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Phone: (919) 782-6860 Ext. 163
Direct Dial:
(919) 861-5513
Email: Michael
Ballance
Practice Areas:
Bar Admissions:
- State of North Carolina, 1996
Education:
- J.D., with honors, University of North Carolina, 1996
- B.A., History, magna cum laude, North Carolina State
University, 1992
- B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, North Carolina State
University, 1992
Honors:
- Editor-in-Chief, North Carolina Journal of International Law
and Commercial Regulation, 1995-96
- First Place - North Carolina Journal of International Law and
Commercial Regulation Writing Competition, 1994
- American Jurisprudence Award, 1994
- Who's Who: American Law Students - 15th and 16th Editions
Professional and Civic Involvement:
- Wake County Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association
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Michael W. Ballance
Michael Ballance is a native of Raleigh and a graduate of North
Carolina State University. He attended law school at the University
of North Carolina where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the
International Law Journal and graduated with Honors. Michael
subsequently clerked for two years for Chief Justice I. Beverly
Lake, Jr. on the North Carolina Supreme Court, and was in private
practice with another law firm in Raleigh for a number of years
before joining the team at Young Moore and Henderson in 2003.
Michael's practice is focused primarily in the area of workers
compensation law. He has significant experience representing clients
at all stages of workers' compensation proceedings, from mediations
through appeals to the Supreme Court. He has appeared in at least
seven Supreme Court and twenty Court of Appeals cases involving
workers' compensation claims. These include such notable cases as
the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Adams v. AVX Corp.
Michael also teaches Workers Compensation Law and Practice at UNC
School of Law to upperclass students during the Fall semester.
A particular area of expertise for Michael is appellate advocacy.
In addition to appearing regularly before the appellate courts,
Michael serves as an Adjunct Professor at the UNC School of Law
where he teaches appellate research, writing and oral advocacy to
first-year students during the Spring semester.
Michael is married to his high school sweetheart, Jennie, and
they have three sons. He enjoys spending time with family and
friends, coaching his kids' sports teams, and, on the rare occasion
when there is some time left over, reading history and working in
the yard.
Teaching and Presentations:
- Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina School of Law,
Workers' Compensation Law and Practice, 2004-present
- Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina School of Law,
Research Writing and Appellate Advocacy, 2001- present
- Employment Law Instructor, Wake Technical Community College,
Raleigh, NC, 1998
- "Overview of North Carolina Workers' Compensation Law," CLE
Presenter, Raleigh, NC, 2000
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