Law Firm Overview

In addition to practicing law, the lawyers of Patterson Harkavy LLP regularly contribute to the legal community and to professional organizations. We have held leadership positions in the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, the North Carolina Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the National Employment Lawyers Association, Legal Aid of North Carolina and the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee. Our attorneys have served as Chair of the Litigation Section, the Dispute Resolution Section, and the Employment and Labor Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, as Co-Chair of the Civil Procedure Study Commission and as chair of the North Carolina Appellate Rules Study Committee.

We are active in teaching and writing in our areas of practice. Members of the firm have taught or lectured at the law schools at UNC, Duke, Wake Forest, Campbell, William & Mary, and Cornell, and lecture on a regular basis for groups such as the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, the American Arbitration Association, the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers and the South Carolina Bar Association. We have contributed to the publications of these and other organizations, to law journals, and to books and treatises.

Areas of Practice

• Civil Rights
• Discrimination
• Criminal Law
• DUI/DWI
• Traffic Violations
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Litigation & Appeals
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Medical Malpractice
• Workers' Compensation Law

West Practice Categories

Civil Rights, Discrimination, Criminal Law, DUI/DWI, Traffic Violations, Employment Law -- Employee, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice, Workers' Compensation Law