Heath practices principally in the areas of corporate and business law, handling both transactional matters and litigation matters as an “outside” general counsel for many small to mid-size businesses. Heath has successfully developed a wide-ranging business practice including business start-ups, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and business representation. Heath’s corporate and business client’s range in diversity and include members of the restaurant and food service industry, retail, manufacturing sector, construction, as well as some clients in the entertainment industry including media personalities and film production companies. Heath embraces the old tradition of being a counselor of law by listening to his clients and providing them guidance.
Heath is a member of the North Carolina State Bar Council and he served as the President of the Mecklenburg County Bar from 2020-2021. Heath is married to his wife Cherise and they have three children: Melanie, Rachel and Andrew.
Education
- J.D., University of Akron School of Law
- M.P.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- B.A., Political Science and History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina State Bar
- United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
- United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
- United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
- South Carolina Bar
- United States District Court District of South Carolina
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Professional Associations
- North Carolina State Bar Councilor, 2025-present
- Mecklenburg County Bar (prior to bifurcation)
- MCB President, 2020-2021
- MCB Immediate Past President, 2021-2022
- MCB President Elect, 2019-2020
- MCB Treasurer and Chair Finance Committee, 2017-2019
- Executive Committee, At Large Member 2016-2017
- 26th Judicial District Bar
- Mecklenburg Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Business Law Section
- Corporations Committee, 2022-2023
- Future of Law Committee
- Chairperson, 2023-2024
- Vice-Chair, 2022-2023
- American Bar Association
Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, 2020-present
Honors
- Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
- North Carolina Legal Elite, 2016-2018; 2020-2026 (Top Vote Receiver for Business 2025)
- North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2015-2026
- NCBA Young Lawyers Division Lawyer of the Quarter, October 2006-January 2007
- Award of Achievement, First Place Service to the Bar, Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association, Lawyer Legislator CLE, 2006-2007
Clubs and Organizations:
- Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity, UNC Charlotte
- UNC Charlotte Athletic Foundation Board, 2022-2025
- Matthews United Methodist Church
Staff Parish Committee, Chairperson, 2024-2026 - Aldersgate United Methodist Retirement
- Community, Inc., Board of Directors, 2024-2025
- The Good Fellows Club, Charlotte, NC
- CPCC Paralegal Advisory Board, 2017-present
- Access to Justice Campaign Center for Charlotte
- Center for Legal Advocacy, Chairperson; 2021-2022