Keith Anthony is an experienced business litigation lawyer in our Durham office who focuses on complex commercial and contract disputes, corporate and partnership disputes, business torts, fraud, unfair and deceptive trade practices, breaches of covenants not to compete, and real estate matters.  He regularly represents clients in the North Carolina state trial and appellate courts, including the North Carolina Business Court, in federal court, in arbitration proceedings, and before regulatory and quasi-judicial bodies.

Accolades

• Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year – Litigation – Land Use and Zoning (2023)
• Best Lawyers: Commercial Litigation (2020-2024), Litigation – Real Estate (2020-2024), Litigation – Land Use and Zoning (2021-2024)
• Business North Carolina Legal Elite: Litigation (2022)
• Super Lawyers (2021-2024)

Representative Experience

• Obtained confidential award for a client involved in a dispute with former business partners in large mixed-use development project
• Obtained a jury verdict in favor of a client for declaratory and injunctive relief in a case challenging abusive government practices with regard to a client’s sweepstakes promotion
• Prevailed in multiple appeals before the North Carolina appellate courts to establish right of businesses offering electronic sweepstakes to challenge government enforcement efforts
• Obtained more than $1.5 million in settlements for homeowners after a local government sought to destroy their oceanfront houses for allegedly violating public trust rights in the dry sand beach
• Obtained a confidential reward for clients in a dispute between the owners of a group of opioid treatment clinics
• Represented licensees before various professional licensing boards, including the Engineer and Surveyors Licensing Board, the Accounting Board, the Real Estate Commission, and Alarm Systems Licensing Board

Presentations & Publications

• “The Truth About Arbitration (What Really Happens).” Morningstar Law Group CLE (2017)

Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D. (2002) with honors
  Order of the Coif
• University of Virginia, B.A., American Government (1999) with honors and distinction

Admissions

• North Carolina State Bar
• S District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina
• S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Professional

• Morningstar Law Group Management Team (2016-present): Integrator (2019-present), Operations Partner (2017-2019)

• Holy Infant Catholic Church (Durham): Former Chair of Pastoral Council. Former Chair of Bishops Annual Appeal.