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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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