Kennedy Covington
Lobdell & Hickman
214 N. Tryon Street, Suite 4700
Charlotte, NC 28202
Telephone: (704)331-7400
Fax: (704)331-7598
Email:
ctompkins@kennedycovington.com
Current Employment Positions:
Partner, Kennedy Covington Lobdell
& Hickman, 1967 to present;
Areas Of Practice:
Commercial, Tort and
Construction Litigation in State and Federal Courts and
Mediation as Certified Mediator
Bar Admissions:
North Carolina State Bar,
1961
U.S. Federal Court for the Western, Middle & Eastern Districts
of North Carolina, 1962, 1967, 1970, 4th Circuit Court of
Appeals, 1973
Education:
AB, University of North Carolina, 1958
Phi Beta Kappa
JD, Harvard Law School, 1961
Arbitration/Mediation Experience:
Certified Mediator since 1996
Mediated approximately 200 cases |
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Lectures
and Publications:
Liability
of Officers and Directors under North Carolina Law – NC
Association of Defense Attorneys, 1981
Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Case, NC Conference of
Superior Court Judges, 1985
Summary Judgment, A Disappearing Remedy NC Association of
Defense Attorneys, 1988
Handling Expert Witnesses, 2001
Jury Selection, 2001
Practice Pointers for Preparing and Responding to a Complaint,
2002
Pretrial Motions with Emphasis on Motions for Summary Judgment
and Motions In Limine, 2003
Preparing and Responding to Written Discovery, 2003
Professional Associations and Memberships:
NC State
Bar, NC Bar Association, American Bar Association, NC
Association of Defense Attorneys, President 1989-1990,
American College of Trial Lawyers, Best Lawyer in America
1993-2003 |