Wes Earnhardt

Wes Earnhardt is a first-chair trial and appellate lawyer with significant experience in antitrust, general commercial, intellectual property, securities, and financial restructuring and reorganization matters. He is described as a “careful and thorough” litigator and praised for having a “gift for communicating complicated concepts in an accessible way.” (Chambers USA)

Named a “Litigation Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal and a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation, Mr. Earnhardt regularly represents clients in their most business‑critical disputes.

Mr. Earnhardt has a broad trial and appellate practice. He has tried numerous cases in jurisdictions nationwide on a wide range of issues, and has extensive arbitration experience both domestically and internationally. Mr. Earnhardt has led appeals in the U.S. Supreme Court; the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Second, Third, Sixth, Ninth and Federal Circuits; as well as several state appellate courts, including the Supreme Courts of Delaware, Kentucky and South Carolina.

University of North Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2004); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 2000; Phi Beta Kappa).

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