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Robert Young is a litigator whose practice spans several areas including commercial, real estate, employment, cybersecurity, professional liability and construction litigation matters. Within these practice areas, Robert regularly handles cases with respect to contract disputes, landlord-tenant matters, estate disputes, construction liens, professional negligence and disciplinary and licensing issues, employment and non-competition agreements, condemnation and land use issues, insurance dispu...

Kelly A. Cameron is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Kelly A., who practices law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kelly A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

June Basden is both an attorney and a Certified Public Accountant with over 35 years of experience in commercial finance and insolvency law. She represents national, regional and community banks, financial institutions and commercial lenders in a variety of finance transactions, with a special focus on commercial lending and creditors’ rights. June has extensive experience in asset-based lending, factoring, loan workouts and modifications, foreclosures, bankruptcies and commercial real ...

Robin Shea has more than 20 years' experience in employment litigation, including Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (including the Amendments Act), the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, the Equal Pay Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act; and class and collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage-hour laws; defense of audits by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs; and labor relations...

Jonathan Jenkins is a corporate lawyer with a focus in business acquisitions and private equity. He also serves as outside general counsel to privately held and family-owned businesses, providing counsel across a wide spectrum of business and corporate matters. Jonathan represents buyers and sellers in small market ($50K - $2MM) and mid-market ($2MM - $100MM) acquisitions in an array of industries, including manufacturing, health care, automotive, entertainment and technology. Jonathan repres...

An experienced litigator, Joey represents clients in the areas of environmental law and litigation, health care litigation, and complex business litigation. He regularly appears before administrative, trial, and appellate courts, both state and federal. Joey represents businesses in a wide variety of environmental litigation involving issues such as NPDES, Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act permitting, NEPA, SPCA, and civil penalty assessments. He has experience representing municipalities and...

Tom Waldrep's deep institutional expertise in the bankruptcy space is informed by his decade of experience serving as a bankruptcy judge. He acts for all parties in complex proceedings and out-of-court matters, including particular skills advising on bankruptcies and distressed M&A transactions in the healthcare industry. Tom represents secured creditors, debtors, unsecured creditors’ committees, and trustees in business bankruptcy cases. He has extensively represented buyers and se...

Dan Smith focuses his law practice on matters involving environmental, commercial, education, and state constitutional law. A former educator and environmental scientist, Dan represents businesses, boards of education, and individuals in state, federal, administrative, and appellate courts. Dan uses his scientific training and background to help clients solve complex problems related to environmental laws, frequently working as part of a larger Brooks Pierce team. Dan has represented and advi...

Mr. Calkins, a registered patent attorney, has over 20 years of experience in client counseling and portfolio management in patent procurement, licensing and enforcement, primarily in the life sciences, chemical, medical and computer software arts. His current practice also focuses on the corporate and transactional aspects of intellectual property, including licensing, merger, acquisition and/or equity investment due diligence. Mr. Calkins' experiences allow him to understand the business va...

Bill Cary works with a variety of public and private entities in the emerging area of Climate Resilience planning and strategies. His extensive litigation experience includes commercial and environmental disputes. Bill helps the Firm’s clients address the risks and opportunities that climate change and extreme weather bring. His recent work with U. S. Department of Defense and several NGOs working together to identify ways to strengthen the resilience of coastal DoD facilities has led t...