Mary Mandeville is a member of Alexander Ricks PLLC. Mary has over 20 years of broad-based experience handling complex commercial litigation matters in North Carolina state and federal courts, including contract disputes, financial services litigation, class actions, employment litigation, covenants not to compete, trade secret disputes, unfair trade practices claims, partnership disputes, and matters seeking injunctive relief. Prior to joining Alexander Ricks PLLC in June 2011, Mary was a litigation partner with Mayer Brown LLP in Charlotte for 11 years and served most recently as the firm’s Director of Professional Development, overseeing aspects of the attorney compensation and promotion process. Throughout her legal career, Mary has been actively involved in bar and other volunteer activities. She has been repeatedly recognized as a North CarolinaSuperLawyer in Business Litigation.
Notable Engagements
• Representation of clients in connection with non-compete, non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreements, including proceedings seeking injunctive relief; recently obtained restraining order prohibiting employee of financial services company from violating non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreements.
• Representation of employers in defense of claims under the North Carolina Wage and Hour Act.
• Represent tenant in dispute over use of leased premises.
• Representation of various fiduciaries, including trustees in dispute over the value of trust assets and executor in action to remove co-executor
• Represented several Vodafone entities and other foreign telecommunications providers in action alleging infringement of patents relating to international text and SMS messaging; obtained dismissal of clients for lack of personal jurisdiction. (Technology Patents LLC v. Deutsche Telekom AG, et al., United States District Court-Maryland).
• Represented financial institution in Enron securities litigation.
• Represented financial institution in obtaining injunctive relief to proceed with securitization transaction and defense of related claims of breach of contract and alleged trade secret misappropriation.
• Represented successor to credit card issuer in action to enforce arbitration agreement in amended credit card agreement.
• Represented commercial mortgage lender in action to enforce commercial mortgage prepayment provision.
• Representation of manufacturers in various indirect purchaser consumer class actions.
• Represented manufacturing company in action by prospective purchaser seeking to enforce letter of intent for sale of multimillion dollar manufacturing facility; secured dismissal of complaint on grounds that letter of intent was unenforceable.
• Represented owner of aircraft in dispute over cost of repairs and in securing the return of aircraft held subject to a mechanics’ lien.
• Representation of third parties in responding to subpoenas, depositions and document productions.
Education
Mary graduated from Duke University School of Law, with Honors, in 1988, and from the University of South Carolina, magna cum laude, in 1985, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
Admissions
US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1991
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1991
US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, 1988
US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1988
All North Carolina State Courts, 1988
North Carolina, 1988
Civic and Professional Organizations
Board of Directors, Mecklenburg County Bar, Charlotte (2006-2008)
Board of Directors, Loaves & Fishes, Charlotte (2006-2008)
Steering Committee, Charlotte CROP Hunger Walk, Charlotte (2007)
Personal
Mary is married and has two sons. She is a member of Myers Park Presbyterian Church and was recently elected to serve as an Elder (Class of 2014).