UNTI LUMSDEN & SMITH PA

ATTORNEYS AT LAW
4020 Westchase Boulevard Suite 465
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
Telephone: 919-828-3966
Toll Free Line: 1-888-828-3867
Fax: 919-828-3927

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MICHAEL LEE UNTI
Partner

Born Seattle, Washington, July 13, 1950
Admitted to Virginia Bar: 1981, Georgia Bar: 1984, and North Carolina Bar: 1988

Education:
Washington & Lee University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1972; J.D., cum laude, 1981)
Phi Beta Kappa; Washington & Lee Law Review, 1980-1981
Yale University (M.A., M.Phil., 1974)

U.S. Army, 1972-1978

Practice Areas:
Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Construction Litigation; Construction Contracts; Consumer Law; Contract Litigation; Trust Litigation; Securities Litigation; Franchise Litigation; Fiduciary Law.

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MARGARET C. LUMSDEN
Partner

Born Chattanooga, Tennessee, August 12, 1962
Admitted to North Carolina Bar: 1988
Admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th and 5th Circuits and U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

Education:
Princeton University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1985)
Duke University (J.D., 1988).

Practice Areas:
Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation; Creditors Rights; Fiduciary Law; Employment Law; Franchise Litigation.

Languages: French

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SHARON LEIGH SMITH
Partner

Born Morganton, North Carolina, June 26, 1967
Admitted to North Carolina Bar: 1994

Education:
University of North Carolina (B.A., 1989; J.D., 1994)

Practice Areas:
Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Construction Litigation; Securities Litigation; Workers' Compensation;Lemon Law; Franchise Law

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MARYLIN A. KEATING
Partner

Born Huntington, New York, June 7, 1969
Admitted to North Carolina Bar: 1995

Education:
University of North Carolina (B.A., with honors, 1991; J.D., 1994); Phi Beta Kappa
Universite Jean Moulin, Lyon 3, France (L.L.M./D.E.A. de Droit Communautaire, 1996)

Practice Areas:
Civil Litigation; Immigration Law; Construction Contracts; Workers' Compensation; Franchise Litigation; Employment Law

Languages: French

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MATTHEW B. SLOTKIN
Associate

Born Chapel Hill, North Carolina, July 18, 1965
Admitted to North Carolina Bar: 1995

Education:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1988; M.S.W., J.D., 1994)

Practice Areas:
Workers' Compensation; Civil Litigation; Employment Discrimination; Criminal Defense

North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers

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MARSHALL DAYAN
Of Counsel

Born Miami, Florida, September 29, 1958
Admitted to District of Columbia Bar: 1986; North Carolina Bar: 1989

Education:
University of Georgia (A.B., 1984)
Antioch School of Law (J.D., 1986)

Practice Areas:
Criminal Defense; Immigration Law; Civil Litigation; Employment Discrimination

Recipient:
American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law

Author:
"Payment of Costs in Death Penalty Cases," 22 Crim. L. Bull. 18, 1986; Note, "Between Skylla & Charybdis: The Eleventh Circuit Rushes Toward Disaster in Tucker v. Kemp," 4 Antioch L.J. 181, 1986

North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers

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JANINE FODOR
Of Counsel

Born Princeton, New Jersey, March 28, 1962
Admitted to North Carolina Bar, 1990

Education:
University of Michigan (B.A., with honors, 1983)
University of Chicago
Cambridge University, England, (M.Phil. History and Philosophy of Science, 1985)
Yale University (J.D., 1990)

Practice Areas:
Criminal Defense; Civil Litigation; Employment Discrimination.

Author:
"Overview of 1987 Amendments to Rule 11 (a) of North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure", Institute of Government, October 1990;"The Equitable Distribution of Debt", Institute of Government, August 1991; "Challenging Structured Sentencing: Possible Appellate Issues", TRIAL BRIEFS (Publication of North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Winter 1994-1995. Presentation at UNC CLE Seminar, 1995, "Juvenile Records as Aggravating Factors in Adult Criminal Sentencing". "Your Client's Juvenile Record: Controlling the Damage", Capital College, Fall 1998

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