BIO
Nancy has experience in a broad range of civil litigation matters, but focuses primarily on construction and business and commercial litigation, including fraud claims. Her experience includes the representation of contractors, design professionals, and homeowners in construction disputes; product manufacturers; retail and other commercial store owners and businesses; developers; individuals who have been personally injured; individuals and businesses undergoing contractual and business disputes; individuals who have been defrauded by business partners or other individuals and businesses; and individuals who are trying to either enforce or get out of restrictive covenants (such as non-compete provisions).

 

Nancy’s experience ranges from pre-litigation negotiation and compromise, to the initial stages of litigation, through discovery and depositions to the summary judgment and trial stages.

 

Specifically, Nancy has recently been successful in obtaining summary judgment in a multi-party construction dispute for her architect client. Nancy recently helped two separate clients obtain jury verdicts and judgments after two-week-long jury trials concerning business and fraud disputes. Last year, Nancy obtained an arbitration award on behalf of a client in a commercial breach of contract matter.

 

Nancy holds licenses in both California and North Carolina.

 

Prior to joining Rosenwood Rose, Nancy worked for Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin, PLLC, here in Charlotte, where she engaged in the same work. At the outset of her career, Nancy worked for Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP, a civil defense litigation firm in Orange County, California, where she focused on design, manufacturing, and warning defects; breach of warranty claims; personal injury claims; and business and contractual disputes.

 

Outside of the office, Nancy enjoys cheering on Alabama football and Georgetown basketball.

EDUCATION

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Law (2012), Chancellors’ Scholar

• Georgetown University, BA (2009), Magna Cum Laude

 

EXPERIENCE:

• Volunteer/Pro Bono Attorney & Appellate Advocate, North Carolina Guardian ad Litem Program (2019-present)

• Co-Chair, Membership Committee, North Carolina Bar Association Construction Law Section (2020-present)

• Co-Chair, CLE Committee, North Carolina Bar Association Construction Law Section (2018-2020)

• Member, North Carolina Bar Association (2014-present)

• Member, California Bar Association (2012-present)

• Member, Mecklenburg County Bar Association (2014-present)

• Member, North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (2015-2018)

• Member, Defense Research Institute (DRI) (2012-2018)

• Member, Urban Land Institute (2018)

• Executive Committee, Bobbitt Inn of Court (2015-2017)

• Graduate, Mecklenburg County Bar Leadership Institute (2016)

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HONORS & ACTIVITIES:

• Super Lawyers: Rising Stars, General Litigation (2021-2022)
• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation (2021-2022)
• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Litigation - Construction (2021-2022) 
• Chambers and Partners, Construction - North Carolina, Up and Coming (2020-2021)
• Category Winner, Business North Carolina's Legal Elite, Young Guns (2019)
• Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite, Construction Litigation (2017-2022)

• Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite, Young Guns (2017-2019; Hall of Fame)

• Co-Chair, Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Program (Western North Carolina Committee) (2018-present)

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PRESENTATIONS:

• Planner, North Carolina Bar Association Construction Law Section's Annual Meeting, "Laying the Foundation, Brick by Brick: A Sticks-and-Bricks Program for Construction Law'" (September 2020)

• Planner, North Carolina Bar Association Construction Law Section's Winter CLE, "Construction Law Potpourri: An Assortment of 'Trends and Changes Topics'" (February 2020)

• Planner, Joint North Carolina/South Carolina Bar Association Construction Law Section's Annual Meeting, "Polenta, Grits and Mindfulness, Y'all" (September 2019)

• Presenter/Speaker, Mecklenburg County Bar Association, “Taking and Defending Depositions in North Carolina” (September 2019)

• Planner, North Carolina Bar Association Construction Law Section's Winter CLE, "'Latent Issues: Considering the Less-Considered Aspects of Construction Law Practice" (February 2019)

• Planner, North Carolina Bar Association Construction Law Section's Annual Meeting, "When the Walls Come Tumblin' Down...: Preparing for and Confronting Construction Defect Litigation in North Carolina" (September 2018)

• Presenter/Speaker, Mecklenburg County Bar Association, “Business Torts: Deception, Fraud, & the Usual Suspects” (February 2017)

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