AREAS OF PRACTICE: Employment Law, Healthcare Law, Business Litigation, Corporate Compliance, Estate Planning, Mediation, Tax Disputes
OUR ATTORNEYS: Nicole Gardner, Heather Skelton, Jared Gardner, Fred Parker, Jerry Jernigan, Jocelyn Hoefling, Tyler Peacock, Erin Ball, Florence Thompson
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS: Gardner Skelton attorneys represent a broad spectrum of companies, including manufacturers, banks, retail and restaurant chains, and independent medical practices. The firm also represents officers of national banks and publicly-traded companies, physicians, attorneys and other executives.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION: Gardner Skelton received a Tier 1 ranking in the 2019 edition of “Best Law Firms” for the practice area of Employment Law. Attorney Nicole Gardner was selected for Best Lawyers in America for 2014 – 2019, and has also been named as one of Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite since 2010. In 2015, Nicole received the most votes as N.C.’s top employment lawyer, thus entering her permanently into Legal Elite’s “Hall of Fame.” In addition to being selected to Best Lawyers in America and Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite, she was also selected by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in 2010 and 2011, a Super Lawyer from 2012-2019, and as one of the Top 50 Women North Carolina Super Lawyers since 2014. Attorney Jared Gardner was selected by Super Lawyers as a business litigation Super Lawyer in 2012 – 2019, and named to Business North Carolina’s 2016 – 2017 “Legal Elite.” Attorney Fred Parker was selected as a Rising Star for Super Lawyers in 2012 – 2014.
To learn more about Gardner Skelton, please visit our website at www.gardnerskelton.com.