Philip M. Van Hoy

Phil Van Hoy grew up in Charlotte and attended Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools. After graduating from law school, he served a short period of active duty as an Army officer. He went on to practice employment law as an attorney in the Duke Power legal department and in private law firms before founding this firm with Craig Reutlinger in 1989. Van Hoy had decades of experience litigating complex employment cases at every level, including the North Carolina Court of Appeals, the North Carolina Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He had been a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference since 1983. He previously served as Chair of the EEOC Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association and on the North Carolina OSHA Review Commission. Van Hoy was a certified mediator and performed mediations and arbitrations in state and federal court.