Gregory (Greg) Higgins

Gregory T. Higgins concentrates his practice in the areas of construction law and commercial litigation. Mr. Higgins's work is primarily in litigation, however, he also performs some contract review and drafting. He represents owners, design professionals, subcontractors, suppliers, sureties and insurers on various projects across the country such as highways and bridges, high rise commercial structures, hotels, malls, churches, and water and sewer plants.  He also represents title insurance and life insurance companies.

Mr. Higgins received his J.D. from Wake Forest University where he served as Articles Editor on the Law Review and was a member of the Moot Court Board.

Mr. Higgins makes presentations on commercial litigation and construction related topics to clients and various trade groups and professional associations, including Half Moon Seminars, Lorman Education Services and the North Carolina Professional Plumbers Association. Mr. Higgins is a member of the Construction Law Council for the North Carolina Bar Association's Construction Law Section and was an editor of the Change Order, which is its newsletter, during 2005 and 2006.

Among his published works are:

• "Strategies for Avoiding Accord and Satisfaction Under North Carolina's Unfriendly Lock Box Laws," 21 Business Lawyer 2, (NCBA, January 23, 2009);  30 Notes Bearing Interest 3, (NCBA, April, 2009) 
• "Persian Gulf War Genetic Birth Defects and Inherited Injustice in Minns v. United States," 34 Wake Forest L. Rev. 935, 1999
• "Construction Manager Contract Form Issues for Public and Private Projects," 17 Change Order 1, (NCBA, 2002)
• "North Carolina's Revised Uniform Arbitration Act and The Construction Industry," August 9, 2004, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
• North Carolina Chapter of the State-By-State Guide To Construction Contracts and Claims book published in 2006 by Aspen Publishing - Co-Author
• North Carolina Lien Law section of www.lienlawonline.com, published by Construction Publications, Inc. - Co-Editor

• North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Star (2010-2012)
• "Top Leader Under 40" by the Triad Business Journal
• Certificate of Grateful Appreciation for Pro Bono Service, Legal Aid of North Carolina, 2007 and 2008
• Former Legal Clerk to the Office of Counsel To The President, The White House, Washington, D.C.
• Preservation Greensboro, Inc. - Board of Directors (2004-2008)
• Gate City Community Development Corporation - Chairman of the Board of Directors (2002-2003)
• American Bar Association - Litigation Section
• North Carolina Bar Association - Construction Law Section, Editor, The Change Order, 2005-2006
• Chief Justice Joseph Branch Inn of Court

• Insteel Wire Products Company v. Dywidag Systems International USA, 2009 WL 2253198 (M.D.N.C. - July 28, 2009) 
• Insteel Wire Products Company v. Dywidag Systems International USA, 2010 WL 2471912 (M.D.N.C. - June 15, 2010)

McQuillin v. Perez, 189 N.C. App. 394, 657 S.E.2d 924 (2008).

Carolina Steel Corporation v. Palmetto Bridge Constructors, 444 F.Supp 2d 577 (D.S.C. 2006). 

City of New Bern v. Carteret-Craven Elec. Membership Corp. 219 P.U.R.4th 200, 356 N.C. 123, 567 S.E.2d 131 (2002)

John S. Clark Company, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Company of Illinois, 359 F.Supp.2d 429 (M.D.N.C. 2004).

• Attorneys Recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers®
  Nexsen Pruet is pleased to announce that nine attorneys from the firm’s Greensboro and Charlotte offices have been named to the 2011 list of North Carolina Super Lawyers®. Two attorneys are named as North Carolina “Rising Stars.”
• Charlotte and Greensboro Attorneys Recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers®
  Nine attorneys from the Charlotte and Greensboro offices of Nexsen Pruet have been named to the 2010 list of North Carolina Super Lawyers®. Four more attorneys are named as “North Carolina Rising Stars.”
• Greg Higgins Named as "Top Leader Under 40"
  The Triad Business Journal names Greg Higgins one of the "Top 40 Leaders Under 40."
• Helping Out: Legal Aid Honors Lawyers for Pro-Bono Work
• Nexsen Pruet Elects Nine New Members
  Nexsen Pruet announced that J. David Black, Amy Harmon Geddes, Stephen P. Groves, Sr., Gregory T. Higgins, Joseph M. Kahn, Christopher A. Ogiba, Brian T. Price, J. Frederick Reames, III, and Jeffrey S. Tibbals have been elected Members (partners) of the firm.

• "Strategies for Avoiding Accord and Satisfaction Under North Carolina's Unfriendly Lock Box Laws";

Immigrant Workers and Payment Bond Claims presented to the Professional Construction Estimators of America (PCEA), Triad Chapter, January 25, 2007.

Construction Claims - Lorman Seminar November 6, 2003

• Contracts 101