Jeffrey T. Linder

Background

Jeffrey Linder focuses his practice on employment and workers’ compensation litigation. He appears on behalf of employers in North Carolina State and Federal Courts and before the North Carolina Industrial Commission, Department of Labor and other State administrative agencies. Jeff seeks to provide the highest quality of client service to deliver the most satisfactory results in the most efficient manner available. His clients include ADP TotalSource, Atlas Van Lines, Compass Group, General Electric, Hospira, and Ryder, as well as specialty/regional insurers Berkley Mid-Atlantic Group, Transguard and Westfield Insurance Co. Jeff has a BV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Jeff joined the firm in 1995. In his spare time, Jeff is a passionate golfer, avid reader of historical novels and an enthusiastic Tar Heel sports fan. He and his wife, Kathleen, and their two sons live in Raleigh.

Practice Areas

• Employment Litigation
• Workers' Compensation

Education & Bar Admissions

• J.D., with honors, University of North Carolina School of Law, 1995
• B.A., with honors, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1992

Admitted in

• North Carolina, 1995
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional & Civic Activity

• ALFA International, Workers’ Compensation Practice Group, Chairman, 2009-2011
• North Carolina Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation Section Council Member, 2008-2011
• North Carolina Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section
• North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
• Defense Research Institute
   
• Edenton Street United Methodist Church, Member
• Wake County Boys & Girls Clubs, Fundraising Captain

Milestones

• Obtained a temporary restraining order in a matter of extreme urgency to protect confidential trade secrets when management-level employees of a Raleigh company left to set up a competing business. Subsequently, the parties agreed to a period of non-competition and the return of sensitive information including the cleansing of data storage devices, saving the company from competition by people previously entrusted with its well-being.
• Successfully defended a production worker’s claim for a cumulative trauma disorder, alleged to be an occupational disease under the Workers’ Compensation Act.
• Successfully defended, in Guilford County Superior Court, an attempt to extinguish a workers’ compensation lien on an employee’s settlement from a third-party tortfeasor, thereby reducing workers’ compensation costs for the employer.

Reported Cases:

• Hawkins v. General Electric Co., 683 S.E.2d 385, N.C. App. 2009
• Golds v. Ryder Integrated Logistics, 184 N.C.App. 757, 646 S.E.2d 864 (2007)
• Legette v. Scotland Memorial Hospital, 181 N.C. App. 437, 640 S.E.2d 744 (2007)
• McMillan v. General Electric Co.,. 180 N.C. App. 237, 636 S.E. 2d 340 (2006)
• Butner v. Piedmont Triad Homes, Inc., 177 N.C. App. 462, 628 S.E.2d 867 (2006)
• Spears v. Betsy Johnson Mem. Hosp., 177 N.C. App. 148, 627 S.E.2d 684 (2006)
• Roberts v. Mills Mfg. Corp., 174 N.C. App. 625, 621 S.E.2d 340 (2005)
• Bursell v. General Electric Co., 172 N.C. App. 73, 616 S.E. 2d 342 (2005)
• Shoffner v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 165 N.C. App. 905, 602 S.E.2d 727 (2005)
• Springer v. McNutt Service Group, Inc., 160 N.C. App. 574, 586 S.E.2d 554 (2003)
• Suttles v. Southeastern Health Facilities, 157 N.C. App. 143, 578 S.E.2d 326 (2003)
• Pollock v. Waspco Corp., 148 N.C. App. 381, 559 S.E.2d 567 (2002)
• Allen v. Roberts Elec. Contr., 143 N.C. App. 55, 546 S.E.2d 133 (2001)
• Calhoun v. Wayne Dennis Heating & Air Conditioning, 129 N.C. App. 794, 501 S.E. 2d 346 (1998)

Disclaimer: The above information may not necessarily reflect the attorney’s entire record, and the outcome of any particular future matter cannot be predicated on the attorney’s or law firm’s past results.