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Divorce
Sarah has served as a volunteer attorney for the Council for Children’s Rights and is a graduate of the 2009 Mecklenburg County Bar Leadership Institute. Sarah is a certified family financial mediator, a parent coordinator, and a member of the Charlotte Collaborative Divorce Professionals.
Child Support
Caroline Mitchell focuses her practice on family law, including equitable distribution, spousal and child support, custody, and separation agreements. Outside of her legal work, Caroline is a member of Charlotte’s Mint Museum Auxiliary, the Women’s Impact Fund, and the Wake Forest University School of Law’s Rose Council, among other organizations.
Child Custody and Visitation
Russ Kornegay received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his Juris Doctor from Campbell University School of Law. At James, McElroy & Diehl, his practice deals almost exclusively with family law. Russ has substantial trial experience as lead counsel in complex equitable distribution matters with an emphasis on business valuation issues as well as highly contested child custody cases. He maintains an active practice (trials, mediations and arbitrations) counseling and advising clients in all areas of family law.
Premarital Agreement
Eleftherea (“Rea”) V. Goanos counsels her clients on a wide range of divorce and family law matters, including litigation and negotiation of complex financial matters, custody disputes, parenting schedules, child and spousal support, property division, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, and all post-judgment related issues.
Spousal Support
Simi A. Patel focuses her practice in all areas of family law including divorce, child custody and support, spousal support, and equitable distribution.
Annulment
“Case Law Update: Appellate Cases Addressing Equitable Distribution, Separation Agreements, Child Custody, Child Support, Annulment, and Alimony,” Rowan County Family Law Seminar, Salisbury, NC, September 13, 2019
Child Abuse
Acted as Grants Director for the Public Interest Law Organization; participated as a member of the Moot Court Board, where she competed as a member on the Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Team; worked as a research assistant for Dean Emeritus Suzanne Reynolds in researching and editing her North Carolina Family Law treatise; and earned her Guardian ad Litem certificate and served Forsyth County in that capacity for cases involving child abuse, neglect, and dependency. In addition to a summer clerkship with JMD in the summer of 2021, Kristin also completed an internship with the Children’s Law Center of Central North Carolina.

Criminal Defense
Jon Burns has devoted himself to trial work for more than a decade, with a practice that now encompasses family law, criminal defense, and general civil litigation.
Wrongful Death
Lisa R., Wrongful Death Civil Case, “Fred handled our wrongful death case with the utmost care and attention. He made a difficult situation as smooth as possible, explaining the legal process, and all of our options. He worked tirelessly on our case on our behalf. We ended up settling the case and are satisfied with the outcome. He was straight with us and made it clear that he would take our case to trial if that is what we desired. I would highly recommend Fred to represent anyone in a similar situation. They should feel confident in having him by their side.”
Sex Crimes
Prior to joining JMD, Dusty worked for nearly 11 years as an assistant district attorney in North Carolina, where he gained a wealth of trial experience. As an assistant district attorney, Dusty prosecuted hundreds of major felony cases and tried dozens of jury trials to verdict. Dusty also practices criminal defense, where he relies on his extensive experience in handling cases involving traffic offenses, domestic violence, white collar crime, drug offenses, adult sex offenses, felonious assaults, robberies and homicides.
White Collar Crimes
Jon counsels clients regarding a wide array of complex legal problems arising in their personal and professional lives, with an emphasis on issues related to divorce, equitable distribution, child custody, child support, spousal support (postseparation support and alimony), domestic violence, sexual assault, alienation of affection and criminal conversation, invasion of privacy, electronic hacking and wiretapping, criminal investigations, white collar crime, and other serious felony matters.
Theft
Embezzlement
Ed Hinson began his practice as an Assistant District Attorney in Charlotte. In just over four years as a prosecutor, he was lead counsel for the state in a number of jury trials, including several capital murder prosecutions, embezzlements, rapes, armed robberies and other serious crimes.
Drug Crimes
Before joining JMD, Jon served for more than five years as an assistant district attorney, where he achieved conviction after trial by jury as lead counsel for the State in many different types of cases, including murder, theft, drug trafficking, methamphetamine manufacture, and impaired driving.
Assault
Murder

