Brad advises a range of private clients in navigating zoning and development rules, and appealing board and administrative determinations in North Carolina Superior Court. His clients include solar energy developers, commercial and residential real estate developers, and local businesses and non-profits.

Examples of his land use litigation experience include:

• Represented solar farm developers in Superior Court appeals of permit denials by city and county entities
• Represented bank and development interests in challenge to denial of development proposal as inconsistent with Planned Development District rules
• Represented special use permit holder at trial and on appeal over issues related to restrictive covenants and municipal authority
• Counsel for developer in Business Court dispute over obligations of an infrastructure development agreement.

Representative decisions

• Island Grove Solar, LLC, et al v. Robeson County, No. 18 CvS 00308, slip op. (Sup. Court, Robeson County, N.C., April 19, 2018) (reversing denial of permit to construct and operate solar energy facility)
• Fifth Third Bank v. Town of Cary, No. 14 CvS 1532, slip op. (Sup. Court, Wake County, N.C., June 4, 2014) (reversing denial of permit for Planned Development District project)
• McCrann v. Village of Pinehurst, 716 S.E.2d 667 (N.C. Ct. App. 2011) (upholding issuance of special use permit to church for construction of learning center)