5501-E Adams Farm Lane
Greensboro, North Carolina 27407
Phone: 336-218-0227
Fax: 336-218-0240
Practice Areas
Puryear and Lingle devotes its practice to the following areas of law:
Business Law
- Formation of corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and joint ventures
- Shareholder and operating agreements
- Commercial contracts
- Employment contracts
- Business and contract disputes
- Company policies and handbooks
- Acquisition and transfer of assets and equity interests
- Financing arrangements
- Protection of trade secrets and confidential information
- Trademark and tradedress infringement
Employment Law
- Sexual harassment
- Discrimination due to:
- Sex
- Age
- Race
- Disability
- National origin
- Religion
- Sexual orientation
- Family care responsibilities
- Veteran status
- Pregnancy
- Non-compete agreements
- Wage and overtime, salary, commission, bonus and other compensation and benefits
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Wrongful termination
- Whistleblower retaliation
- Severance agreements
- Executive compensation and deferred compensation
- Employment law audits for businesses
- Employment agreements
- Employee manuals

Entertainment Law
- Contract drafting and review
General Civil Litigation
- Breach of contract
- Fraud
- Unfair or deceptive trade practices
- Property and construction disputes
- Debt collection
- Libel, slander and defamation
- Alienation of affections and heart balm torts
- Trials and appeals at all levels
Personal Injury
- Wrongful death
- Car/automobile accidents
- Truck accidents
- Nursing home abuse and neglect
- Slip and fall accidents
- Dog bites/animal attacks
- Dangerous and defective products
- Dangerous conditions on property
- Burn and fire injury
- Construction accidents
- Swimming pool accidents
- Mass disasters
- Train Accidents
- Airplane crashes/aviation accidents
- Brain injury
- Closed head injury
- Sexual assault
Elder law
- Wills and estates
- Trusts
- Power of attorney
- Health care power of attorney
- Advance directives and living wills
- Personal care agreements
- Family settlements
- Long-term care planning