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Kenneth Carlson

Mediator & Attorney

“Employment Mediator”

Winston-Salem, North CarolinaRemote available
33+Years Exp

Core Practice Areas

8 Verticals
✓Employment Discrimination
✓Workplace Harassment
✓Wage & Hour Claims
✓Wrongful Termination
✓Non-Compete Agreements
✓Retaliation Claims
✓Employee Benefits (ERISA)
✓Trade Secret Misappropriation
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

Neutral Profile

Ken Carlson is a certified mediator who has practiced labor & employment law exclusively since 1993. The majority of his practice now involves serving as a mediator or arbitrator, primarily focusing on various areas of employment law. As a certified mediator, Ken mediates cases in both federal and state courts throughout North Carolina, and in other states upon request. He is also fine with mediating in-person, virtually, or through a combination of the two — whichever the parties prefer. Ken is a former chair of the Dispute Resolution Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, currently serves on the Council of the Labor & Employment Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, and is a Fellow with the American Bar Foundation. He is consistently named to Business North Carolina’s annual “Legal Elite”, to the list of North Carolina “Super Lawyers,” and to the Best Lawyers in America for labor & employment law and/or alternative dispute resolution. Ken is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars, and has written numerous articles and CLE materials on such diverse matters as mediating in a manner to help avoid impasse, “best practices” for a successful mediation, legal ethics in mediation, and the pros and cons of employment law arbitration. In addition to his mediation and legal practice, Ken is an adjunct professor at the Wake Forest University School of Law where he teaches courses in negotiation and trade secrets/unfair competition.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

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License

Certified Mediator

Education

Wake Forest University School of Law

J.D. · Law

Class of 1990

Yale Divinity School

Master of Divinity

Class of 1981

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

B.A. · English

Class of 1976

Work History

2 Positions

Attorney / Mediator

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Practices labor & employment law exclusively.

Adjunct Professor

Wake Forest University School of Law

Teaches courses in negotiation and trade secrets/unfair competition.

Honors & Recognition

4 Honors

Fellow

American Bar Foundation

2015

Fellow (2015 – present)

Legal Elite

Business North Carolina

Consistently named to annual list.

Super Lawyers

North Carolina Super Lawyers

Consistently named to list.

Best Lawyers in America

Best Lawyers

For labor & employment law and/or alternative dispute resolution.

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