Gary L. Beaver

Gary Beaver focuses his practice on commercial litigation involving fiduciary duties, products liability, intellectual property (trademarks and copyrights), e-commerce issues, false advertising, torts, contract disputes, and bad faith insurance defense.

Mr. Beaver received a B.S. degree with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law while on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps. From 1982 to 1989, Mr. Beaver served in various judge advocate jobs in the Marine Corps at military bases in North Carolina, Hawaii, and California.  From 1989 to 2007, Mr. Beaver served in the USMC Reserves, including as the senior lawyer at European Command in Stuttgart, Germany and as the senior legal advisor to the Commander of the Kosovo Force, a United Nations peace-keeping force.

In 1989, Mr. Beaver entered private practice. He has tried cases in arbitration and in state and federal courts in North Carolina, South Carolina, Hawaii, and Texas, and handled appeals in the North Carolina state appellate courts and in the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fourth, Ninth, and Federal Circuits.

Mr. Beaver also teaches Trial Advocacy as an adjunct professor at Elon University School of Law in Greensboro, N.C.

• Colonel, USMCR, retired
• U.S. Naval Justice School, Honor Graduate
• North Carolina Bar Association, Appellate Rules Study Committee
• American Bar Association's Litigation Section Internet and Internet Litigation subcommittee for the Commercial and Business Litigation Committee, co-chair
• Eastern District of North Carolina, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, (1983-1984)
• District of Hawaii, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, (1985-1988)
• USNA Alumni Association's Piedmont Triad Chapter, Founder
• Duke Law Alumni Association's Greensboro Chapter, President

Springwall v. Timeless Bedding, Inc., 207 F.Supp.2d 410 (MDNC 2002)

French v. The Chosin Few, Inc., 209 F.Supp.2d 593 (WDNC 2002)

The Chosin Few, Inc. v. Scott, 173 F.Supp.2d 451 (WDNC 2001)

Glendale Neighborhood Association v. Greensboro Housing Authority, 956 F.Supp. 1270 (MDNC 1996)

Glendale Neighborhood Association v. Greensboro Housing Authority, 901 F.Supp. 996 (MDNC 1995)

Haizlip v. MFI of South Carolina, Inc., 2003 WL 21791639 (N.C.App. 2003)

Pototsky v. Department of Navy, 695 F.Supp. 1084 (D.Haw. 1988)

Stout v. United States, 696 F.Supp.538 (D.Haw.1987)

• Intellectual Property Group Recognized in Leading Trade Publication
  Nexsen Pruet announced today that it has been recognized in “Who Protects Innovation in America 2008” by IP Law & Business.
• Attorney Gary Beaver Completes Overseas Military Service
  Gary L. Beaver, a member in the Greensboro office of the law firm of Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, PLLC, and a Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, returned June 26, 2005, from serving for five weeks as the senior Judge Advocate at the European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany.

• Co-Author, Copyright, Trademark and Trade Dress Litigation Model Jury Instructions
  Published by American Bar Association Litigation Section (2008)
• Fiduciary Duty Newsletter - October 2008
  This is the inaugural edition of a newsletter that intends to address two areas of business and commerce which are generating an increasing number of legal controversies. These areas are Fiduciary Responsibility and Trade Secrets.
• Defending Against Allegations of Anticompetitive Conduct and the DMCA
  Published by Intellectual Property Litigation Committee of ABA Section of Litigation (Fall 2006) The DMCA provides a quick, inexpensive method of challenging a suspected copyright infringement.
• Internet Website Sales and the Proper Use of the Zippo Sliding Scale for Personal Jurisdiction
  Published by Commercial & Business Litigation Committee of ABA Section of Litigation (Summer 2006) Applying "old law" of personal jurisdiction to the "new ways" of doing business.
• Five Common Mistakes Lawyers Make In Electronic Discovery
  Published on the web site of the Commercial and Business Litigation Committee of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association.
• Top Ten Mistakes Clients Make In Electronic Discovery
  Published on the web site of the Commercial and Business Litigation Committee of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association.
• Initiating an Anticybersquatting Case: Some Practical Considerations
  Published by Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal (Oct 2005) Issues that have to be considered when challenging the use of a client's trademarked corporate or product name in an unauthorized domain name.