Brooks Pierce partner Mack Sperling recently taught at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy's Southeast Regional "Building Trial Skills" program. Based at the UNC School of Law, this unique program offered participants training on necessary courtroom skills, trial demonstrations and lectures on advocacy.

NITA is the nation's leading provider of legal advocacy skills training. Their "boot camps" deliver professional development for nearly 6,000 attorneys each year.

Mack Sperling is a leading business litigator who represents clients in complicated business disputes. He frequently speaks on the topic of effective use of technology in litigation and is the author of the North Carolina Business Litigation Report, a blog focused primarily on the decisions of the North Carolina Business Court.