Brad chairs the firm’s Financial Services Litigation Department and is co-chair of the firm’s appeals and issues practice. He has broad experience in complex litigation, with emphasis on business torts, finance, securities, and products liability. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in seven different litigation categories: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking and Finance, Securities, Personal Injury, Product Liability, and First Amendment. His clients include banks, financial services firms and manufacturers.

He has defended class actions in pretrial proceedings, at trial, and in appellate courts. He is also experienced in arbitration before American Arbitration Association, JAMS, and securities arbitration panels, and in related proceedings in trial and appellate courts.

He maintains an active appellate practice and was founding chair of the Appellate Practice Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. He is also a past chair of the Appellate Rules Committee of the NCBA, which serves as a liaison between the state's appellate bench and bar. He has represented appellants, appellees and amici curiae in North Carolina's appellate courts.

Brad was a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph H. Young of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. As an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he was the associate editor of The Daily Tar Heel and Outstanding Graduate of the School of Journalism.