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.
mailto:mlunti@ulslaw.com
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
mailto:mclumsden@ulslaw.com
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
mailto:slsmith@ulslaw.com
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
mailto:makeating@ulslaw.com
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
mailto:slotkin@ulslaw.com
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
mailto:mldayan@ulslaw.com
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
mailto:fodor@ulslaw.com