- Antitrust
- Auto Finance
- Banking + Financial Services Regulation
- Banking Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Class Action
- Community Banking
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
- Consumer Financial Services
- Enforcement Actions + Investigations
- Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Financial Services Litigation
- Litigation + Trial
- Mortgage Lending + Servicing
- Payments + Financial Technology
- Real Estate Litigation
- State Attorneys General
- University of North Carolina School of Law Alumni Board
- Nevins, Inc. (nonprofit) Board of Directors
- Adjunct professor, Wake Forest University School of Law (teaching antitrust)
- Former chair, vice-chair, secretary, and treasurer – N.C. Bar Association Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Section
- American Bar Association Antitrust Section
Education
- University of Oxford, B.C.L., Fulbright Scholar, 2004, associate editor, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal
- University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., high honors, Chancellors Scholar, Order of the Coif, Order of the Barristers, 2001, editor-in-chief, North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., highest honors and highest distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, 1998
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- 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
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Speaker, “Unilateral Conduct: Companies in the Danger Zone?,” Annual Antitrust CLE Event, December 5, 2024.
- Speaker, “Non-Competes Under Attack: Not So Obvious Consequences of the FTC Ban,” Association of Corporate Counsel Greater Charlotte Chapter, July 23, 2024.
- Speaker, “Hot Topics, Including Antitrust Crimes, Employment Issues, No-Poach, and the Aftermath,” Troutman Pepper Annual Antitrust CLE Event, December 6, 2022.
- Author, “Obama’s National Cybersecurity Recommendations to Trump,” Password Protected, December 21, 2016.
- Author, “D.C. Circuit Rebukes CFPB in PHH Case,” Subject to Inquiry, October 11, 2016.
- Author, “The CFPB Issues New Proposals Overhauling The Debt Collection Industry,” Subject to Inquiry, August 3, 2016.
- Author, “FTC Unveils Nationwide Debt-Collection Enforcement Effort,” Subject to Inquiry, November 5, 2015.
- Co-author, “Ruling Rewrites Century of Pricing Law,” Charlotte Business Journal, August 31, 2007.
- Author, “The Antitrust Modernization Commission Report and Recommendations Antitrust News,” Official Publication of the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section of the NC Bar Association, July 1, 2007.
- Author, Indirect Purchaser Handbook, January 1, 2006.