EMPLOYMENT
Lockhart Hornby,
PLLC (formerly,The Business Law
Advisors), Charlotte, North Carolina
Partner, May 2005 - present
Business Journal Coverage (see third item)
Womble Carlyle Sandridge &
Rice, Charlotte, North Carolina
Of Counsel, January 2002 - April 2005
Business Journal coverage
Lockhart + Hoffman,
Charlotte, North Carolina
Managing Partner, January 2000 – January
2002
Business Journal coverage
The Sanford Holshouser Law
Firm, Raleigh, North Carolina
Associate, June 1998 – December 1999
Chief Justice
Burley B. Mitchell, Jr., Supreme Court of
North Carolina
Judicial Clerk, July 1997 – June 1998
Rawls and Dickinson, Charlotte, North
Carolina
Summer Associate, May 1996 – August 1996
Chief Justice
Burley B. Mitchell, Jr., Supreme Court of
North Carolina
Summer Intern, May 1995 – August 1995
United Carolina Bank (now
BB&T), Charlotte,
North Carolina
Assistant Vice President / Loan Officer, November 1992 –
May 1994
Republic Bank & Trust (acquired
by CCB, now SunTrust),
Charlotte, North Carolina
Loan Officer / Branch Manager, February 1992 – November 1992
First Union National
Bank (now
Wachovia), Charlotte, North Carolina
Management Training Program, Charlotte, NC, 1989 –
1990
Loan Officer / Branch Manager, Greenville, SC, 1990
– 1992
New York Life
Insurance Company, Charlotte, North Carolina
Field Underwriter, May 1988 – April 1989
Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore
(merged with
McGuireWoods)
Charlotte, North Carolina
Legal Assistant, September 1986 – April 1988
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Small Business & Technology
Development Center
Charlotte Regional Advisory Board
North Carolina Journal of
Law & Technology (JOLT)
Board of Advisors
Business Innovation &
Growth Council (BIG Council)
Board of Directors
Interim Executive Director
Chairman, Programs Committee
Capital Access Committee
Strategic Planning Committee
Business Plan Review Committee
American Institute of Graphic
Arts
Board of Directors,
Charlotte Chapter
Society for the Leadership
of Change
Board of Directors
North Carolina Electronics &
Information Technology Association
(NCEITA)
Forum ’99 Committee
Charlotte Chamber
of Commerce
Information Technolgies Council
FirstRound.org
Charlotte Convergence
UNC School of Law
Guest Lecturer,
Cyberspace
Law Seminar, Fall 1998, Spring
& Fall 2001, Spring 2003
Mecklenburg County Bar
Chairman, Information Technology Committee
Publications Committee
CLE Committee (Online CLE)
North Carolina State Bar
Lawyers Assistance Program
(PALS) 1995 - present
Website Developer and Webmaster
American Bar Association
North Carolina Bar
Association
North Carolina Drug Treatment
Court
Advisory Committee, September 1995 – October 1998
BAR ADMISSION
North Carolina State Bar
September, 1997
EDUCATION
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
Juris Doctor, May 1997
University of North Carolina
at Charlotte
Bachelor of Arts in History / Minor in
International Studies, May 1988
MILITARY
United States Army,
February 1982 – June 1986
Spanish Linguist / Intelligence Operator / Paratrooper
Crazy
Horse – Honduras, Central America, 1984 – 1986
Intelligence operations and aviation reconnaissance
Urgent Fury – Invasion of Grenada, October/November,
1983
Intelligence operations and electronic warfare
82nd Airborne
Division – Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1983 –1984
Intelligence operations
313th
Military Intelligence Battalion
Defense Language
Institute – Presidio of Monterey, California, 1982 –
1983
Spanish language training
Decorations – Meritorious Service Medal, Army
Commendation Medal (2), Joint Service Achievement Medal,
Army Achievement Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal,
Good Conduct Medal, Parachutist Wings, Aircraft Crewmember
Wings, Combat Service Patch and Expert Rifleman Badge
COMMUNITY AND PERSONAL
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Team Leader, 1994
Christ
Episcopal Church, Charlotte, NC
Parish Life Commission, 1994
United Way
Company Chairman, 1993
Christ
Episcopal Church, Greenville, SC
Committee on Addictive Disease, 1992
Interests – Fitness training,
sports cars, computers, theater and arts
The common denominator of success --- the secret of
success of every man who has ever been successful --- lies
in the fact that he formed the habit of doing things that
failures don't like to do.
-
Albert E.N. Gray
