
FOUNDER & CEO Gregory Shelton
Founding member Gregory L. Shelton has helped business solve problems since 1995. Greg advises his clients on the law, drafts and negotiates their contracts and leases, and champions them in court. Greg has handled a variety of cases over the years, from securities litigation to shareholder “buy sell” disputes to copyright infringement cases.
Greg’s bread and butter is construction law, commercial leasing, and HOA disputes in the Carolinas. Greg particularly enjoys cases requiring visits to the field. One particularly hot and humid day (even by Florida standards), a client asked Greg to drop what he was doing, jump in the car, and attend an inspection of hot-mop asphalt operations on a five-story campus building. Since that day, Greg keeps a pair of boots and jeans in his office just in case.
Other cases have taken Greg to a noisy smoke-filled telephone boiler room being shut down by a court-appointed receiver; a federal detention center to consult with an inmate; a waste-water treatment plan to inspect concrete; a subdivision cul-de-sac, in the rain, for a rowdy HOA board meeting; a hurricane-flooded shopping center; the spa at one of North Carolina’s most recognized resorts; and countless HOA pools and clubhouses.
Greg is licensed to practice in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. He is a South Carolina circuit court mediator and North Carolina superior court mediator. Greg has published many articles through the years and served as Managing Editor of the Sixth and Seventh editions of the North Carolina Construction Law Deskbook; the definitive treatise on construction law in North Carolina.
Greg became a board-certified construction law specialist in Florida in 2005; the first year such a certification was offered. Greg has regularly been included in Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite and in U.S News & World Report’s Best Lawyers.
EDUCATION
J.D., Florida State University College of Law, 1995, with honors
B.S., Finance, Florida State University College of Business, 1991
LAW SCHOOL AWARDS AND PROGRAMMES
Law Review (1992-1995)
Executive Editor (1994-1995)
St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford University, United Kingdom (1993)
English Legal History, Restitution, Comparative Criminal Procedure
JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIPS
Northern District of Florida, Honorable William Stafford
CERTIFICATIONS
Florida Board Certified Construction Law Specialist
(1995)
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLISHED WORKS
North Carolina Procurement Legislation Brings New Flexibility to Delivery of Public Building Projects, Construction Magazine (Dec. 2002)
Federal Public Contracting, North Carolina Construction Law Deskbook
Economic Loss Rule: Florida and Utah Update, Common Sense Contracting (Spring 2003)
AIA Documents in North Carolina, LORMAN (June 2004)
Sextant or Kaleidoscope? Court of Appeals Applies Contract Constraint Limitation
Version of Economic Loss Rule in Construction Defect Case, 21 Change Order 3 (June 2007)
North Carolina Operator’s Manual for the AIA Document A401 Form Subcontract, 19 Change Order 1 (June 2005)
Western District Holds that Federal Miller Act Does Not Preempt State Lien Laws, 20 Change Order (April 2006)
No Contract? No Problem! Court of Appeals Allows Owner to Recover Directly from Subcontractor for Defective Work, Carolina Subcontractor (Nov. 2007)
Lost Amendment, ELR
REPRESENTATIVE INSTRUCTION
Don’t Let Green Building Put You in the Red
Associated Builders and Contractors Annual Conference
Charleston, SC 2009
Working with AIA Contracts: What’s Behind the Looking Glass?
Lorman Educational Services
Raleigh, NC 2009
Associated Builders and Contractors Annual Conference
Charleston, SC 2008
Construction Law
Lawyer/CPA Forum
Charlotte, NC 2007
AIA Documents in North Carolina, LORMAN (June 2004)
Collections, Carolina Fence Association (Apr. 2004)
Alternative Delivery Methods, Carolinas AGC conference (Apr. 2004)
Annual Construction Law Update, Smith Currie & Hancock (Mar. 2004)
Contract Law Review Workshop, Carolinas AGC (Aug. 2004)
Construction Law Update, UNCC (Nov. 2004)
Construction Law Update, Mecklenburg County Bar Association (Fed. 2012)
Construction Law Update, Mecklenburg County Bar Association (Feb. 2015)
Construction Law, Turner Construction
PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERSHIPS
American Subcontractor Association of the Carolinas (ASAC)
Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas (ABC)
(Chairman, ABC Governmental Affairs Committee; Chairman, Charlotte Council)
Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA)
Construction Professionals Network (CPN)
Hispanic Contractors Association of the Carolinas (HCAC) (Executive Board Member)
National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
Professional Construction Estimators Association (PCEA)
LEADERSHIP
Executive Board of Directors
Hispanic Contractors Association of the Carolinas
Chairman, Governmental Affairs Committee Charlotte Council
Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas
Council, Construction Law Section
North Carolina Bar Association
Mountain Island Lake Marine Commission
Vice Chairman