Profile

Charles Raynal concentrates his practice on representing businesses and local governments in civil litigation in federal and state courts and in arbitration proceedings. Mr. Raynal also represents parties appearing before State of North Carolina administrative agencies, including the Department of Insurance, Secretary of State Securities Division and Property Tax Commission.

He assists companies in breach of contract, fraud and other business tort actions, class actions and other business disputes. In addition, Mr. Raynal has extensive experience in securities litigation matters and has represented broker-dealers in numerous NASD and FINRA customer arbitrations as well as employment disputes involving broker-dealers. Mr. Raynal also has significant experience representing clients in real property litigation, including eminent domain matters; property tax matters; land use disputes; and matters involving environmental contamination.

Before joining Parker Poe in 2003, Mr. Raynal practiced in Atlanta in the area of business litigation with a focus on securities litigation matters.

Experience Highlights

Mr. Raynal's practice includes the following recent successes:

• An $18.79 million federal court judgment on behalf of a global agrichemical company and against a Class I railroad company in a real property and contract dispute
• A defense verdict for a broker-dealer in an alleged $8 million wrongful termination, breach of contract, and defamation claim in a FINRA arbitration proceeding
• A $10.6 million settlement in favor of an international software development company
• Obtained dismissal with prejudice of a 10b-5 securities fraud class action for a "Big Four" accounting firm
• Represented FORTUNE 500 companies in commercial disputes including Uniform Commercial Code cases, unfair competition cases, cases involving alleged violations of the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act and cases filed under the North Carolina Trade Secrets Protection Act
• Represented accounting firms, public and private companies, and the officers and directors of such companies, in shareholder class actions and other litigation involving alleged violations of federal and state securities laws

News

• Forty-Two Parker Poe Attorneys Named as 2012 NC Super Lawyers
  January 20, 2012
• Business North Carolina Names 16 Attorneys to 2012 Legal Elite
  January 9, 2012
• Thirty-Seven Parker Poe Attorneys Named NC Super Lawyers for 2011
  January 25, 2011
• Law & Politics Names 36 Parker Poe Attorneys as Super Lawyers
  January 28, 2010
• Forty-Six Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
  January 26, 2009
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2009
  January 1, 2009
• Parker Poe Names Eight New Partners
  January 14, 2008
• Upcoming Seminars: Electronic Discovery
  February 22, 2006

Cases

• Historic Judgment Won for PCS Phosphate