Michael L. Wilson

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

• Commercial, Business and Civil Litigation
• Construction Litigation and Arbitration
• Non-Compete Agreements
• Shareholder Disputes
• Real Estate and Title Claims Litigation

• Represented southeastern food distribution company in +$2 million construction defect dispute concerning over 900,000 sq. ft warehouse distribution facility.
• Lead Counsel in defense of +$500,000 claim involving fraud, unfair and deceptive trade practices litigation against a national commercial real estate development company.
• Lead Counsel in successful settlement of NC-DOT takings of commercial property for approximately 90% of client's appraised value of land.
• Lead Counsel in obtaining judgment in excess of $350,000 for commercial developer against holder of first priority deed of trust in foreclosure action.
• Local Counsel in $80 million construction dispute concerning an EPC power plant project.
• Defense counsel in federal RICO indictment of Outlaw Motorcycle Gang in Charlotte, North Carolina.

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte (B.A., 1993)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1996)
• Admitted to North Carolina bar in 1996

• Business North Carolina "Legal Elite" (Construction Law 2005, 2006, 2007)
• Business North Carolina "Legal Elite" (Young Gun - NC attys. under 40 - 2007)
• Chief Justice, Moot Court, UNC Law (1995-1996)
• Order of the Barristers, UNC Law (1996)
• Moot Court, James William Morrow Award, UNC Law (1996)
• Davis Society Award, UNC Law (1996)
• Member, Moot Court Invitational Team, UNC Law (1995-1996)

• Speaker at a Joint CLE Program for the Real Property and Construction Law Sections of the North Carolina Bar Association entitled "Lien on Me: When Developers, Liens and Title Insurance Collide". February 22, 2007 N.C. Bar Center, Cary.
• Co-author of the North Carolina Bar Association "North Carolina Construction Law Deskbook," 3ed. (2003) and 4ed. (2006)
• Co-author, "Construction Law: Can this job be saved? Creative strategies for project completion & litigation avoidance in North Carolina", Lorman Education Services (1999)
• Co-contributor and Presenter: North Carolina Construction Law, statewide CAGC Seminars (1999-2006)

• North Carolina Bar Association
• Construction Law Section CLE Chair (2006-2007)

• Born in Richmond, Virginia in 1969