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Douglas W. Ey Jr.
Partner 
201 North Tryon Street
dey@mcguirewoods.comCharlotte, North Carolina 28202 F: 704.444.8727    |
Chairman of the firm's Financial Services Litigation Department, Mr. Ey focuses his practice on business litigation, representing business clients in a variety of antitrust, banking, regulatory, products liability, and commercial litigation matters. In October 2005, he was named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He lectures frequently on litigation and professional responsibility topics.
- In re Speedway Pedestrian Walkway Failure, (01 CVS 18000, Mecklenburg County Superior Court) - Designated by the court as the defense group's liaison counsel in the first phase of this litigation that was one of the largest mass tort matters ever litigated in North Carolina. In the first trial of one of the bridge collapse cases, a directed verdict was entered for the firm's client, a chemical product manufacturer.
- Budget Pest Prevention, Inc., et al v. Bayer Corporation, et al, Case No. 1:05CV90 (U. S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina) - Led the team that represented worldwide chemical manufacturer BASF Corporation in this antitrust action, in which the plaintiffs alleged a vertical price-fixing conspiracy regarding sales of a chemical product and sought certification of a nationwide class. Trial court granted BASF's motion for summary judgment, and the 4th Circuit affirmed, 561 F. 3d 282 (2009).
- Curtis v. Barnet, et al (10 CVS 21196 North Carolina Business Court - Mecklenburg County) - Represented nominal defendant Duke Energy Corporation and several of its current directors in a shareholder derivative action in North Carolina Business Court, which arose from Duke's 2006 sale of an interest in its indirect subsidiary, Crescent Resources, LLC. The Business Court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss.
- In re: Bank of America Corporation Residential Loans Derivative Litigation (11 CVS 4569 North Carolina Business Court - Mecklenburg County) - Represented nominal defendant Bank of America in two shareholder derivative actions in North Carolina Business Court. Plaintiff sought to assert claims that Bank of America directors and officers failed to properly prepare for and respond to an increase in defaults in its residential loan portfolio. The Business Court granted the defendants' motion to stay the cases.
- Browne v. Thompson, et al. (09 CVS 8588 North Carolina Business Court - Forsyth County) - Represents Big 4 accounting firm in claims asserted by Wachovia shareholders for losses claimed in connection with the financial meltdown and ultimate sale of Wachovia Bank. The North Carolina Business Court granted defendants' motions to dismiss in February 2011, and the matter is now on appeal.
- Represented a special litigation committee of the board of directors of a Fortune 500 financial services company in connection with that committee's investigation of allegations of wrongdoing by former officers asserted in a derivative action.
- Represented the trustees of a testamentary trust with hundreds of current beneficiaries in an action to modify certain restrictions on the administration of the trust.
- Represents a Division I athletic conference and a prominent national liberal arts college in a range of regulatory, education, faculty and student matters.
- Commercial Litigation
- Financial Services Litigation
- Accountants Defense
- Securities Class Actions
- Products Liability
- Education
- Shareholder/Directors & Officers Litigation
- Chair, Financial Services Litigation Department
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Named the "Charlotte Mass Tort Litigation Lawyer of the Year," Best Lawyers, 2012
- Named the "Charlotte Product Liability Litigator of the Year," Best Lawyers, 2011
- Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2007-2012. In 2010-2012, listed in categories of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation, and Product Liability Litigation
- Named One of North Carolina's "Legal Elite," Litigation, Business North Carolina, 2008-2012
- Named One of "America's Leading Lawyers," Chambers USA, 2007-2011
- Named a North Carolina "Super Lawyer," Business Litigation, 2012; "Top 100 Super Lawyer," Business Litigation, Law & Politics, 2006-2011; Listed in North Carolina's "Top 10," 2011
- AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- Member, Litigation Practice Area Leader, General Counsel, Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Member, U.S. Magistrate Selection Panel, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, 2008
- Chair, Large Law Firm Committee, 2007-2008, Legal Services of the Southern Piedmont, Access to Justice Campaign
- North Carolina State Committee, American College of Trial Lawyers, 2008-present
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Strategic Planning Committee, 2006-present
- Board of Governors, 2002-2005
- North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
- Board of Directors, 2004-2005
- Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, Permanent Member
- Trustee, The Crosland Foundation, 2008-present
- Board of Visitors, Davidson College, 2008-present
- Board of Directors, Charlotte YMCA - Camping Services, Inc., 2006-present
- Co-chair, Mecklenburg County Courthouse Opening Celebration Committee, 2007
- Co-chair, Parents' Council, Sewanee: The University of the South, 2009-2010
- Christ Episcopal Church, Vestry, 2004-2006; Senior Warden, 2006
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EDUCATION Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, J.D., 1979 Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, A.B., cum laude, 1976 ADMITTED North Carolina 1979 |