Attorney Profiles

Stephen D. Coggins
Wilmington, North Carolina

Partner
phone	(910) 763-3404
fax	(910) 763-0320 (910) 763-0080
email	Email Me

Areas of Practice:: Tort; Regulatory; General Business Matters; Insurance Coverage; Intellectual Property; Patent; Copyright; Trademark; Trade Secrets; Land Use and Municipal Law; Contract; Covenants; Environmental; Franchise; Construction; Transportation; Employment; Medical Malpractice; Complex Personal Injury Disputes; Mediation; Arbitration

Education:: Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1978
J.D.
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: Associate Justice, Wake Forest Moot Court Board
Law Review: Wake Forest Law Review; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1974
A.B.
Honors: Morehead Nominee
Honors: Order of the Old Well
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: Campus Governing Counsel
Honors: Campus Police Dispatcher
Honors: Information Guide
Major: Political Science

Representative Cases:: Wesley V. Greyhound, 47 N.C. App. 680, 268 S.E.2d 855 ( 1980); Wesley v. Greyhound, 301 N.C. 239, 283 S.E.2d 136 ( 1980); Colonial Bldg. Co. v. Justice, 83 N.C. App. 643, 351 S.E.2d 140 ( 1986); Best v. N.C. State Bd. of Dental Examiners, 108 N.C. App. 158, 423 S.E.2d 330 ( 1992); Best v. N.C. State Bd. of Dental Examiners, 333 N.D. 461, 423 S.E.2d ( 1993); IRT Property Co. v. Papagayo, Inc., 112 N.C. App. 318, 435 S.E.2d 565 ( 1993); IRT Property Co. v. Papagayo, Inc., 335 N.C. 556, 441 S.E.2d ( 1994); IRT Property Co. v. Papagayo, Inc., 338 N.C. 293, 449 S.E.2d 427 ( 1996); Connelly v. Family Inns of America, Inc., 141 N.C. App. 583, 540 S.E.2d 38 ( 2000); Bell v. North Carolina, 576 F.2d 564 (4th Cir. 1978); Sideshow, Inc. v. Mammoth Records, Inc., 751 F. Supp. 78 (E.D.N.C. 1990); Glaxo Inc. v.Genpharm Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 796 F. Supp. 872 (E.D.N.C. 1992); Robert Woodhead, Inc. v. Datawatch Corp., 934 F. Supp. 872 (E.D.N.C. 1992); Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Becks, 123 N.C. App. 489, 473. S.E.2d 427 ( 1996); Bioxy, Inc. v. Birko Corp., 935 F. Supp. 737 (E.D.N.C. 1996); Nolu Plastics, Inc. v. System Plast, Inc, (M.D.N.C. 2000)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Frequent Author and Lecturer, Litigation Matters, Insurance Coverage and Intellectual Property; Certified Instructor, North Carolina Real Estate Licensing School; Faculty, North Carolina Bar Association Family Section Seminar, 1986 - Present

Honors and Awards:: North Carolina Bar Association Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, 2000; First Recipient, Art Prosser Volunteer of the Year for Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities

Professional Associations and Memberships:: NC State Bar Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 2002 - Present; N.C. Bar Association, 1978 - Present; New Hanover District Bar, 2004 - Present; Board Member; Pender County District Bar, 2004 - Present; Board Member; BarCARES of North Carolina, 1995 - Present; President (2005-2007) and Co-Founder; New Hanover County Bar Association, 2002 - Present; Member; Association of Defense Attorneys and Defense Research Institute, 1988 - Present; Wake County Bar Association, 1988 - 2000; Board of Directors; Wake County Bar Association, 1978 - Present; Member; Council for Entrepreneurial Development, 1988 - 1995; Board of Directors; Council for Entrepreneurial Development, 1994 - 1995; Vice President; Lawyer Effectiveness Committee, 1995 - Present; Vice-Chair; American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Vice-Chair, Intellectual Property Division; American Association for Justice; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1980 - 1988; NCBA [Instituted Liberty Bell Award and High School Moot Court Competition], 1983; Chairman, Statewide Law Day Committee; NCBA; Chairman, Mediation Subcommittee; The Fuller Center for Housing; Figure 8 Island, 2004 - Present; National Board Member, Homeowners Association Board; Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, 2002 - Present; Member; Coastal Carolina Entrepreneurship Center, 2002 - Present; World Trade Association, Legal, 2002 - Present; Cape Fear Chapter; VISIONS, Inc; Legal Advisor; Wilmington Homeless Shelter Volunteer, 2002 - Present; N.C. Coastal 1 Land Trust, 2002 - Present; UNC - Wilmington, 2007 - Present; Board of Visitors; North Carolina Bar; Committee on Continuing Legal Education (CLE)

Past Employment Positions:: The Joinery Company, President, April 15, 2001 - March 8, 2002; Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein, L.L.P., Partner, 1988 - 2001; Harris, Cheshire, Leager & Southern, Raleigh NC, May 1, 1986 - April 1, 1988; Harris & Coggins, November 1, 1981 - May 1, 1986; Thorp, Anderson & Slifkin, Rocky Mount/ Raleigh NC, Associate; Honorable F.T. Dupree, Jr., Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, Law Clerk