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jstuart@stuartlawfirm.com
Jim Stuart practices in the areas of housing and mortgage finance, housing development, public finance, legislative lobbying, government relations, administrative law, general corporate, workers' compensation and representation of professional athletes.
Stuart serves as counsel to Builders Mutual Insurance Company and Forestry Mutual Insurance Company, which he helped organize and qualify with the North Carolina Department of Insurance. He serves as General Counsel of the North Carolina Self-Insurance Security Association and has represented the Security Association since its creation in 1986. He served thirteen years as outside General Counsel for the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency and has worked with Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) since 1987 when he served as project counsel for one of the first LIHTC-financed projects in North Carolina .
He is a member of the Board of Visitors of the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University , and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Triangle Housing Investment Corporation. Stuart is a member of the American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, Wake County Bar Association, Sports Lawyers Association and the National Association of Bond Lawyers.
Stuart served on the professional staffs of the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Separation of Powers and the Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights. He was Assistant Attorney General in the North Carolina Department of Justice, concentrating in environmental litigation and legislative lobbying.
He has served as an adjunct instructor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. He received his law degree from The National Law Center at George Washington University and his undergraduate degree from Duke University .
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cstuart@stuartlawfirm.com
Cathy Stuart practices in the areas of insurance regulatory matters, self-insurance industry, insurance defense, corporate bankruptcy, corporate law, employment law, trademark law, administrative law, housing finance, tax exempt organizations, sports law and workers compensation.
Stuart works extensively in areas of risk management and insurance. Much of her practice relates to the self-insurance industry. She also serves as General Counsel to the North Carolina Self-Insurance Security Association focusing on issues of corporate, surety and bankruptcy law as well as litigation. She also serves as counsel to Builders Mutual Insurance Company.
Stuart served as General Counsel to the North Carolina Amateur Sports, the Local Organizing Committee of the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1987. She served on the Board of Directors of the 1999 Special Olympics World Games, participated in the development of the Strategic Plan for the Games and chaired the Legacy Committee of the World Games. She serves on the Board of Directors of North Carolina Amateur Sports, and has served as Counsel and member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Bid Committee for the 2007 Pan American Games.
She currently serves on the Board of the Lucy Daniels Early Childhood Development Center as well as the Executive Committee of the UNC Lineberger Cancer Center Board of Visitors as Committee Chair. Stuart was recognized as a 2006 Super Lawyer, is affiliated with Madison 's Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals, and was a participant in America 's Most Influential Women Program on Sky Radio.
Stuart is a member of the American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association and the Wake County Bar Association. She is admitted to practice in the U. S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals in the Fourth Circuit, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina . She is also a member of the Sports Lawyers Association, the Sports and Entertainment Law, the Workers' Compensation and the Dispute Resolution Sections of the North Carolina Bar Association. She is a NCDRC Certified Superior Court Mediator.
Stuart was a staff member in the United States Senate, and law clerk to former United States District Court Judge Franklin T. Dupree. She was also a North Carolina Assistant Attorney General handling litigation in state and federal courts.
She has served as an adjunct instructor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. She received her law degree from Tulane University School of Law and her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .
Recent appellate cases include:
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Goodson v. P.H. Glatfelter Co., __ N.C. App. __, 615 S.E.2d 350, disc. rev. denied, 360 N.C. 63, 623 S.E.2d 582 (2005).
- Bowles v. BCJ Trucking Services, Inc., __ N.C. App. __, 615 S.E.2d 724, disc. rev. denied, 360 N.C. 60, 623 S.E.2d 579 (2005).
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tdew@stuartlawfirm.com
Theresa Dew currently practices in the areas of corporate law, business organizations, including tax-exempt organizations, housing finance law, commercial real estate, trademark law, debtor/creditor law and workers' compensation defense.
Dew represents North Carolina developers in the financing and construction of affordable housing in North Carolina and represents the Housing Authority of the City of Greensboro in the redevelopment of affordable housing projects through the use of HOPE VI federal funding. She assisted in the successful efforts to relocate USA Baseball to the Triangle and currently serves on the Community Impacts Committee for the State Capital Sports Institute, which analyzes economic and other impacts of a multi-million dollar aquatics center on the Triangle.
Dew is admitted to the practice of law in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina , as well as the Eastern and Western Districts of North Carolina . Dew is a member of the American Bar Association, the Forum on Affordable Housing, the North Carolina Bar Association – Real Estate Section, the South Carolina Bar Association and the Wake County Bar Association. She is also a member of the Young Lawyers Division.
Dew graduated summa cum laude from Campbell University in May 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and she received her Juris Doctor with Honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law in May 2000.
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ckyles@stuartlawfirm.com
Chip Kyles concentrates his practice in the areas of insurance defense, self-insurance industry, insurance regulatory matters, workers' compensation, business litigation, employment law, debtor/creditor law, and corporate law.
Kyles graduated from North Carolina State University in December 1991 with a degree in Communication and a minor in Business Administration. He was a member of the University of North Carolina School of Law International Law Moot Court Team that won the national championship in the 2001 Manfred Lachs Space Law Competition and was runner-up in the world finals in Toulouse , France , where Kyles was judged the individual Best Oralist. Kyles was selected as a national member of The Order of Barristers and received his Juris Doctor with Honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law in May 2001.
Kyles is admitted to the practice of law in the State of North Carolina and in the Commonwealth of Virginia as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina . Kyles is a member of the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, the Wake County Bar Association, and the Young Lawyers Division.
Reported cases include:
- Goodson v. P.H. Glatfelter Co., __ N.C. App. __, 615 S.E.2d 350, disc. rev. denied, 360 N.C. 63, 623 S.E.2d 582 (2005).
- Bowles v. BCJ Trucking Services, Inc., __ N.C. App. __, 615 S.E.2d 724, disc. rev. denied, 360 N.C. 60, 623 S.E.2d 579 (2005).
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Sandhya G. Patel currently practices in the areas of workers compensation, insurance regulation, employment law, civil litigation, and debtor/creditor law.
Prior to joining the firm, Patel assisted in representing governmental entities in administrative matters before the federal government.
Patel is admitted to the practice of law in the State of North Carolina . She is a member of the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, and the Wake County Bar Association.
Patel graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , with distinction, in May of 2000 with a degree in Education and Psychology. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law in May of 2004 and received her Juris Doctor degree. While in law school, Patel served as a staff member on the North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology and as a research assistant to the University of North Carolina School of Government.
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