C. Angelia Duncan
C. Angelia Duncan
C. Angelia Duncan
Office Managing Partner
Biography
Angelia is the managing partner of the firm’s Charlotte office. She is a commercial litigator whose practice focuses on a wide range of business and real estate disputes, and the advising of membership organizations. She also represents and advises on matters involving servicers and special servicers.
Angelia frequently litigates claims arising out of business and servicing relationships before state and federal courts across the country. She has also handled a vast array of property and construction-related disputes throughout Georgia and North Carolina, representing lenders, investors, property owners, and contractors in loan default, eminent domain, foreclosure, and issues related to nonpayment, defective construction and defective design for contractors, design-builders, subcontractors nationwide. Angelia serves as outside counsel to an international membership-based organization with over 80,000 members and advises on a variety of pre-litigation and active litigation matters in that capacity.
In addition to her role as managing partner, Angelia also serves as co-chair of BCLP’s Lawyers of Color Affinity Group and sits on the firm’s U.S. Women’s Leadership Board.
Outside of the firm, she is committed to pro bono work and serving the community. She has volunteered the Cobb Justice Foundation assisting victims of domestic violence in obtaining protective orders and the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation. In addition, Angelia previously served on the Corporate Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta, Partnership Against Domestic Violence, and was a two-term member of the Mecklenburg Count Bar’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee in Charlotte.
Civic Involvement & Honors
- Wingate University, Board of Trustees
- Chair, Wake Forest School of Law Young Alumni Board
- University of North Carolina Alumni Committee on Racial and Ethnic Relations
- Order of the Golden Fleece, University of North Carolina
Professional Affiliations
- Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
- Recruiting Committee
Admissions
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Georgia, 2012
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North Carolina, 2010
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United States District Court for the Middle and Northern District of Georgia
United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Education
Wake Forest University, J.D., 2010
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 2007
Related Practice Areas
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Financial Institutions
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Distressed Real Estate
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Employment Class & Collective Actions
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Employment & Labor
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Real Estate
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Fiduciary Disputes
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Broker-Dealer and Investment Advisor Regulatory Enforcement, Disputes and Investigations
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Eminent Domain
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Real Estate Disputes
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Commercial Construction & Engineering
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Finance
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Investigations
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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
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Regulation, Compliance & Advisory
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Cross-border Employment Issues
Resources
Speaking Engagements
- Co-Presenter, “Privilege Pitfalls for Business Partners and In-House Counsel,” Corporate Counsel Institute, Atlanta, December 13, 2019
- Panelist, “Women in Leadership: Accelerating Change and Expanding Influence,” Auburn University’s Diversity Best Practices Conference, Feb. 6, 2018
- Co-Presenter, "Recent Changes Impacting Employment Agreements," Bryan Cave In-House Counsel CLE Institute, Atlanta, January 29, 2017
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