Colleen Byers concentrates her practice in the areas of business litigation, professional malpractice defense, guardianship, and estate and fiduciary litigation, and alternative dispute resolution.
Colleen began practicing law in 2008 with Bell, Davis & Pitt shortly after moving to Winston-Salem. She has experience handling a wide range of disputes. Colleen regularly represents financial institutions, corporations, limited liability companies and individuals in contract, employment, corporate, professional negligence, and fiduciary disputes. Colleen has experience with:
- Cases involving complex electronic discovery issues and forensic analysis of electronic media
- Cases involving trade secrets, confidentiality, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements
- Professional malpractice suits
- Fiduciary litigation arising out of disputes involving trusts, estates or powers of attorney
- Representing individuals in competency and guardianship matters
- Animal law issues and advising veterinarians, veterinary practices, and individuals on animal law issues.
She has represented parties in cases pending in federal and state courts of North Carolina, including the North Carolina Business Court. After about a decade in practice, Colleen became trained in the Civil Collaborative Law process in order to assist her clients with crafting resolutions of their disputes in an empowering and respectful way. When she is not representing one of the parties, Colleen is privileged to serve as a neutral facilitator where she provides a space for parties to resolve their conflicts through mediation as a Superior Court Mediator, certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission.
Colleen has a passion for serving her community and advancing the profession. She has served on the advisory board of the Chamber of Commerce’s Winston < 40 and the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Colleen has proudly served as president of the board of directors of the Forsyth Humane Society and president of the Forsyth County Women Attorneys Association.
Colleen enjoys yoga, running, hiking and spending time with her husband, Sean, their daughters and their two German Shepherds. Colleen gratefully counts her blessings each day.
