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Fred W. DeVore III is a managing partner of the law firm of DeVore, Acton & Stafford, P.A., in Charlotte, North Carolina. For the past 15 years, Fred has had a legal practice focus on civil litigation in the areas of catastrophic injury, wrongful death, construction litigation, insurance bad faith, contract litigation and condemnation law. Fred was selected for inclusion in North Carolina Super Lawyers for the years 2007 through 2010.
Mr. DeVore has litigated more than 40 appellate cases before the North Carolina Court of Appeals, North Carolina Supreme Court and the United States Fourth Circuit and is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
Fred has negotiated and settled or tried many cases in excess of $1 million dollars. In one high-profile case in 2006, he and his law partner, Troy Stafford, obtained a settlement of more than $10 million dollars for a seriously injured client.
Fred W. DeVore is currently the vice-chair of the national Construction Defects Committee for the American Association of Justice. Fred has lectured at the national convention of this well-recognized trial lawyers association. He is a past vice-president of the Bobbitt Inns of Court, which is an organization dedicated to training young lawyers on trial techniques.
Please also visit my personal website at: www.nclitigationsolutions.com.
About Fred DeVore, III
Law School: Wake Forest University School of Law
Admitted: 1982, North Carolina
Professional Webpage: www.devact.com/Bio/FredDeVore.asp
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Vice President, William H. Bobbitt Inn of Court
- Co-Chair, Construction Defects Group, American Association for Justice
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
- North Carolina State Bar Association, 1982 - Present
- North Carolina State Bar, 1982 - Present
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1982
- U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1982
- U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 1982
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1982
- North Carolina, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1985
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1995
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Elements of Pleading, Young Lawyers CLE
- Handling Medical Negligence, Carolinas Medical Center
- Avoiding Nursing Malpractice, Presbyterian Hospital
- Critical Construction Issues, Construction Lien Law, Lorman Education Services, 1999 and 2000
- Public School Searches & the Fourth Amendment Journal of Law and Education, Vol. 11, No. 1, January, 1982
- Imposition of a Constructive Trust Under North Carolina State Law Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 19, No. 2, April, 1983
- Construction Lien Law in North Carolina, Seminar Manual for Lorman Education Services, 1999
- Construction Lien Law in North Carolina, Seminar Manual for Lorman Education Services, 2000
- Affordable Exhibits, Bobbitt Inn of Court, CLE, 2001
- Guest Lecturer, Duke University Law School - Ethics, 2001
- Technology in the Courtroom, Bobbitt Inn of Court, CLE, 2002
- Is Anyone or Everyone An Expert?, North Carolina Superior Court Judges Conference, 2002
- When Bad Houses Make Good Cases, Trial Magazine, Journal of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, November, 2002
- Toxic Mold Damages, Toxic Mold Seminar, American Association for Justice, 2003
- Technology in Construction Litigation, CLE, 2004
Educational Background:
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, B.A. Psychology, 1975
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, M.A. Communication, 1977
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