"The key to maintaining long-term relations with clients is to always put the clients’ interest ahead of anything else and when interacting with a client, they should feel that they are the most important client you have."

--Randy Loftis, Litigator

W. R. "Randy" Loftis is a Managing Partner and a senior litigator who has tried to jury verdict cases involving every aspect of the employment relationship. He has defended a number of class action claims and has defended cases involving claims of sexual and racial harassment, retaliatory discharge, disability, age, religion, race and sex discrimination, equal pay violations, as well as cases involving claims of defamation, invasion of privacy, negligent supervision, intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud, and breach of contract. Randy assists employers in problem prevention and legal analysis of complex employment issues. Randy is head of the North Carolina office, that he opened in 1991. Randy serves on the firm's Executive Committee, Strategic Planning Committee and Diversity Counsel. In addition, he manages the firm's largest practice area, litigation.

Publications/Presentations

• Employment Litigation: Staying Out of Court   - Counsel to Counsel Magazine
  

Awards & Recognition

• Best Lawyers in America for 25 years
• Who's Who Legal USA Management Labor & Employment
• North Carolina Super Lawyers
• Chambers USA Guide - ranked in Tier 1
• Named to Business North Carolina's "Legal Elite" for employment law 
• Named Top Lawyer for Trial/Litigation in Triad Business Leader Magazine (August 2008)
  

Professional Activities/Associations

• Chair, NC Bar Labor and Employment Section
• CLE Chair, NC Bar Labor and Employment Section
• ABA Labor and Employment Section, member EEO Committee and Committee on Individual Rights and Responsibilities
• Member, Labor Relations Committee and Equal Employment Opportunity Subcommittee, US Chamber of Commerce

Civic/Charitable Activities/Associations

• Past Member of Board and Executive Committee, United Way of Forsyth County
• Health Impact Council, United Way of Forsyth County
• Past Member of Board, YMCA of Winston-Salem
• Past Member of Board, Cancer Services
• Past Member of Board, Christmas Cheer Toy Shop
• Member of Advisory Board for YWCA

Other Personal Background Information and Interests

• Randy is married to Lea Loftis and has 4 children, Randy Loftis, III, Allison Loftis, Elizabeth Brown and Dana Stallings, and 6 grandchildren. Randy's favorite pastime is spending time at his farm in the country.