HAYES HOFLER, P.A.

Litigation and Appellate Counsel

1007 Vickers Avenue Durham, North Carolina 27707

Attorney Profiles

Attorneys:

R. Hayes Hofler, J.D.
Daniel Hill, J.D.
Richard Igou , J.D. 

Hayes Hofler

Hayes Hofler

 

Name: R. Hayes Hofler
Email: hayeshofler@hoflerlaw.com
Phone: (919) 682-9663
Fax: (919) 682-2016

Current Employment Position(s): 

President

Areas Of Practice:

  • Civil Litigation & Appeals in all State and Federal trial courts and courts of appeal
  • Business & Commercial litigation; Business fraud; Breach of fiduciary duty; Unfair competition
  • Professional Malpractice
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Building and Construction litigation; Real Estate litigation
  • Serious Personal Injury and Products Liability
  • Complex Family Law

Certifications/Honors/Organizations:

Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1993-2003;  Martindale-Hubbell Av Preeminent Rating1984-present; Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers 1999-Present; American Association for Justice; North Carolina Advocates for Justice; North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; 14th Judicial District Bar Association, Durham, NC

Bar Admissions:

  • North Carolina, 1974
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1974
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1974
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 1974
  • U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1993
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1979

Education:

  • University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
         Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1974
  • Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
         Batchelor of Arts, History, cum laude, 1968

 Representative Appellate Cases:

  • Meade v. Meade, 812 F.2d 1473 (4th Cir. 1987)
  • Electric Supply Co. of Durham, Inc. v. Swain Elec. Co., Inc., 403 S.E.2d 291 (N.C. 1991)
  • Norwood v. Sherwin-Williams Co., 279 S.E.2d 559 (N.C. 1981)
  • North Carolina Nat. Bank v. Robinson, 336 S.E.2d 666 (N.C.App. 1985)
  • Hart v. Warren, 266 S.E.2d 53 (N.C.App. 1980)
  • D. W. Ward Const. Co., Inc. v. Adams, 374 S.E.2d 375 (N.C. 1988)
  • Friend – Novorska v. Novorska, 509 S.E.2d 460 (N.C.App. 1998)

Birth Information:

August 7, 1946, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America