Hayes Hofler
Name: R. Hayes Hofler
Email: hayeshofler@hoflerlaw.com
Phone: (919) 682-9663
Fax: (919) 682-2016
Current Employment Position(s):Â
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
- Building and Construction litigation; Real Estate litigation
- Serious Personal Injury and Products Liability
- Complex Family Law
Certifications/Honors/Organizations:
Martindale-Hubbell Av Preeminent Rating1984-present; Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers 1999-Present; American Association for Justice; North Carolina Advocates for Justice; Federal Bar Association; North Carolina Bar Association; NCBA-Appellate Rules Committee; North Carolina State Bar; Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy (1993-2003); Advocate, National College of Advocacy
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)
- Strawbridge v. Sugar Mountain Resort, Inc., 320 F.Supp.2d 425 (W.D.N.C.2004)
- Mitchell v. Norwich, 681 S.E.2d 520 (N.C.App. 2009)
- Curtis B. Pearson Music Company v. Everitt, 368 Fed. Appx. 450 (4th Cir. 2010)
Birth Information:
August 7, 1946, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America