Jack Steele
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AREAS OF PRACTICE

Representation of clients in business disputes, including breach     of contract actions, claims involving non-competition     agreements, theft of trade secrets and other forms of unfair     trade practices, lender liability claims and shareholder litigation Construction disputes, including mediation, arbitration and     litigation representing owners, contractors, subcontractor and     design professionals.   Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms representing     clients as well as serving as the neutral.  American Arbitration     Association commercial panel of arbitrators and construction      mediator.  Certified superior court mediator thru the North      Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission; Certified mediator     for the United States District Court for the Western District     of North Carolina.

         EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D. 1975; Order of the Coif; Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review
  
  
• Davidson College, B.A. (economics) 1971
  
  
• The McCallie School (1967)
  
  
  
  PROFESSIONAL CIVIC AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
  
  
  
• North Carolina State Bar
  
  
• North Carolina Bar Association (Chairman, Litigation Section 1988-89)
  
  
• Mecklenburg County Bar (Chairman, ADR Section 1999-2001)
  
  
• The Best Lawyers in America in Business Litigation, 2000-present
  
  
• Kilpatrick Stockton LLP (1975-2001, Partner 1981)
  
  
• William H. Bobbitt American Inn of Court (Reporter 1999-2000)
  
  
• Charlotte Steeplechase Association ( Board of Directors 1998-present)
  
  
• Town of Weddington Planning Board (2006-present)

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