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FINRA Mediation
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LAW OFFICE BUSINESS ADDRESS
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Two Wells Fargo
Center
301 South Tryon St. Suite 1615
Charlotte, North Carolina 28282
Tel : 704-***-****
Fax: 704-***-****
Email: abop87@r.postjobfree.com
SOUTHPARK AREA BUSINESS ADDRESS
301 S. Sharon Amity Road
Suite 220 Box 6
Charlotte, N.C. 2821
Tel: 704-***-****
Cell: 704-***-****
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Chase Saunders is a Charlotte native, married 38 years, with children and grandchildren.
He attended Charlotte schools, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CPCC, and
Queens. He studied law and served as an Assistant District Attorney, Chief District Court
Judge, and Superior Court Judge prior before entering the private practice of law with a
the McNair Law Firm which has offices in both Carolinas. His practice includes business
areas, mediation and arbitration, and general litigation. He is active in the civic and
professional affairs.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2000 to present. The McNair Law Firm, P.A. SPECIAL COUNSEL and Notary Public
1999Dozier Miller Law Firm OF COUNSEL
1998-1999Principal in Chasemediates a mediation-arbitration service
1997 appointed Emergency Superior Court Judge
1997 retired as Senior Resident Superior Court Judge 26th Judicial District
1984 elected and 1994 re-elected to the Superior Court Bench
1982 appointed Superior Court Judge by Governor James B. Hunt
1977 appointed Chief District Court Judge by Justice Susie Sharp
1976 elected and 1980 re-elected District Court Judge
1972-1976 appointed Assistant District Attorney by Thomas F. Moore, Jr.
EDUCATION
University Prep: Eastover Elementary; A. G. Junior High, Myers Park High School
University: The University of North Carolina; BA in History-English
Graduate: The University of North Carolina; JD in Law
Post Graduate: Central Piedmont Community College; AA in Accounting
Queens University Certified Financial Planning course study
RECENT CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee
Chair of the non-profit Justice Initiatives, a court-support entity which raises funds,
serves as a pass through, accepts and processes justice-related in conjunction with the
office of the Trial Court Administrator. I was on the original committee which formed that
organization. See www.justiceinitiatives.org
Member of Charlotte Rotary, Chair of Environmental Committee. Involved in projects to
benefit the Greenway including the Rotary Clock; tree canopy and restoration projects;
academic initiatives, wildlife habitat creations and other related projects. See
www.charlotterotary.org
Member CPCC President s Council
Presenter and promoter of Regional Development Initiatives and the Charlotte 2030 vision
theme: Create It, Make It, Move It with CPCC President Tony Zeiss and nationally-
recognized urban planner Michael Gallis; see Great Ideas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hSIBygeKJc&feature=share
Trail of History Board of
Directors and incorporator of same
May 20th Society Advisory Board and initiator of the Captain James Jack bronze stature
build at the intersection of Kings Drive and Fourth Street. See www.May20thSociety.org.
Former President of the Mecklenburg Historical Association; created the content for the
website; set up email meeting structure; wrote and published newsletters. See
www.meckdec.org, Board member
Serve on the Board of the Little Sugar Creek Greenway Advisory Board
2012 Presenter, CPCC Charlotte Regional Competitiveness Summit,
www.cpcc.edu/clc/global/speakersflier?searchterm=cms
Local artist see North Carolina gallery at www.chasesaundersart.com
See Charlotte Arts video clip http://www.cpcc.edu/tv/programs/cpccprograms/charlotte-
arts/charlotte-arts-chase-and-carolyn-saunders-1
Promotional organizations establishing the Captain James Jack: Spirit of Liberty statue
installation on the Greenway, Rotary Clock on the Greenway, Charlotte Airport Captain Jack
Exhibit on Concourse A
RECENT PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Mecklenburg County Bar
2012 Bar History Committee engaging the writing and publication of the 100th year local
bar history
North Carolina State Bar
Master, Justice William Bobbitt Inn of Court, www.justicebobbittinn.org/
Chair, Justice Initiatives
North Carolina Bar Association Lawyer Quality of Life Committee
North Carolina Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section
American Inns of Court Justice Bobbitt Inn, Master
CPCC Paralegal Advisory Board
Notary Public
PRACTICE
reimbursement issues, (r ) self-insured issues, (s) third party administration operations,
(t) confidentiality and non-competition agreements ), accounting malpractice, construction
and property ( trial, representation, arbitration, and mediation experience regarding: (a)
AIA contracts; (b) residential property matters including contruction defect, warranty
breach, construction contract, punch list and construction contract breach cases,
neighborhood association covenant breach cases, title disputes; (c) multi-family matters
in a condominium complex setting involving EFIS isses and seven-figure claims; (d)
architect and engineers matters including AIA contract disputes, site design services,
contract breach; (e) condemnation of residential and commercial properties; (f) developers
issues including disputes regarding site preparation, construction trespass, warranty
breach, improper building location; (g) commercial cases including hotel owner, general
contractor and sixteen subcontractor cases, grading disputes with owners and state
agencies, letters of intent, and hotel purchase agreements; (h) partitioning of tracts ),
estate, non-competition and trade secret issues, and title insurance matters. Family
practice: litigation of equitable distribution, marital agreements, divorce, powers of
attorney, incompetency hearings, estate litigation, senior issue matters.
OFFICE PRACTICE
Business incorporation and business issues. Provider of small business legal services
over a range of areas, which includes document drafting as well as providing legal advice
on business and non-profit formation, business operation issues, health care, buy-sell,
counseling, employment, and business related problems.
