Professor of Law, High Point School of Law
Scott Gaylord directs High Point Law’s Appellate Litigation Clinic and serves as a Professor of Law, teaching Constitutional Law and related upper-level elective courses. The Appellate Clinic works with students to write and file briefs in significant court cases, including appeals before the United States Supreme Court.
Professor Gaylord is a prominent Constitutional Law scholar with an impressive background in both academia and legal practice. He has authored or co-authored 18 substantial law review articles, co-authored a Constitutional Law casebook, and has written more than 35 amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court and federal circuit courts on prominent national cases involving religious liberty and free speech. He is a frequent speaker on constitutional law and First Amendment topics at law schools across the country and has regularly provided commentary on ongoing constitutional issues to national media outlets, including th eNew York Times, USA Today, the Diane Rehm Show, NPR, The National Constitution Center, and Bloomberg Law.
Professor Gaylord also started an appellate advocacy clinic at his former law school and currently serves on the North Carolina Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism, along with holding many other service and leadership roles. Prior to joining the academy in 2007, he practiced complex civil and commercial litigation with the Charlotte firm of Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, and he clerked for Judge Edith H. Jones on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Professor Gaylord earned his B.A. in philosophy and English, summa cum laude, from Colgate University, his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School, where he also graduated summa cum laude.
Wake County District Court Judge, North Carolina
Appeals Referee, North Carolina Employment Security Commission
North Carolina Court of Appeals
Senior Research Assistant, Supreme Court of North Carolina
Member, Moore & Van Allen PLLC
A former North Carolina state representative and senator, as well as Supreme Court justice and law school dean, Bill Whichard applies his extensive judicial and legislative experience in advising and mentoring MVA litigation attorneys, focusing on appellate litigation for Moore & Van Allen clients.
He also assists with evaluating new matters, developing arguments, reviewing pleadings and documents, and supplying other trial support, giving MVA clients seasoned counsel that can materially affect dispute outcomes.
He has also served as a mediator and arbitrator in major, multimillion-dollar litigation.
Mr. Whichard has lectured and written extensively on North Carolina politics, law and history. Further, his commitment to public service and community betterment has earned him numerous honors and recognitions during his distinguished career.
North Carolina Court of Appeals
Wake County District Court Judge, North Carolina
Appeals Referee, North Carolina Employment Security Commission
North Carolina Court of Appeals
Senior Research Assistant, Supreme Court of North Carolina
Member, Moore & Van Allen PLLC
A former North Carolina state representative and senator, as well as Supreme Court justice and law school dean, Bill Whichard applies his extensive judicial and legislative experience in advising and mentoring MVA litigation attorneys, focusing on appellate litigation for Moore & Van Allen clients.
He also assists with evaluating new matters, developing arguments, reviewing pleadings and documents, and supplying other trial support, giving MVA clients seasoned counsel that can materially affect dispute outcomes.
He has also served as a mediator and arbitrator in major, multimillion-dollar litigation.
Mr. Whichard has lectured and written extensively on North Carolina politics, law and history. Further, his commitment to public service and community betterment has earned him numerous honors and recognitions during his distinguished career.
North Carolina Court of Appeals
North Carolina Court of Appeals
Wake County District Court Judge, North Carolina
Appeals Referee, North Carolina Employment Security Commission
North Carolina Court of Appeals
Senior Research Assistant, Supreme Court of North Carolina
North Carolina Court of Appeals
Wake County District Court Judge, North Carolina
Appeals Referee, North Carolina Employment Security Commission
North Carolina Court of Appeals
Senior Research Assistant, Supreme Court of North Carolina
Professor of Law, High Point School of Law
Scott Gaylord directs High Point Law’s Appellate Litigation Clinic and serves as a Professor of Law, teaching Constitutional Law and related upper-level elective courses. The Appellate Clinic works with students to write and file briefs in significant court cases, including appeals before the United States Supreme Court.
Professor Gaylord is a prominent Constitutional Law scholar with an impressive background in both academia and legal practice. He has authored or co-authored 18 substantial law review articles, co-authored a Constitutional Law casebook, and has written more than 35 amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court and federal circuit courts on prominent national cases involving religious liberty and free speech. He is a frequent speaker on constitutional law and First Amendment topics at law schools across the country and has regularly provided commentary on ongoing constitutional issues to national media outlets, including th eNew York Times, USA Today, the Diane Rehm Show, NPR, The National Constitution Center, and Bloomberg Law.
Professor Gaylord also started an appellate advocacy clinic at his former law school and currently serves on the North Carolina Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism, along with holding many other service and leadership roles. Prior to joining the academy in 2007, he practiced complex civil and commercial litigation with the Charlotte firm of Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, and he clerked for Judge Edith H. Jones on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Professor Gaylord earned his B.A. in philosophy and English, summa cum laude, from Colgate University, his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School, where he also graduated summa cum laude.
Senior Legal Fellow, Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law, Advancing American Freedom
Wake County District Court Judge, North Carolina
Appeals Referee, North Carolina Employment Security Commission
Senior Research Assistant, Supreme Court of North Carolina
Member, Moore & Van Allen PLLC
A former North Carolina state representative and senator, as well as Supreme Court justice and law school dean, Bill Whichard applies his extensive judicial and legislative experience in advising and mentoring MVA litigation attorneys, focusing on appellate litigation for Moore & Van Allen clients.
He also assists with evaluating new matters, developing arguments, reviewing pleadings and documents, and supplying other trial support, giving MVA clients seasoned counsel that can materially affect dispute outcomes.
He has also served as a mediator and arbitrator in major, multimillion-dollar litigation.
Mr. Whichard has lectured and written extensively on North Carolina politics, law and history. Further, his commitment to public service and community betterment has earned him numerous honors and recognitions during his distinguished career.
Wake County District Court Judge, North Carolina
Appeals Referee, North Carolina Employment Security Commission
Senior Research Assistant, Supreme Court of North Carolina
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North Carolina Appellate Judicial Candidates Forum
Rick Elmore, Martha Geer, Jane Gray, Barbara Jackson, Dean R. Poirier, Robert W. Shaw, Sanford Steelman, Steven Walker, Willis Whichard, Ann Marie Calabria
Candidates for the North Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals answered questions from the...
North Carolina Appellate Judicial Candidates Forum
Rick Elmore, Martha Geer, Jane Gray, Barbara Jackson, Dean R. Poirier, Robert W. Shaw, Sanford Steelman, Steven Walker, Willis Whichard, Ann Marie Calabria
Candidates for the North Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals answered questions from the...
North Carolina Appellate Judicial Candidates Forum
Triangle Lawyers Chapter
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Bob Buckley, Ann Marie Calabria, Rick Elmore, Martha Geer, Jane Gray, Barbara Jackson, Dean R. Poirier, Sanford Steelman, Steven Walker
Candidates for the North Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals answered questions from moderator...
North Carolina Judicial Candidate Forum
Bob Buckley, Ann Marie Calabria, Rick Elmore, Martha Geer, Jane Gray, Barbara Jackson, Dean R. Poirier, Sanford Steelman, Steven Walker
Candidates for the North Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals answered questions from moderator...
North Carolina Judicial Candidate Forum
Piedmont Triad Lawyers Chapter
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Scott W. Gaylord
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ABA-NCSC Summit Addresses Challenges to Fairness, Impartiality of State Courts
Joshua Daniel Davey
In May, delegations from thirty-seven states and territories participated in a national summit held in...
SCOTUScast 11-18-08 featuring Hans von Spakovsky
Hans A. Von Spakovsky
On Tuesday, October 14, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Bartlett v. Strickland. Here...