About

I was born in Chapel Hill.  I grew up in Durham and attended Durham Academy, where I was lucky to have incredible teachers and make lifelong friends.  My parents were not rich.  They sacrificed a great deal to send to me a fantastic school that gave me a foundation to make it through college and law school – despite a primary focus on extracurricular activities.  I’ve lived all over the world, but eventually landed back in my beloved North Carolina just a few miles from the tiny apartment that I shared with my Mom and Dad, both native Tarheels who were working and studying at UNC when they welcomed me into the world.  I’m the oldest of three.  My younger sister lives in farmhouse in Virginia and my baby brother by the sea in Maine.

Noel graduated from law school in 1989.

Education, Experience & Work

Wake Forest University, 1986.

Mercer Law School, 1989 (cum laude).  Mercer Law Review.  Brainerd Currie Honor Society.

• $ 19.1 Million – Stacy Johnson–Klein v. California State University, Fresno – Employment Case
• $ 10 Million – John Doe v. Jane Doe Corporation – Auto Accident/Personal Injury
• $ 9 Million – Jane Doe & John Doe v. Concrete Pumping Truck Company – Wrongful Death/Personal Injury
• $ 5.7 Million – Gil Chavez v. D.R. Horton San Diego – Crane Accident/Spinal

Memberships

North Carolina State Bar.

North Carolina Advocates for Justice.

Admitted to practice before the North Carolina Supreme Court and all courts in North Carolina.

Admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, all United States District Courts in North Carolina.

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