Cherry Bekaert & Holland v. Brown

GREENE, Judge.

Defendant appeals the trial court’s denial of his Rule 12(b)(2) motion to dismiss plaintiff’s breach of contract suit for lack of personal jurisdiction.

The record shows that defendant J. Charles Brown is a certified public accountant who now resides in Alabama. Plaintiff Cherry, Bekaert & Holland is a North Carolina partnership of certified public accountants with its principal place of business in Charlotte, North Carolina, since approximately 1974. Plaintiff first employed defendant in 1975 as a salaried accountant in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Defendant moved to plaintiff’s…