Credentials

  • Elon University School of Law, Juris Doctor (J.D.), magna cum laude; Articles Editor, Elon Law Review, Moot Court Board
  • Davidson College, Artium Baccalaureus (A.B.), Political Science

  • North Carolina
  • United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
  • United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
  • United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina

  • Managing Partners to Watch, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, 2025
  • Silver Beaver Award, Cape Fear Council, Boy Scouts of America, 2022
  • Legal Elite, Business North Carolina Magazine, Young Guns, 2020
  • Selected to Business Litigation, Business & Corporate Rising Stars, Super Lawyers®, 2020 – Present
  • Rising Star, Greater Wilmington Business Journal 100 Rising Stars, 2020
  • 40 Under 40 Award, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce & Wilmington Star-News, 2019
  • Fellow, E. A. Morris Fellowship for Emerging Leaders, 2018
  • Recipient, Presidential Scholarship, Elon University
  • Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America

Engagement

  • American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
    • Director, Civic Engagement Committee, 2020 – 2021
    • Member, Civic Engagement Committee, 2019 – 2020
    • District Representative, District 9 (NC), 2018 – 2020
  • North Carolina Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
    • Co-Chair, Standing Committee on Disaster Legal Services, 2018 – 2020
    • Co-Chair, Meetings and Conventions Committee, 2017 – 2018
    • Co-Chair, Community Relations Committee, 2015 – 2017
  • Federalist Society, Cape Fear Lawyers Chapter

  • New Hanover County Airport Authority, Member, 2025– Present
  • Cape Fear Council, Boy Scouts of America
    • Chairman, Annual Luncheon, 2025 – Present
    • Vice Chair at Large, Executive Committee, 2022 – Present
    • Vice Chair for Membership, Executive Committee, 2018 – 2022
    • Member, Board of Trustees, 2015 – Present
    • Vice Chair, Annual Luncheon, 2014 – Present
    • Annual Golf Tournament Vice Chair, 2017 – Present
  • Coastal Horizons Center, Inc.
    • Chair, Board of Trustees, 2019 – 2021
    • Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, 2016 – 2019
    • Member, Board of Trustees, 2015 – 2022
  • Elon University School of Law Advisory Board, 2023 – Present
  • New Hanover County Library Advisory Board, 2015 – 2017
  • The First Tee of Greater Wilmington, Board of Trustees 2023 – Present
  • United Way of the Cape Fear Area, Inc.
    • Chair, Membership Committee, 2020 – 2023
    • Member, Board of Trustees, 2019 – 2023

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