MITCHELL H. BLANKENSHIP Partner Practice Areas Litigation/Trial Practice Professional Liability Personal Injury Employment Issues Workers Compensation Appellate Practice Insurance Coverage Professional Recognition Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2024, Workers Compensation Law – Employers Education East Carolina University (B.A. magna cum laude, 2013) – Deans List, 2009-2013 – Phi Kappa Phi academic fraternity Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 2016) – Journal of Business & Intellectual Property Law, staff member 2014-2016 – Student Trial Bar, 2016 – 2016 Zeliff Trial Bar Competition, Elite Eight Memberships North Carolina Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division Forsyth County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division – Executive Board, 2020-2021 – Secretary, 2021-2022 – Vice President, 2022-2023 North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys Bar Admissions North Carolina State Bar, 2016 United States District Court, Eastern, Western & Middle Districts of North Carolina