Brent grew up in Raleigh, North
Carolina. He attended Wake Forest
University and Wake Forest University School of Law, where he was a member of
the Law Review and Moot Court Board. He
received his J.D., cum laude, in
1992. Following law school, Brent served
as a law clerk to the Honorable John B. Lewis of the North Carolina Court of
Appeals in 1993 before joining the firm in 1994. Brent became a partner in the firm in 2000,
and concentrates his practice in the areas of general civil litigation,
insurance coverage litigation, catastrophic personal injury litigation and
insurance defense, and complex business litigation. Brent
is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and is rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell. In addition to an active litigation practice,
Brent is also certified as a Superior Court Mediator by the North Carolina
Dispute Resolution Commission. He is a
member of the American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, Defense
Research Institute and the North Carolina Association of Defense
Attorneys. Brent
resides in Winston-Salem with his wife.