Penni P. Bradshaw,
Managing Member
Office Address

100 N. Cherry Street
Suite 300
Winston-Salem, NC 27101-4016

Practice Emphasis

• Specializing in Immigration and Employment Law

Phone 336.721.6842
Fax 336.748.9112
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A Board-Certified Specialist in Immigration Law, Ms. Bradshaw was named in the 2004 Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” as the top employment attorney in North Carolina. She has been nationally recognized by inclusion in “The Best Lawyers in America” for both Immigration Law and Employment Law, and by "Chambers & Partners" as a leading immigration attorney. She has also been listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 2000 Notable American Women, and The International Who’s Who of Professional & Business Women. Ms. Bradshaw has also been a speaker on both immigration law and employment law before such organizations as the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar Association, the American Home Furnishings Association, the Georgia Employers' Association, and the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants.

Prior Legal Experience

1980 - 2005 Kilpatrick Stockton LLP (Partner 1987 - 2005)

Publications/Presentations

"Effective Handling of Employee Terminations", Chapter in How to Manage Your Support Staff (ABA Publications 1986).

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again: The Veterans' Reemployment
Rights Act and Employer Obligations to Military Reservists", American Journal of Trial Advocacy (Volume 15, No. 1, 1991).

"Disability Discrimination Under The Americans With Disabilities Act", 20 AmJur Proof of Facts 3d 361 (1993).

Awards and Recognitions


Marquis Who's Who
Chambers USA Guide
North Carolina Super Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America
2007 United Way Community Volunteer of the Year

Professional Activities/Associations

American Immigration Lawyers Association

North Carolina Bar Association
- Steering Committee on the Bar Review Course (1984-85);
- Practical Skills Course Committee (1986-89);
- Immigration and Nationality Law Committee (1989-92);
- Employment Law Section (Secretary, 1987; Newsletter Editor, 1989-1990; Membership Chair, 1990-1993);
- Nominating Committee (2000-02)

Forsyth County Bar Association

Civic/Charitable Activities/Associations

Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Inc.
- Founding member, Board of Directors (1981- 1986)
- Secretary (1982-84)
- Vice Chair (1985-86)

Salvation Army Girls' Club
- Advisory Council (1983 to 1995)
- Secretary (1984-1987)
- Vice Chair (1988-1989)
- Chair (1990-1991)

Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County
- Founding member, Board of Directors (1984-1987)
- Vice Chair (1985-1986)

CrimeStoppers
- Board of Directors (1984-2004)

Northwest North Carolina Chapter American Red Cross
- Board of Directors (1985-1998)
- Secretary (1987)
- Treasurer (1989-1990)
- Vice Chair (1993-1994)
- Chair (1995-1997)
- Leadership Volunteer of the Year Award (1991, 1997)

United Way of Forsyth County
- Board of Directors (1992-1999)
- Legal advisor (1992-1999)
- Executive Committee (1992-1999)
- Chair, Community Problem Solving Committee (1995-1997)
- Secretary (1997-1999)
- Chair of Legal Division for Annual Campaign (2008)

Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina, Inc.
- Board of Directors (1993-present)
- Vice Chair (1996, 2003)
- Chair (1997, 2004)

Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
- Board of Directors (2001-2005)
- Executive Committee (2002-2005)

Ronald McDonald House of Winston-Salem
- Board of Directors (2004 to Present)

CareNet of the Triad
- Board of Directors (2006 to present)
- Vice Chair (2006)
- Chair (2007)

Forsyth Technical Community College Foundation
- Board of Directors (2006-present)

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Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC
J.D., with honors, 1980
Morehead Fellow
Order of the Coif
Research Editor, North Carolina Law Review

Randolph-Macon Woman's College,
Lynchburg, VA
A.B., American Studies and Religion, magna cum laude, 1977
Phi Beta Kappa

Admitted

• North Carolina Supreme Court, 1980
• Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1980
• U.S. Court of Claims, 1982
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1980
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1985