Meredith Jeffries

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Overview

Meredith is a mediator, arbitrator, and attorney who has practiced employment law in Charlotte for three decades. She brings to the mediation table a unique skill set garnered from her diverse practice experience, and mediates civil rights, contract, and employment cases.

Meredith has a proven record of success in mediating civil disputes to resolution since 2015. In addition to mediating all types of labor and employment disputes, she has mediated and achieved settlement in a myriad of civil litigation matters, including commercial, contract, personal injury, and other tort matters.

Meredith has also represented employers of all sizes, including the fifth largest employer in the United States as the Charlotte practice group leader of an AmLaw 100 firm, to start-up companies with less than a dozen employees at the boutique firm where she is now a partner. She also has significant on the employee side of the table, representing executives and physicians.

Currently she practices law as a partner at the Charlotte boutique law firm of Alexander Ricks, PLLC, where she provides clients with comprehensive transactional, counseling, training, and litigation services with respect to all aspects of the employer/employee relationship.

Meredith has significant experience litigating, settling, and mediating all types of employment discrimination, disability law, employment law, non-competition and other restrictive covenants, human resources matters, wage and hour law, labor law, and all aspects of the employer/employee relationship cases. She has been recognized multiple times by Business North Carolina as amongst the Legal Elite in the area of Employment Law. In 2021, she was named the top labor and employment lawyer in the State of North Carolina by Business North Carolina magazine. Prior to joining Miles in 2020 and her law firm Alexander Ricks in 2015, Meredith practiced in the area of labor and employment law at Alston & Bird LLP and in the areas of commercial litigation and employment law at Moore & Van Allen PLLC.

To learn more about Meredith, read her spotlight.

Education

The University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1994
University of Virginia, B.A, with honors, 1990

Admitted to Practice

All North Carolina state courts
United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Professional or Trade Affiliation

Multi-year recognition in Business North Carolina magazine as one of the North Carolina Legal Elite in the area of Employment Law, top vote-getter and Hall of Fame recognition in 2021
Council for Children’s Rights, custody advocate
Society for Human Resources Management of Charlotte, board of directors
Mecklenburg County Bar Board of Directors (2008-2011), chair of MCB Social and Networking Committee (2012-2014), frequent program planner and speaker for continuing legal education programs

Rates and Fees

Rates - Meredith Jeffries

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New Mediation Rates for Cases Conducted on or after September 1, 2025
2 Party Case: $250 per party; per hour
3 Party Case: $200 per party; per hour
4+ Party Case: $175 per party; per hour
Flat Rate Available Upon Request

Charlotte Rates 3hr Min.
2 Party Case: $225 per party; per hour
3 Party Case: $200 per party; per hour
4 Party Case: $175 per party; per hour
5+ Party Case: Flat Rate Available Upon Request
Arbitration Hourly Rate: $500

Travel time and expenses, including meals and lodging, billed separately and split equally among the parties at the Neutral's hourly rate.
Pre/Post Consultation & Document Review: Hourly Mediation/Arbitration Rate

Mediation /Arbitration Admin Fees
Charlotte Mediation Admin Fee - $200 per party
Arbitration Commencement And Administration Fee: $1500 per party

MEDIATION CANCELLATION POLICY

Mediations cancelled within 10 days of the mediation will be charged a cancellation fee of $500. However, mediations cancelled, rescheduled or settled within 24 hours of the mediation will be charged 4 hrs. of the Neutral's hourly rate . Cancellation fees shall be sent to the cancelling party unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.

ARBITRATION FEE PAYMENT POLICY

Arbitration Commencement and Administrative Fee is $1500.00 per party, per arbitrator. At the commencement of arbitration, each party will be invoiced $1500.00. This fee is refundable minus $500.00 per party until the initial case management order has been issued. All arbitration related invoices are due upon receipt.

ARBITRATION CANCELLATION POLICY

If a single-day Arbitration Hearing scheduled on the merits of the case cancels or reschedules within 15 business days of the hearing, the parties will be charged 4 hours of the Arbitrator’s hourly rate. However, if the single-day Arbitration Hearing cancels or reschedules within 2 business days of the hearing, the parties will be charged 8 hours of the Arbitrator’s hourly rate.

If a multi-day Arbitration Hearing scheduled on the merits of the case cancels or reschedules within 28 business days of the hearing, the parties will be charged 4 hours of the Arbitrator's hourly rate for each day reserved for the hearing. However, if the multi-day Arbitration Hearing cancels or reschedules within 7 business days of the hearing, the parties will be charged 8 hours of the Arbitrator's hourly rate for each day reserved for the hearing.

Issuance of the Final Arbitration Order/Award

Arbitration Awards/Orders will not be issued to either party until Miles has received full payment for all fees and expenses associated with the arbitration.