JEFFREY K. PERALDO
jkp@greensborolawyer.com

EDUCATION:

Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, B.A. 1980

Wake Forest University School of Law
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, J.D. 1990

- Member, Wake Forest Law Review, 1988-90
- Member, Wake Forest Moot Court Board, 1988-90
- I. Beverly Lake Scholarship Recipient
- Scholastic Honors List

PROFESSIONAL:

Admitted to Practice, North Carolina, 1990 (N.C. State Bar No. 17556)
- U.S. Middle District of North Carolina, 1990
- U.S. Eastern District of North Carolina, 1999
- U.S. Western District of North Carolina, 2002
- Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1999

Pro Hac Vice admissions in Virginia

2004-present
Principal, Law Offices of Jeffrey K. Peraldo, P.A. Emphasis on serious personal injury and wrongful death litigation, plaintiff, in automobile and trucking, medical negligence, nursing home neglect and abuse, products liability, construction accidents, slip and fall/trip and fall cases, and negligent security. Practice also includes the representation of landowners in condemnation cases and consumer fraud.

2000-2004
Principal, Horsley & Peraldo, P.A.
Emphasis on serious personal injury and wrongful death litigation, plaintiff

1999-2000
Shareholder, Donaldson & Black, P.A., Greensboro, N.C.
Emphasis on serious personal injury and wrongful death litigation, plaintiff

1996-1999
Associate, Donaldson & Black, P.A., Greensboro, N.C.
Emphasis on serious personal injury and wrongful death litigation, plaintiff

1994-1996
Associate, Donaldson & Horsley, P.A., Greensboro, N.C.
Emphasis on serious personal injury and wrongful death litigation, plaintiff

1990-1994
Associate, Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., Greensboro, N.C.
Emphasis on commercial litigation

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

1990-Present
State Bar of North Carolina

1990-Present
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Chair, Products Liability Section, 2004
- Vice Chair, Products Liability Section, 2001-2004
- Education Chair, Products Liability Section, 2001-2003
- Executive Committee Member, Professional Education Committee, 1999
- Member, Board of Governers, 2004
- Member, Auto Torts Section
- Member, Professional Negligence Section
- Member, Products Liability Section
- Member, Nursing Home Litigation Section
- Member, Land Condemnation Section

1994-Present
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Member, Inadequate Security Litigation Group
- Member, Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway and Premises Liability Section
- Member, Insurance Law Section
- Member, Professional Negligence Section
- Member, Products Liability Section
- Member, Automatic Doors Litigation Group
- Member, Wal-Mart Litigation Group

1990-Present
North Carolina Bar Association
- Member, Litigation Section

1990-Present
Greensboro Bar Association

HONORS AND AWARDS:

2001- Present
AV Rating - Martindale-Hubbell

2000- Present
Listed in Best Lawyers in America - Consumer Guide

2003
Member of the "Legal Elite" - Business North Carolina Magazine

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS:

Expert Witnesses in Negligent Security Cases, Annual Meeting - Inadequate Security Litigation Group, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, July 21, 2003

Make Your Expert Witness Daubert-proof, Annual Meeting - Inadequate Security Litigation Group, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, July, 2003

Products Liability, 2003, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, May 2, 2003

Discovery and Depositions, Damages 2002, Wake Forest University Continuing Legal Education, October 3, 2002

Personal Injury Law; Understanding the Science and Effectively Presenting the Case, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, April 12, 2002

Profiles in Professionalism, Professional Responsibility Seminar, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, February 18, 2002

Voir Dire of the Security Expert - Preparing for Daubert, Premises Liability: Inadequate Security and Violent Crimes, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, March 31, 2001

Slip and Fall/Trip and Fall Cases Can Be Won, Premises Liability, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, March 24, 2000

Handling Challenges To Expert Witnesses In A Post-Daubert World, Practical Evidence 2000, Wake Forest University Continuing Legal Education, January 13, 2000

The Basics Of UM And UIM, Learning the Ropes; The ABCs and XYZs of Insurance, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, January 7, 2000

The Plaintiff's Fight For Additional Insurance Benefits, 1999 Insurance Law, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, October 29, 1999

Using Discovery To Get The Slip And Fall Case To The Jury, Creative Discovery II, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, October 8, 1999

Expert Witnesses-Handling Defense Challenges, Auto Torts - A Summit and a New Beginning, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers May 7, 1999

Trying the Wrongful Death Case in North Carolina, National Business Institute, January 22, 1999

Trying the Automobile Injury Case in North Carolina, National Business Institute, September 12, 1997

Systemizing Your Personal Injury Practice, Half Moon Seminars, September 14, 1996

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