of drywall conspired to fix and maintain prices nationwide. In re Domestic Drywall Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2437 (E.D. Pa.).

Represent the Southeastern Conference in defending a putative class action filed by present and former student-athletes alleging that they should have been paid for the use of their video images in broadcasts of sports events. Marshall v. ESPN, No. 3:14-cv-1945 (M.D. Tenn.); No. 15-5753, 2016 WL 4400358 (6th Cir. Aug. 17, 2016) (argued appeal for the conferences). ESPN, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, and numerous conferences and licensing entities are co-defendants.

Serve as lead national counsel defending a Fortune 20 telecommunications company in a series of cases alleging False Claims Act and other claims related to the alleged undercollection of certain government taxes. 

Represent a major national bank in defending multidistrict putative class actions alleging a $1 billion-plus Ponzi scheme, filed in various locations and centralized in the District of Massachusetts. In re Telexfree Securities Litigation, MDL No. 4:14-md-2566 (D. Mass.).

Represented an international automobile manufacturer in an action brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as part of its nationwide enforcement plan to outlaw or curtail employers’ use of criminal background checks in the hiring process. U.S. EEOC v. BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, No. 7:13-CV-01583 (D.S.C.).

Represented a financial institution in a shareholder derivative action relating to auction rate securities sold by its subsidiary and breach of fiduciary duty claims against the officers and directors based on the collapse of the auction rate securities market and the handling of a lawsuit relating to that collapse.

Represented a water treatment company in an appeal of a multimillion-dollar trial court judgment, including an award of punitive damages, involving trade secrets, employment covenants not to solicit and other employment-related claims. GE Betz, Inc. v. Conrad, 752 S.E.2d 634 (N.C. Ct. App. 2013).

Represented a financial institution in a class action alleging a systemic failure to provide terms for payable-on-death accounts. The trial court denied class certification, accepting the credit union's position that individual interests predominate over class-wide interests.

Represented defendants in the North Carolina Business Court in a trial de novo and in the North Carolina Court of Appeals after the North Carolina Department of Revenue’s assessment of tax liability of approximately $11 million. Fowler v. Department of Revenue, 775 S.E.2d 350 (N.C. Ct. App. 2015) (affirming Business Court’s decision in defendants’ favor).