Chad is a native Charlottean. Born at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte in 1970, Chad spent his entire childhood growing up in south Charlotte, where he attended Charlotte Latin School. Upon graduating in 1988, Chad attended Yale University where he graduated after just three years with a B.S. in physics. Chad then went on to obtain a J.D. with honors from UNC Chapel Hill in 1994, where he served as an articles editor on a law journal. ​Since 1994, Chad has been practicing intellectual property law in Charlotte. Chad is a licensed attorney in North Carolina and he is registered as a patent attorney with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Chad serves as a managing partner at the law firm he established in 2004. A self-taught programmer, Chad also has a software company that he co-founded in 2009. A prolific inventor, Chad is listed as an inventor on 24 patents.

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Attorney-Trained Real Estate Representation​​

Chad’s legal background gives him a disciplined approach to real estate contracts, negotiation, documentation, risk analysis, and transaction structure. In the brokerage context, his role is not to replace the client’s closing attorney, tax advisor, estate-planning attorney, or financial advisor. His role is to help identify issues early, ask better questions, and coordinate the transaction with the appropriate professionals when needed.​ Chad’s experience is particularly useful in residential transactions involving trusts, estates, probate, inherited property, business ownership, investment property, asset-protection considerations, contract terms, title issues, and tax-sensitive questions.

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Representative Real Estate Experience​