S. McKinley Gray, III
1001 College Court
New Bern, North Carolina
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Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 867
New Bern, North Carolina
28563-0867

Phone: 252-672-5476
Fax: 252-672-5477
Email: smg@wardandsmith.com

Mr. Gray is leader of the Labor and Employment Section.  His practice experience encompasses various areas of employment-related litigation.  Mr. Gray advises clients and litigates cases involving all forms of employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, and breach of employment contracts from small start-up companies to Fortune 500 corporations.  He is a frequent lecturer on employment discrimination, workplace retaliation, workers' compensation, and wage and hour law issues.  Mr. Gray has been rated by his peers as being "preeminent" in his respective fields of law and serves in leadership roles with various legal and civic organizations.  He is a former president of the Craven County Bar Association and a former two-term president of the Board of Directors for the United Way of Coastal Carolina.

Practice Groups
Labor and Employment
Litigation

 

Practice Specialties
Employment Contracts, Compensation, and Benefits
Employment Discrimination and Harassment
Employment Litigation
Occupational Safety and Health
Wage and Hour Law
Workers' Compensation

Bar Admission
North Carolina, 1993

Court Admissions
All state courts in North Carolina
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina

Education
J.D., magna cum laude, Campbell University, 1993. Business Editor, Campbell Law Review.
B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990. Johnston Scholar.

Memberships
American Bar Association — Sections: Labor and Employment Law; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice
Craven County Bar Association (secretary/treasurer 1998-1999; president 1999-2000)
North Carolina Bar Association — Sections: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation; Young Lawyers Division (co-chair of Quality of Life Committee 1995)

Publications
Labor and Employment
Litigation

 

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