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Overview

Ty Jameson in a native of Greensboro, North Carolina, and a member of the firm’s Litigation Group. He focuses his practice on fiduciary litigation, appeals, and complex commercial  disputes. Ty also has experience defending class actions and is a regular contributor to the Firm’s Best-in-Class blog.   

As part of his fiduciary litigation practice, Ty regularly represents clients in will caveats, power of attorney abuse cases, guardianships, cases challenging beneficiary designations for lack of capacity or undue influence, and disputes alleging improper administration of estates and trusts. Ty also has experience representing shareholders in business disputes. He frequently appears in North Carolina Superior Court, the North Carolina Business Court, and in matters before the Clerk of Court.

Ty’s appellate practice has involved a wide variety of subject matters including estate litigation, arbitration disputes, constitutional litigation, juvenile abuse and neglect cases, and even first-degree murder. Ty has briefed numerous cases in North Carolina’s state appellate courts, representing both parties and amici curiae, and has also represented clients in the United States Appellate Courts for the Fourth and Eleventh Circuits.

Ty joined Ellis & Winters after graduating from Wake Forest School of Law. While in law school, Ty served as an Executive Editor on the Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy, was a teaching assistant for first-year students’ legal writing course, an academic engagement leader for Civil Procedure and Constitutional Law, and he won first place in the Cornelius Vandebroek Essay Competition for Law School Students. He also received the Dean Suzanne Reynolds Awards in Contracts and Criminal Procedure, and participated in Wake Forest’s Appellate Advocacy Clinic.

Credentials

Education

  • J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law
  • B.A., Utah State University

Bar Admissions

  • North Carolina

Court Admissions

  • Middle District of North Carolina
  • Western District of North Carolina
  • Eastern District of North Carolina
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • North Carolina Bar Association, Appellate Practice Section
  • North Carolina Bar Association, Estate Planning and Fiduciary Section
  • Greensboro Bar Association

Presentations/Publications