Business and Corporate Law

Corporate Law
Raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Billy Lamb joined James, McElroy & Diehl in 2017, and focuses his practice in the areas of business and corporate law.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Business Disputes
As a trial lawyer in Charlotte, North Carolina for over 25 years, Fred focuses his civil litigation practice on representing individuals and companies involved in complex business disputes. Fred’s trial experience, when coupled with his educational background in the areas of finance and accounting, provide him with a distinctive ability to counsel clients on a wide range of litigation issues that include: derivative actions, dissolutions, waste of assets, minority shareholder rights, controlling shareholder obligations, dissenting shareholder rights, officers’ and directors’ liability, executive compensation, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, business valuation, financial products, estates, and trusts and severe bodily injury. In addition, Fred represents investors in arbitrations before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and is a member of the Public Investor Bar Arbitration Association (“PIABA”). Fred is certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission to mediate Superior Court cases. As a first chair lawyer, Fred has successfully prosecuted and defended many cases in trials before judges, juries, and arbitration panels.
Business Transactions
Heath Alexander joined James, McElroy & Diehl in 2010. He is a strategic legal advisor who represents clients in deals and negotiations related to structuring joint ventures, partnership agreements and limited liability company transactions. Experienced in all aspects of business transactions, Heath has represented acquirers and acquires in corporate mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations. His practice also covers a wide range of financing transactions, including: asset-based borrowing, mezzanine and subordinated debt financing, private offerings of equity and debt securities, and venture capital transactions.
Intellectual Property
Kate graduated from Clemson University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Philosophy. She received her Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law, graduating in 2020. While in law school, Kate worked with the Children’s Law Center through the Child Advocacy Clinic, assisting advocates on high conflict custody cases. She also was a member of the Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law and the Domestic Violence Coalition.
Antitrust

Employment Litigation
John obtained his bachelor of science in civil engineering from North Carolina State University, before obtaining his J.D. from Boston University School of Law. He focuses his practice on complex litigation disputes in both state and federal court, and has practiced extensively in the North Carolina Business Court. Having litigated more than 80 jury trials, John is a personable and persuasive individual, highly skilled in the art of presenting large amounts of complicated information in a manner that is concise and approachable. His specialties include helping clients face litigation pertaining to a wide variety of business disputes, including management disputes, employment disputes, shareholder disputes, breaches of corporate documents (i.e. asset purchase agreements and operating agreements), appointment of a receiver, real property disputes, construction disputes, catastrophic personal injuries, and wrongful death. In addition, John has significant experience defending and prosecuting alienation of affection and criminal conversation claims.
Sexual Harassment
Drawing from more than a dozen years of experience practicing law, Kavita Desai helps clients navigate issues related to family law, including divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support and equitable distribution. Kavita also fights for clients who have been the victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment through civil litigation. Since 2016, Kavita has proudly served as a volunteer attorney for the Council for Children’s Rights, providing pro bono legal representation to children whose parents are engaged in high conflict custody disputes. In addition, Kavita currently serves on the Mecklenburg County Bar Association’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

Real Estate Litigation
Chuck Pettigrew primarily advises clients on real estate matters, including purchases and sales, real estate development issues, and leasing and financing transactions.
Construction Litigation
Alexandra has practiced civil litigation at JMD for more than five years and became a partner in 2024. Alexandra informally defines “civil litigation” as those disputes that are not criminal, domestic, or transactional. In other words, it encompasses just about everything. From construction litigation to complex personal injury, breach of contract actions, to summary ejectments, Alexandra thrives on the breadth and variety of her cases. That variety creates constant opportunities to borrow principles and strategies from one area of the law and apply them in non-traditional ways.
Real Estate Transactions
Angelika Ballas, a Charlotte, North Carolina native, focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions, business, and corporate law.
Land Use and Zoning
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Personal Injury
Recently recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in Personal Injury Litigation, Jennifer pairs drive and tenacity with her compassion for her clients and her passion for justice. When clients have been involved in serious accidents or suffered mistreatment by a healthcare provider, Jennifer is there to help.
Medical Malpractice
Alex Heroy focuses his practice on civil litigation of all types, with a concentration on complex personal injury, non-traditional medical malpractice, and business disputes. For more than 10 years, he has been dedicated to helping individuals and their families obtain fair and just compensation. Alex continues to build upon his more than $25 million in settlements and jury verdicts for his clients, often defeating big-name corporations and other influential defendants.

Trusts and Estates

Estate Planning

Bankruptcy
Tax Law
Mickey Aberman’s practice consists primarily of counseling clients on business matters, and negotiating and structuring transactions for mid-sized businesses. Acquisitions and sales of businesses and business units comprise a significant component of his practice. Mickey also has extensive experience in legal issues that arise in the creation and transfer of computer software and other intangible technology, and with transactions involving complex finance and tax issues. He also works closely with members of the accounting profession and has extensive experience handling matters involving the application of accounting principles and other accounting issues. Approximately 15 percent of his time is spent dealing with business litigation, usually with one of the firm’s trial lawyers.

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