- Banking Litigation
- Bankruptcy + Restructuring
- Class Action
- Consumer Financial Services
- Consumer Law Compliance
- Enforcement Actions + Investigations
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)
- False Claims Act + Other Whistleblower Actions
- Financial Services Litigation
- Litigation + Trial
- Mortgage Lending + Servicing
- Regulatory Investigations, Strategy + Enforcement
- Residential Solar Leasing + Finance
- State Attorneys General
- Board of Advisors, Center for Banking and Finance, University of North Carolina School of Law
- Vice President (2016-2017), Board of Directors (2013-2017), Carolina Rapids Soccer Club
- President (2008-2009), Board of Directors (2005), Mental Health Association of the Central Carolinas Inc.
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1992
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., with distinction, Morehead Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, 1989
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina
- Speaker, “Crossing the Line: Legal Insights Into Customs Fraud and Tariff Evasion,” ACC Charlotte Chapter, August 6, 2025.
- Co-presenter, “Branching Out: Introduction to State and Local False Claims Act Practice,” American Bar Association Webinar, June 12, 2024.
- Moderator, “Negotiating Settlements with the Government: From Monitorship to Consent Decrees,” The Government Investigations and Civil Litigation Institute’s 8th Annual Meeting, November 2022.
- Presenter, “Paycheck Protection Program Webinar – How Lenders Can Defend Against Claims in PPP Litigation,” Troutman Sanders, May 8, 2020.
- Presenter, “Focus on Financial Services Industry: Latest Developments on False Claims & FIRREA,” ACI’s 5th Advanced Forum on False Claims & Qui Tam Enforcement, January 30, 2018.
- Presenter, “A Review of Recent Fair Housing Act Municipality Cases and Other Municipality Claims,” September 12, 2017.
- Co-author, “Wisconsin v. Bell and What’s Next for FCA Enforcement,” Troutman Pepper Locke, March 18, 2025.
- Co-author, “The False Claims Act May Be the Next Weapon in the Trump Administration’s War on DEI,” Troutman Pepper Locke, March 3, 2025.
- Co-author, “Consumer Protection: Understanding Enforcement Actions Brought by State Attorneys General,” American Bar Association, 2024.
- Podcast, “12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 4 – A Focus on the FCA,” Regulatory Oversight Podcast, December 10, 2024.
- Podcast, “FCA Uncovered: Mitigating Risk in the Regulatory Spotlight,” Regulatory Oversight Podcast, May 14, 2024.
- Co-author, “Defense Benefits of Supreme Court’s Ruling on False Claims Act Scienter,” Bloomberg Law, August 2023.
- Co-author, “All Is Not Lost: The Hidden Defense Benefits of the Supreme Court’s Recent Unanimous Ruling on False Claims Act Scienter,” Troutman Pepper, July 5, 2023.
- Co-author, “State Attorney General Actions: How Outside Counsel for AGs Changes the Game,” Westlaw Today, June 30, 2023.
- Co-author, “Five Ways to Effectively Navigate Litigation With State Attorneys General,” Westlaw Today, April 12, 2023.
- Co-author, “State Attorney General Actions: Strategies for Venue and Settlement Differ From Typical Litigation,” Reuters, February 16, 2023.
- Co-author, “How Approaches in State Attorney General Actions Differ From Typical Litigation,” Reuters, February 8, 2023.
- Co-author, “State AGs Are Realizing Power of False Claims Statutes,” Law360, December 8, 2022.
- Co-author, “DC Taxpayers Face More Scrutiny Under New False Claims Act,” Law360, February 18, 2021.
- Co-author, “Amending DC’s False Claims Act: Expansion of the DC AG’s Power Through Removal of the Tax Bar,” Troutman Pepper State Attorneys General Monitor, February 2021.
- Co-author, “2019 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review & a Look Ahead,” Troutman Sanders, February 24, 2020.
- Co-author, “Annual Report: 2017 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review and a Look Ahead,” January 10, 2018.
- Mentioned, “Law360’s Legal Lions of the Week,” Law360, May 17, 2024.