Jose Coker is Senior Counsel.  His practice focus is civil litigation, public housing, corporate, administrative, and healthcare law.  He regularly represents clients in federal and state courts in a wide spectrum of cases, including complex civil litigation and litigation readiness solutions.

Representative Experience

• Co-counsel in seminal case involving $3.2M jury award in alienation of affection, defamation, and “revenge porn” case in Elizabeth Ann Clark v. Adam Clark, et al.  The case was featured on television’s top-rated syndicated newsmagazine - - Inside Edition.

• Successfully obtained a federal jury defense verdict in McClelland v. Housing Authority of the County of Wake, an employment case involving claims for violation of American with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act. 

• Successfully obtained a jury defense verdict in Med1 NC Services v. Med1 Plus, et al., a complex business case involving claims for breach of contacts, unfair and deceptive trade practices, tortious interference with contracts, and misappropriation of trade secrets. 

• Successfully defended Managed Care Organization/Local Management Entity in Barron v. Eastpointe Human Services, an employment termination case involving due process and discrimination. 

• Successfully defended county department of social services in an abuse and neglect case involving termination of parental rights.  The North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision. 

• Successfully defended DaimlerChrysler Corporation in a breach of warranty lawsuit in Joyce v. DaimlerChrysler Corporation, et al. 

• Successfully defended the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina in a wrongful death lawsuit in Kennedy v. City of Fayetteville, et al., involving claims arising from an automobile collision with a municipal structure.

• Successfully defended a mental health provider in the seminal case Carrieing Home Health Care, Inc. v. N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, which established the obligation of North Carolina Department of Justice to defend local management entities.

• North Carolina co-counsel to a regional energy company.

• North Carolina counsel to global automobile manufacturers.

• Counsel to North Carolina Public Housing Authorities.

• Counsel to North Carolina Local Management Entities.

• Represents property owners in zoning and planning matters.

• Represents clients in government contract matters.

• Represents professional licensees before licensing boards.

• Represent numerous healthcare providers, nursing homes, funeral homes, providers of mental health services, physicians, dentists and pharmacists, in operational matters and before regulatory agencies.