Bonnie Keith Green

Partner

Bonnie.Green@lewisbrisbois.com

Bonnie Green is a partner in the Charlotte office of Lewis Brisbois. She is a member of the Labor and Employment and Appellate Practice groups. Bonnie defends clients in labor and employment litigation, products liability litigation, and class actions. She also practices complex commercial and business litigation. Bonnie has a broad litigation background and has represented clients in construction and surety cases, maritime and marine litigation, ERISA, bankruptcy, and medical and legal malpractice cases.

Bonnie has extensive experience handling appeals in state and federal courts. She has argued numerous cases in the North Carolina Court of Appeals, the North Carolina Supreme Court, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Her appellate cases include bankruptcy, premises liability, real estate, eminent domain, family law, and business and contract disputes.

Bonnie began her career as a law clerk to the Honorable Sam C. Pointer, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and to the Honorable Karen J. Williams of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Primary Area(s) of Practice

  • Labor & Employment
  • Appellate

Additional Experience

Associations

  • North Carolina Bar Association
  • Women Lawyers of Charlotte

Awards & Honors

  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated, 2022-2025
  • Business North Carolina Legal Elite, Appellate Law, 2018-2025
  • Super Lawyers, 2020-2025

Education

University of Georgia School of Law

Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1995

Virginia Commonwealth University

Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1990

  • Major: History
  • Minor: Art History

Representative Matters

  • Won appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upholding a jury verdict awarding damages for breach of an employment contract made in connection with the sale of an industrial supply business 
  • Prevailed in bankruptcy appeal on the issue of whether a loan made to pay off student loans was dischargeable in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy
  • Represented environmental contractor in $19 million dispute over remediation of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and recovered $14.5 million for the client and over $700,000 in attorneys’ fees
  • Prevailed in the North Carolina Court of Appeals on the issue of whether a partial lien waiver resulted in changing the contractor’s date of first work
  • Obtained summary judgment for window manufacturer on all claims brought by plaintiff who suffered severe injuries after falling from upper-story window
  • Prevailed in the Georgia Supreme Court, obtaining reversal of trial court’s limitations on the operation of a motocross track despite jury’s finding that the track did not constitute a nuisance
  • Successfully overcame the Federal Rules of Evidence 10-year presumption against admissibility of convictions for impeachment in two federal district court trials

Pro Bono & Philanthropy

North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society, 2018