Served on civil litigation teams in a variety of contexts, including extra-contractual insurance defense, medical malpractice, maritime law, corporate law, insurance defense, municipal law, and transportation law.
Drafted civil commercial legal documents, including pleadings, dispositive motions, briefs, appellate briefs, trial preparation motions and briefs, discovery motions, and settlement agreements.
Represented clients in depositions, mediations, and hearings on dispositive motions, discovery disputes, and other civil matters.
Successfully argued and obtained a dismissal for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted for an insurance company in extra-contractual litigation regarding failure to procure insurance coverage.
Successfully argued and obtained a dismissal for insufficient process, insufficient service of process, and lack of personal jurisdiction for an insurance company in litigation regarding improper claim handling.
Successfully argued and had a default judgment set aside for an insurance company based upon insufficient service in litigation regarding improper claim handling.
Successfully obtained a dismissal for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted in a maritime personal injury action by a non-Jones Act seaman.

Distinctions

Best Lawyers in America®
- Ones to Watch, Insurance Law, 2023-2025
- Ones to Watch, Transportation Law, 2024-2025
Super Lawyers®
- North Carolina Rising Star, Insurance Coverage, 2022-2024
- North Carolina Rising Star, Class Actions/Mass Torts, 2021

Bar Admissions

Elon University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2016
- Editor-in-Chief, Elon Law Review
- Dean's Scholar
- Sam and Vicky Hunt Endowed Scholarship Recipient
Davidson College, B.A., Anthropology, 2013

Presenter, “Recent Maritime Law Developments in the U.S. Supreme Court and the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Circuits,” Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute’s Annual Seminar, Amelia Island, FL, June 2018.
Panelist, Elon Law Review’s Symposium on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Greensboro, NC, October 2017.
Panelist, North Carolina Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section’s “Thorny Issues and Ethical Minefields in Mediation and Arbitration” CLE, Cary, NC, March 2017.

Smart Start of New Hanover County
- Board of Directors, 2018-2024
  - President, 2021-2022
  - Vice President, 2020-2021
Lawyers for Literacy, Volunteer
Friends of Public Radio, Inc. (WHQR), Board of Directors, 2022-Present

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Diane practices within Butler Snow’s Tort, Transportation, & Specialized Litigation Group.

Served on civil litigation teams in a variety of contexts, including extra-contractual insurance defense, medical malpractice, maritime law, corporate law, insurance defense, municipal law, and transportation law.
Drafted civil commercial legal documents, including pleadings, dispositive motions, briefs, appellate briefs, trial preparation motions and briefs, discovery motions, and settlement agreements.
Represented clients in depositions, mediations, and hearings on dispositive motions, discovery disputes, and other civil matters.
Successfully argued and obtained a dismissal for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted for an insurance company in extra-contractual litigation regarding failure to procure insurance coverage.
Successfully argued and obtained a dismissal for insufficient process, insufficient service of process, and lack of personal jurisdiction for an insurance company in litigation regarding improper claim handling.
Successfully argued and had a default judgment set aside for an insurance company based upon insufficient service in litigation regarding improper claim handling.
Successfully obtained a dismissal for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted in a maritime personal injury action by a non-Jones Act seaman.

Best Lawyers in America®
- Ones to Watch, Insurance Law, 2023-2025
- Ones to Watch, Transportation Law, 2024-2025
Super Lawyers®
- North Carolina Rising Star, Insurance Coverage, 2022-2024
- North Carolina Rising Star, Class Actions/Mass Torts, 2021

Elon University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2016
- Editor-in-Chief, Elon Law Review
- Dean's Scholar
- Sam and Vicky Hunt Endowed Scholarship Recipient
Davidson College, B.A., Anthropology, 2013

Presenter, “Recent Maritime Law Developments in the U.S. Supreme Court and the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Circuits,” Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute’s Annual Seminar, Amelia Island, FL, June 2018.
Panelist, Elon Law Review’s Symposium on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Greensboro, NC, October 2017.
Panelist, North Carolina Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section’s “Thorny Issues and Ethical Minefields in Mediation and Arbitration” CLE, Cary, NC, March 2017.

Smart Start of New Hanover County
- Board of Directors, 2018-2024
  - President, 2021-2022
  - Vice President, 2020-2021
Lawyers for Literacy, Volunteer
Friends of Public Radio, Inc. (WHQR), Board of Directors, 2022-Present