Jonathan Wall

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Practice Areas

  • Business and Civil Litigation
  • Labor & Employment
  • Mediation and Arbitration
  • Personal Injury

Biographical Information

Professional Associations

  • Federal Bar Association, Middle District of North Carolina, 2010 – present
      Labor and Employment Law Section, 2018 – present,  (Vice Chair, 2025- 2026)
  • North Carolina Bar Association
      • Labor Law Council, 2003 – 2012 (Chair, 2008-2009)
  • North Carolina Advocates for Justice
      • Board of Governors, 2003-2006, 2013-14
      Publications Committee (Chair, 2003-2006), 1999-2011
      Employment Law Section (Chair, 2013-2014)
  • National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
  • Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
  • Greensboro Bar Association
      • Board of Directors, 2025-present
      Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair, 2023 – present
  • Guilford Inn of Court, 2014 – present (President, 2025 – present)

 

Education

  • Washington & Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA
      Juris Doctor, 1989
  • Duke University, Durham, NC
      B.A. 1986 (Philosophy)

Civic and Charity Affiliations

  • Elon University School of Law
      Board of Advisors, 2006 – present
      Preceptor, 2006 – present
      Adjunct Professor, 2008-2014
  • North Carolina Wildlife Federation
      Board of Directors, 2021 – present
  • Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
      Board of Directors, 2007-2011
      Impact Greensboro, Agent 2007 – present
      • Future Fund, 2000 – present
  • Rotary International, Greensboro Rotary Club
      Board of Directors, 2008-2011
      Group Study Exchange, District 7690 Committee, 2003-2011
      Rotary Youth Leadership Program, 2010 – present (co-chair, 2011-2013)
  • Trial Lawyers Care, 2002-2005
  • Page High School Mock Trial Coach, 2004-2008, 2018-2020

Publications and Presentations

  • Verdicts & Settlements column, TRIAL BRIEFS, 1998-2014
  • NORTH CAROLINA PRIMA FACIE MANUAL (R. Elliot, Ed.) (LexisNexis 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014  Supplements) (Contributing Editor for Chapters on Animals, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, and Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices)
  • Hot Topics in Employment Law, N.C. Society of Healthcare Attorneys Annual Meeting (Chapel Hill, Sept. 19, 2025).
  • Managing Toxic Employees: Perspectives from Employers and Employees, Federal Bar Association Employment Law Section Webinar CLE (Sept. 3, 2025)
  • Noncompetition Agreements: The FTC Ban, Disarray at the NLRB, and Continuing State Efforts to Regulate Noncompetition Agreements, The Labouring Oar (Federal   Bar Association Employment Law Section Newsletter Summer 2025)
  • Dealing with Difficult Clients, Guilford Inn of Court (program creator and presenter) (April 17, 2025)
  •  Noncompetition Agreements in 2025: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, NCAJ   Employment Law 2025 CLE (Feb. 7, 2025)
  • To Tell the Truth: Being a Justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court, Guilford Inn of Court Presentation (program creator and moderator) (Nov. 20, 2024
  • Hot Topics in ADA Law, Federal Bar Association and myLawCLE (May 24, 2024)
  • Noncompetition Agreements: Where Do We Go From Here?, NCAJ Employment Law — 2024 CLE (Feb. 2, 2024)
  • N.C. Federal District Court Opinions: The Year in Review, 38th Annual NC/SC Labor & Employment Law Conference (November 2022).
  • N.C. Federal District Court Opinions:  The Year in Review, 37th Annual NC/SC Labor & Employment Law Conference (October 2021)
  • N.C. Federal District Court Opinions:  The Year in Review, 36th Annual NC/SC Labor & Employment Law Conference (October 2020)
  • Teaching During a Pandemic:  Legal Implications of COVID-19, N.C. Chapters of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)(Virtual, July 2020)
  • Trending Discovery Disputes:  Recent Decisions, Employer Defense Tactics, and Ethics, NCAJ Employment Law 2020 CLE (Feb. 2020)
  • Attorney Fee Affidavits:  Getting Paid for Your Hard Work, NCAJ Employment Law 2018 CLE (Feb. 2018)
  • City’s Renege on Economic Development Loan Insightful on Employment Issues (NCBA Blog, May 18, 2017)
  • Court of Appeals on Brink of Slippery Non-Compete Slope (NCBA Blog Dec. 1, 2016)
  • Fourth Circuit’s RLM Communications, LLC v. Tuschen Tackles Noncompetition and Trade Secret Misappropriation Issues (NCBA Blog Sept. 1, 2016)
  • Restrictive Covenants, NCBA Fundamentals of Employment Law CLE (Feb. 3, 2016)
  • Restrictive Covenants in Employment Law: Noncompetition Agreements, NCBA Fundamentals of Employment Law CLE (June 2015)
  • Restrictive Covenants in Employment, NCBA Fundamentals of Employment Law CLE (June 2013)
  • Protecting Our Protectors: Federal Employment Laws Assisting Our Servicemembers, Trial Briefs 9 (Dec. 2012)
  • Noncompetition Agreements, NCBA CLE (June 3, 2011)
  • Employment Law, TRIAL BRIEFS (JUNE 2009), Coordinating Editor
  • War Stories 101 Panel, 2009 Fundamentals of Employment Law, NCBA CLE (June 5, 2009)
  • Non-Compete Clauses and Confidential Information, NCATL Employment Law CLE (April 2007)
  • 2008 NC/SC Bar Labor & Employment Law Update (NCBA CLE), Planner
  • 2007 Fundamentals of Employment Law (NCBA CLE Program), Planner
  • 2007 NC/SC Bar Labor & Employment Law Update (NCBA CLE), Planner
  • The Government as Litigant, TRIAL BRIEFS (Dec. 2006), Coordinating Editor
  • New Ethics Opinion Grants Further Protections for the Government, TRIAL BRIEFS 32 (DEC. 2006)

Additional Information

  • Certified Superior Court Mediator (2003-present)
  • Admitted to Practice in the State of North Carolina; the United States District Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; the United States District Court of North Carolina (Middle, Eastern, and Western Districts); and Cherokee (Eastern Band) Supreme Court
  • Legal Elite, Employment Law, 2010, 2015-18, 2021-25
  • Super Lawyers, Employment Law, 2016-2025
  • N.C. Lawyers weekly Power List, Employment Law, 2021, 2025
  • Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Vestry, Men’s Fellowship Chair)