Lawyer Bio : James M. Powell

James M. Powell

"Jimmy"

Greensboro

Mr. Powell has many years' experience litigating employment and labor-related issues before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and the National Labor Relations Board. He is an experienced trial attorney who has represented a broad spectrum of clients in jury and nonjury trials in over 20 states. He is also experienced in wage and hour law, having handled numerous administrative investigations by the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division and lawsuits filed by the Secretary of Labor. He conducts numerous management training programs for clients and industry groups on equal employment opportunity laws, sexual harassment, the FMLA, and ADA, and wage and hour law.

Mr. Powell has successfully defended employers in individual and class-action discrimination lawsuits under Title VII, the ADEA, and the ADA; OFCCP administrative investigations and enforcement actions; tort, breach of contract, and statutory employment claims arising under state laws; temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunction actions involving labor union disputes and breaches of restrictive covenants and labor arbitration cases.

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Professional Activities

Bar Associations: American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section; North Carolina Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section; Greensboro Bar Association.

Admitted to the bar 1977, Alabama; 1979, South Carolina; 1984, North Carolina.

Admitted to practice before the following courts: Alabama Supreme Court, 1977, South Carolina Supreme Court 1979, North Carolina Supreme Court 1984, U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 1981, United States District Court for South Carolina 1980, United States District Court for the Middle (1984), Western (1984) and Eastern (1985) Districts of North Carolina, U.S. Supreme Court 2001.

Civic Activities

Leadership Greensboro 1997.

Education

B.A., with honors, 1974, Auburn University, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma; J.D., 1977, University of Alabama.

Prior Legal Experience

Member and Managing Member of Greensboro Office, Haynsworth Baldwin Johnson & Greaves, LLC, Greensboro, NC, 1983-2003; Associate, Haynsworth Baldwin Johnson & Greaves, LLC, Greenville, SC, 1978-1982.

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Clerkships
Justice Reneau P. Almon, Alabama Supreme Court, Montgomery, AL, 1977-1978; Summer Clerkship, U.S. Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., 1975-1976.