Background
Okun, Michael G. was born on December 14, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Okun, Michael G. was born on December 14, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Antioch College (Bachelor of Arts, 1977). University of North Carolina (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1980). James O. Bowman Scholar, 1979-1980.
Member, North Carolina Law Review, 1978-1980.
Worked at Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, Limited liability partnership (Raleigh, North Carolina) specializing in Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Employment, Labor, Workers Compensation, Constitutional, Civil Rights, Personal Injury, Environmental Law. Civil Trials and Appellate Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1980, North Carolina.
1984, United States. Supreme Court. James O. Bowman Scholar, 1979-1980.
Member, North Carolina Law Review, 1978-1980. Attorney, Appellate Court Branch, Office of General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1980-1981.
Law Clerk, Honorable J. Dickson Phillips, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1981-1982. Member: North Carolina (Chairman, Section on Labor and Employment Law) and American Bar Associations. North Carolina State Bar.
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.
American Federation of Labor-Congress-Chief Information Officer Lawyers Coordinating Committee Advisory Board (1983-1986, 1990-1994). Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence was formed in 1991 by lawyers who had practiced together for many years at the predecessor firm Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James, Harkavy & Lawrence, of Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina.
The firm maintains offices in both cities. The firm is dedicated to providing high quality, energetic advocacy in a few specialized areas of practice: labor and employment, civil rights, environmental, toxic tort, personal injury and workers" compensation.
The firm has extensive experience in complex litigation, class actions, trial and appellate practice, and advocacy before a variety of administrative bodies and the North Carolina General Assembly.
Members of the firm regularly provide mediation and arbitration services, teach at law schools, universities and professional education seminars and are active in bar and public interest organizations. The firm frequently litigates in affiliation with the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund, environmental organizations, and local and international unions.
"Public Employee Collective Bargaining in North Carolina: from Paternalism to Confusion," 59 North Carolina Law Review 214,1980. "Survey of Developments in North Carolina Criminal Law," 57 North Carolina Law Review 972, 1979. "Survey of Developments in North Carolina Criminal Procedure," 59 North Carolina Law Review 1007, 1979.
Attorney, Appellate Court Branch, Office of General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1980-1981. Law Clerk, Honorable J. Dickson Phillips, United States. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1981 1982.
Member, North Carolina Law Review, 1978-1980. Attorney, Appellate Court Branch, Office of General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1980-1981. Law Clerk, Honorable J. Dickson Phillips, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1981-1982.
Member: North Carolina (Chairman, Section on Labor and Employment Law) and American Bar Associations. North Carolina State Bar.
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. American Federation of Labor-Congress-Chief Information Officer Lawyers Coordinating Committee Advisory Board (1983-1986, 1990-1994).