JUDICIAL BACKGROUND
Judicial: Retired N.C. general jurisdiction Chief District and Senior Resident Superior
Court Judge with twenty-one years bench and jury trial experience in all civil and
criminal litigation matters including commercial, personal injury, malpractice, and death
penalty cases. Service on the bench required conducting several successful political
campaigns. For 16 years he was the Program Committee Chair for the N.C. Conference of
Superior Court Judges.
HONORS AND RECOGNITION
Rotary Paul Harris Fellow Award
Governor s Order of the Long Leaf Pine
N.C. Courts Technology Award
N.C. Superior Court Judicial Education Committee Award
City-County Bond Committee certificate
Mecklenburg County Jaycees Man of the Year
Boy Scouts of America District Distinguished Service Award
Charlotte Jaycees Ten Outstanding Young MenALTERNATIVE DISPUTE TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS/PRACTICE/RECOGNITION
2012 Best Lawyers in America in Dispute Resolution
2004 Family Financial Planning Certification
2002 AAA Advanced Commercial Arbitration Certification
2001 NASD, now FINRA, Public Arbitrator Chairperson Certification
2000 Federal Court Mediator
2001 N.C. Industrial Commission Mediator
2001 N.C. Certified Mediator Certification renewal
2001 EEOC Mediation Certification
1997 NASD Arbitrator Certification
1997 N.C. Department of Public Instruction Arbitrator Certification
1996 AAA Commercial Arbitration National Panel Member
DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRACTICE
Alternative Dispute Resolution Experience Mediation experience in over 1000 cases
involving shareholder and director disputes, personal injury, malpractice, contract,
complex business cases, hardware and software contracts, hospital disputes, environmental
issues, intellectual property, condemnation, Uniform Commercial Code, EEOC, textile
extruding and printing machinery, real estate, business torts, non-compete, estates and
probate, securities, construction, DENR, employment, workers compensation, domestic,
patent, shareholder, attorney, healthcare, and accounting matters.
Arbitration experience in over 300 cases involving the same areas noted above with a
focus on complex cases serving as an individual arbitrator or as a member of a panel. Has
served as a panel chair in over 90% of the cases served upon with AAA as well as others.
Private arbitration: director and shareholder disputes. Umpire evaluation of liability
and damages in fire and casualty loss cases. Receiver service as a receiver in business
liquidation matters. Referral work from federal and state courts.
MEDIATION/VALUATION
Mediated shareholder, software, employment, medical malpractice, ERISA, copyright
infringement, health care provider patient disputes, collection, construction, property
damage, estates, technology auditing, website, robotic welders, photo-processing
equipment, catastrophic personal injury cases, homeowner association disputes,
governmental, environmental, franchises, stucco, trademark and patent, wrongful death, non-
competition agreements, business breakups, broker-customer FINRA securities issues, etc.
involving multiple parties and complex issues for State and Federal Court. I mediate over
150 cases per year.
MEDIATION CONSULTATION WITH ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
Engaged by universities to consult on faculty and town and gown disputes in 2000 and 2001
with the design of dispute resolution systems. Mediation of faculty peer to peer matters.
TECHNOLOGY MEDIATION/ARBITRATION
Mediated and arbitrated software and hardware, copyright, trademark, and installation
disputes involving private businesses and governments.
MEDICAL MEDIATION/ARBITRATION
Mediated, arbitrated, or presided over zero to six figure+ cases involving physicians,
opticians, hospitals, medical service and product suppliers. Extensive personal injury
evaluation mediation experience involving body parts, percentages of disability, and pain
and suffering. Handled over 500 personal injury cases including medical malpractice in my
39 year legal career. Medical malpractice cases include misdiagnosis of eye conditions,
radial keratotomy; breast cancer, arteriograms, foreign objects, and wrongful death
arising from improper medication, etc.
ARBITRATION
Served on construction, UM/UIM automobile liability and damages, personal injury,
construction, common carrier, buy sell agreements, CERCLA, medical malpractice, public
school employee removal, securities, efficiency studies, license agreements, fire loss
cases, medical industry hospital and product disputes, hotel industry disputes, FINRA
securities disputes in both an individual and multi-panel arbitrator capacities on
suitability, fraud, fiduciary, and trading ahead cases.
FACULTY AND SPEAKING ACTIVITIES
INTERNET CIVICS : the internet and government; Civitan, Rotary
Internet Applications for the Paralegal ; N.C. Paralegal Assn.
Mediation Mistakes: North Carolina Trial Lawyers May 1998 seminar
Myers Park High National Honor Society Award Ceremony speaker
Mediation Do s and Don ts: Mecklenburg Bar February 1998 seminar
Criminal Law Update Seminar with U.S. Magistrate Carl Horn
Superior Court Judicial Conference: disc technology update training
NCATL : Do s and Don ts for Plaintiff s Attorneys: Judicial View
Fourth Circuit N. C. Annual Criminal Law Technology Review
MCB-CLE speaker: Mediation in the Real World: Judicial Perspective
Program Chair and speaker responsible for planning and presenting three, mandatory
judicial conferences for the Superior Judges of North Carolina
Presenter on topics including evidence, injunctions, non-compete covenants, capital case
management, negotiation, and jury-assisted settlement trials
N.C.B.A. panelist on legal education
Presenter on evidence at Prof. Ronald Price s evidence seminar
Presenter on evidence at Prof. Walter Blakey s evidence seminar
Presenter at the N.C. Paralegal Annual Conference
Presenter on ethics to new bar admittees
Presenter on tort case evaluation
Presenter to Fourth Division bar on evidence
Practicing Law Institute seminar faculty
Business Law Instructor: Central Piedmont Community College in business law contracts and
negotiable instruments
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