Martin L. White

Johnston, Allison & Hord, P.A., Charlotte, USA

• Construction Litigation and Arbitration
• Civil Litigation
• Worker's Compensation

• Won unanimous decision from the North Carolina Court of Appeals for commercial real estate developer client in the cases reported at 631 S.E.2d 893, 2006 N.C. App. LEXIS
• Lead counsel in the successful jury trial defense of corporate client against stock option claims brought by former employee.
• Lead counsel for contractor in international products liability litigation involving corporations from three countries and resulting in the recovery of over $200,000.
• Won Summary Judgment for commercial real estate developer client against subcontractors with lien claims totaling over $400,000.
• Won contested worker?s compensation case before the North Carolina Industrial Commission for construction subcontractor.
• Co-counsel for construction client in arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) resulting in recovery of all amounts claimed from contractor on public project.
• Co-counsel for commercial real estate developer against national pharmacy chain in multi-district litigation resulting in confidential settlement.
• Co-counsel for self-insured worker?s compensation fund in contested arbitration hearing against third-party administrator resulting in recover of over $400,000.
• Co-counsel for technology client in arbitration administered by the AAA resulting in six-figure award.
• Represented clients before the Supreme Court of North Carolina, the North Carolina Court of Appeals, Superior Court, District Court, Small Claims Court, North Carolina Industrial Commission, Office of Administrative Hearings, and the American Arbitration Association.

• Gardner Webb University (B.A. summa cum laude, 1993)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D. with Honors, 1996)
• Naval Justice School, Honors Graduate (1996)
• Admitted to Bar 1996, North Carolina.
• Admitted to practice before all Federal and State Courts in North Carolina and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

• Lieutenant, Navy JAG Corps (1996-2000)
• Navy Commendation Medal (2000)
• Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2 awards)
• Gardner Webb University Young Alumnus of the Year (1999)
• Holderness Moot Court, UNC CH School of Law

• American Bar Association
• North Carolina Bar Association
• Mecklenburg County Bar Association
• ABA's Forum on the Construction Industry
• ABA Construction Litigation Committee
• American Inns of Court, Justice William Bobbitt Inn of Court
• Phi Delta Phi

• Lien and Bond Law for Subcontractors, CAGC
• The Construction Business Academy, CAGC
• CAGC Lien and Bond Seminar
• Monthly Speaker for Metrolina Wall & Ceiling Association
• The Construction Business Academy, "The General Contractor?s Ultimate Worker?s Compensation Pitfall," CAGC
• "Issues in Worker?s Compensation," Froehling & Robertson

• Charlotte Christian School Board of Trustees
• Charlotte Christian School Construction and Facilities Committee
• Charlotte Junior Soccer Foundation Board Member
• St. John's Baptist Church, Past Chair, Associate Deacons
• St. John's Baptist Church, Sunday School Teacher
• American Legion
• Youth Basketball and Soccer Coach