MEMBER OF FIRM
Kirk J. Angel (Member) born Sylva, North Carolina, May 2, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Tennessee; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1999, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 2005, North Carolina; 2006, U.S. District Court, Western and Middle Districts of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina, Asheville (B.A., Philosophy, with honors, 1992); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1997; M.A., Philosophy, 1997). Certified Superior Court Mediator. Associate Attorney, Law Office of Burkhalter, Rayson & Associates, PC, Knoxville, TN, 1997-2001. Trial Attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Charlotte, NC, 2001-2004. Member, The Angel Law Firm, PLLC, 2005. Faculty Member, DeVry University, Charlotte, NC, 2003. Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Section); National Employment Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Discrimination; Harassment; Wage and Hour; Family and Medical Leave Act; Covenants Not To Compete; Wrongful Discharge; Unjust Dismissals; Retaliatory Discharge; Unemployment Appeals; Sexual Harassment; Age Discrimination in Employment; Confidentiality Agreements; Employee Discipline; Employee Drug Testing; Employee Rights; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Claims; Employment Contracts; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employment Mediation; Employment Termination; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Fair Employment Practices; Fair Labor Standards; Minimum Wage Law; National Origin Discrimination; Noncompete Litigation; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation; Agreements; Reductions in Force; Restrictive Covenants; Title VII Discrimination; Wage and Hour Law; Whistleblower Litigation; Wrongful Termination; Labor and Employment; Employment Arbitration; Employment at Will.
ASSOCIATE
Leslie E. Wagstaff (Associate) born Charlotte, North Carolina, February 15, 1983; admitted to bar, 2007, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (B.S., Business Administration and Political Science, 2004); Emory University School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2007). Dean's List. Order of the Coif. Associate Attorney: The Angel Law Firm, PLLC, February 2009; Mayer Brown LLP, September 2007-February 2009. Member, Emory Law Journal. Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Division). Practice Areas: Wills; Probate; Unemployment Compensation; Living Wills; Probate Administration; Powers of Attorney; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Living Trusts.