Brad’s commercial litigation practice is centered on class action and complex business disputes. His clients include engineering firms, software developers, real estate developers and investors, medical and industrial product manufacturers, health care providers and vendors, and law firms and attorneys.

Examples of his commercial litigation experience include:

• Lead counsel defending law firm and attorneys named in class actions alleging violations of Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) for viewing and using public records released under state law
• Represented law firm in multi-year dispute over attorneys' fees from nationwide discrimination class action, including service as lead counsel in two AAA arbitrations
• Defended software company in dispute over licensing fees and industry usage of contracting terms at federal trial and appellate levels
• Represented international agriculture machinery manufacturer in Business Court dispute over financing agreements and transactional accounting practices
• Defense of contract research organizations (CROs) in disputes over conduct and organization of clinical trials
• Counsel for startup medical device company in technology ownership dispute with affiliated physician
• Represented numerous North Carolina hospitals in government investigation of accounting and billing practices
• Represented potentially responsible parties (PRPs) in connection with clean up of a New England landfill, and a PCB-contaminated site in North Carolina

Representative decisions

• Hatch, et al. v. Michael A. DeMayo, et al., 2020 WL 4719632 (M.D.N.C. Aug. 13, 2020) (denying class certification in statutory damage claims arising from a federal privacy statute)
• Garey, et al. v. James S. Farrin, P.C., et al., 2020 WL 4227551 (M.D.N.C. July 23, 2020) (denying class certification in statutory damage claims arising from a federal privacy statute)
• Shoffner, et al. v. L.W. Pritchett, Jr., Inc., No. 1:16CV01354, slip op. (M.D.N.C. March 30, 2017) (dismissing environmental contamination claims arising from site of former service station)
• North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. v. Clear Technology, Inc, et al., 601 F.Appx. 181 (4^th Cir. 2015) (software agreement dispute regarding licensing fees vacated and remanded for trial)
• Boyd v. James Scott Farrin, 958 F.Supp.2d 232 (D.D.C. 2013) (dismissing claims arising from distribution of attorneys’ fees in class action)