University of North Carolina School of Law

• J.D., 1997 with honors
• Published staff member of the North Carolina Law Review

University of Kansas

• B.G.S., 1992

• North Carolina Supreme Court, law clerk to Chief Justice Henry E. Frye, 1997-2000

• North Carolina State Bar, 1997
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 2000
• United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, 2003
• United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, 2003
• United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2000
• United States Supreme Court, 2017

• National Council of School Attorneys
• North Carolina Bar Association, Education Law Section
• 10th Judicial District Bar
• North Carolina Council of School Attorneys, Region III Representative 2014-18; Officer 2019-present

• NCSBA Spring Law Conference – A Fair Hearing: The Duty to Remain Impartial and Illegal Reasons for Board Actions (2015)
• Law Institute for Teachers (LIFT) – Violence in the Schools, co-presenter with Tom Stern (2008, 2010, 2011)
• NCSBA Fall School Law Conference – Charter Schools and Virtual Charter Schools: Litigation and Funding issues, panel member (2013)
• NCSBA Fall Law Conference – Elements of the ADA: Recent Issues in Litigation over Dual Employment Positions (2013)
• NCSBA School Board 101 – Open Meetings Law (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
• NCSBA Annual Law School Conference – Copyright and Plagiarism in the Information Age (2008)
• Principal’s Executive Program – Student Search and Seizure (2008)
• NCCOSA Summer Law Conference – COVID Issue #2: Student-Related Issues – Health and Safety, Privacy, Disclosing Communicable Disease Information and More, discussion leader (2020)
• UNC School of Government School Attorneys’ Conference – Pension Cap Litigation, co-presenter with Michael Crowell and Lindsay Vance Smith (2019)
• NCCOSA Summer Law Conference – Cases Pending on Appeal: A Watch List for School Board Attorneys (2019)
• NCACC Annual Conference – Changing Demographics, Drawing Districts, and County Impacts, co-presenter with Blake Esselstyn (2020)
• NCSBA Fall Law Conference – Electoral Redistricting for School Boards after the 2020 Census, co-presenter with Blake Esselstyn (2020)
• North Carolina Judicial College, UNC School of Government – Governmental Immunity (2022)

• Faires, et al v. State Board of Elections, et al., No. 84A16 (May 6, 2016)

Appellate Cases:

• K12 Insight, LLC v. Johnston Cty. Bd. of Educ., 796 Fed. Appx. 166 (4th Cir. 2020)
• Everett v. Pitt Cty. Bd. of Educ., 788 F.3d 132 (4th Cir. 2015)
• Cabarrus Cty. Bd. of Educ. v. Dep’t of State Treasurer, Ret. Sys. Div., 374 N.C. 3 (2020)
• Richardson v. State, 368 N.C. 158 (2015)
  Deminski v. State Bd. of Educ., 837 S.E.2d 611 (N.C. Ct. App. 2020)
• Times News Publ’g Co. v. Alamance-Burlington Bd. of Educ., 252 N.C. App. 247 (2017)
• Ragland v. Nash-Rocky Mount Bd. of Educ., 247 N.C. App. 738 (2016)
• Marsico v. New Hanover Cty. Bd. of Educ., 242 N.C. App. 384 (2015)
• Times News Pub. Co. v. Alamance-Burlington Bd. of Educ., 242 N.C. App. 375 (2015)
• Ne. Raleigh Charter Acad., Inc. v. Wake Cty. Bd. of Educ., 232 N.C. App. 522 (2014)
• N. Carolina State Bd. of Educ. v. N. Carolina Learns, Inc., 231 N.C. App. 270 (2013)
• Royal v. Pate, 183 N.C. App. 156 (2007)
  Webb ex rel. Bumgarner v. Nicholson, 178 N.C. App. 362 (2006)
• Nicholson v. Jackson Cty. Sch. Bd., 170 N.C. App. 650 (2005)

Amicus Briefs:

• Rone ex rel. Roseboro v. Winston-Salem/Forsyth Cty. Bd. of Educ., 220 N.C. App. 401 (2012)
• Moore v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. of Educ., 185 N.C. App. 566 (2007)
• Willett v. Chatham Cty. Bd. of Educ., 176 N.C. App. 268 (2006)
• Shavitz v. City of High Point, 177 N.C. App. 465 (2006)
• Farrell v. Transylvania Cty. Bd. of Educ., 175 N.C. App. 689 (2006)
• Anthony Butler v. Scotland County Board of Education; NC COA17-501
• Francis X DeLuca, et al. v. Josh Stein, et al.; Wake County Superior Court 16 CVS 12965
• In Re Victorius Rone, et al. v. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education; NC COA 11-642