Biography

A law professor for over 20 years, Mr. Woodlief has taught extensively in the areas of tort law and damages, civil and appellate procedure, professional responsibility, legal writing and advocacy. He authors books widely used by North Carolina practicing attorneys on the topics such as damages, civil trial and appellate practice, including North Carolina Law of Damages and North Carolina Civil Practice and Procedure, both published by Thomson Reuters.

Mr. Woodlief began his academic career at Campbell University’s School of Law in 1994 after serving as law clerk to the pathbreaking Associate Justice (later Chief Justice) Henry E. Frye on the North Carolina Supreme Court.  Over the past two decades, he has served as a faculty member and senior administrator at North Carolina law schools. Since 1999, he has worked with the  Pattern Jury Instruction Committee of the N.C. Conference of Superior Court Judges to develop and improve the jury instructions used in the state’s trial courts.  He is active in the North Carolina State Bar, having served for many years on its Publications Committee, and in the North Carolina Bar Association, having served on its Appellate Rules Committee and currently serving on its Professionalism Committee.   

Mr. Woodlief was born and raised in Oxford, North Carolina.  He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Campbell University School of Law.  He and his wife Wendy are the proud parents of four children.