James F. Wyatt III

Bio

Practice Areas

Awards & Recognition

• Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Antitrust, Charlotte (2026)
• Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Securities, Charlotte (2020)
• Lawyer of the Year: Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Charlotte (2019)
• Lawyer of the Year: Criminal Defense: General Practice, Charlotte (2015)
• Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Charlotte (2014)
• Lawyer of the Year: Criminal Defense: General Practice, Charlotte (2013)
• Lawyer of the Year: Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Charlotte (2011)
• Recognized: Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Recognized: Criminal Defense: General Practice
• Recognized: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Recognized: Litigation - Antitrust
• Recognized: Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Recognized: Litigation - Securities
• Practice Area: Commercial Litigation
• Special Focus: Civil Litigation
• Special Focus: Class Actions
• Special Focus: Complex Litigation
• Special Focus: Covenants Not to Compete
• Special Focus: Criminal Investigations
• Special Focus: Federal
• Special Focus: Government Investigations
• Special Focus: Grand Jury
• Special Focus: Internal Investigations
• Special Focus: Plaintiffs
• Special Focus: Plaintiffs' Class Action
• Special Focus: SEC Enforcement
• Special Focus: Securities
• Special Focus: Securities Fraud
• Special Focus: State
• Special Focus: State and Federal
• Special Focus: Tax
• Special Focus: Tax-Evasion Defense
• Special Focus: White-Collar Criminal Defense
• The Best Lawyers in America: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Criminal Defense: Non-White Collar, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Litigation-Antitrust, Litigation-Banking and Finance, and Litigation-Securities (1994-present)
• Best Lawyers Criminal Defense: White-Collar "Lawyer of the Year" (2011)
• American College of Trial Lawyers (2008-present)
• Listed by Corporate Counsel as one of the Top Lawyers in Bet the Company Litigation (2008-present)
• Bar Register of Preeminent Civil and Criminal Trial Attorneys, Martindale Hubbell (1991-present)
• Listed as one of North Carolina's "Superlawyers" in Charlotte Magazine (2005-present)
• North Carolina's Best Criminal Defense Lawyer, Business North Carolina (2005)
• Listed as one of North Carolina's Best Lawyers "Legal Elite", Business North Carolina (2004-present)
• "These Are The City's Best Lawyers", Charlotte Magazine (1999)
• Board of Governors, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (1997-2000)
• Chairman and Member, Federal Bar Advisory Council (1996-2001)
• "The Verdict Is In: Charlotte's Top Young Attorneys", The Business Journal (1992)
• Criminal Law Section of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Chairman-Lawyer Assistance Committee, Secretary, Vice President, and President) (1991-1995)
• Selected as Speaker for North Carolina State Bar "All-Star Criminal Defense Lawyers' Seminar - Closing Arguments" (1991)
• The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Trial Lawyers (2016)
• Best Lawyers: Banking and Finance "Lawyer of the Year" (2014)
• Top 10 Lawyers in North Carolina by Super Lawyers (2017)
• Band 1 Ranking with Chambers and Partners: Litigation – White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations (North Carolina) (2016-present)
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers (2017-present)
• No. 2 Ranking in Top 10 Lawyers in North Carolina by Super Lawyers (2018)
• Best Lawyers Charlotte Criminal Defense: White-Collar Lawyer of the Year (2019) [awarded to the sole lawyers in a region and practice area who receives the highest feedback from their peers]
• Best Lawyers Charlotte Criminal Defense: Non-White Collar "Lawyer of the Year" (2013-15)
• The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Trial Lawyers (2013-present)

Recognized in Best Lawyers since 1995

Education

• Duke University, JD, graduated 1982
• Vanderbilt University, BA, graduated 1978
• Vanderbilt University, graduated 1978

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