About the firm
Counsel you can count on
Founder & Attorney
Precious N. McLaughlin, Esq.
Precious founded McLaughlin Legal, PLLC in Charlotte in 2026 to give creatives, entrepreneurs, and working people counsel they can depend on. She is licensed to practice in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Her work starts from a simple belief: all work has dignity. She helps business owners build on solid legal footing, and she stands with employees when their livelihood is on the line. Either way, you get clear answers, honest advice, and an attorney who follows through.
Before starting the firm, Precious handled commercial litigation, employment, and workplace compliance matters in state and federal court. She also teaches Media Law as an adjunct professor at Francis Marion University and is completing a master's degree in Organizational Psychology at UNC Charlotte. A South Carolina native, she serves on the Board of Directors of KinderMourn.
- Admitted
- North Carolina · South Carolina
- Focus
- Employment law, business counsel, contracts, and workers' rights
- Teaching
- Adjunct Professor of Media Law, Francis Marion University · Employment Law for Nonprofits, Duke University Nonprofit Management Program
- Service
- KinderMourn, Board of Directors
- Education
- Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D. Francis Marion University, B.S. summa cum laude
You deserve counsel that protects you and treats you like a person.
Advocacy with empathy
We listen first, then build a strategy around what is actually at stake for you.
Plain-language counsel
You will understand your options, your costs, and your next step.
Dependable follow-through
Clear timelines, prompt replies, and no surprises on scope or price.
Representative experience
Where Precious has done the work
Litigation & disputes
- Contributed to a $105 million breach-of-contract result, securing summary judgment in state court for a corporate client.
- Drafted dispositive motions, discovery, and briefs in commercial, employment discrimination, and antitrust matters.
- Represented clients in federal court, including pleadings, discovery, and motions to compel and suppress.
- Represented a teenage survivor of human trafficking and negotiated a protective order for a survivor of domestic violence.
Employment & workplace
- Advised employers on discipline, terminations, accommodations, and state and federal employment law compliance.
- Conducted internal investigations into discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, and prepared EEOC position statements.
- Represented employers in labor agency hearings and EEOC mediations.
- Drafted reduction-in-force severance agreements and OWBPA compliance exhibits.
- Conducted equity audits for financial institutions and corporations.
Business & transactional
- Drafted and negotiated commercial and employment agreements, including non-compete, confidentiality, and independent contractor agreements.
- Drafted a master services agreement and statement of work for a nonprofit client.
Teaching & community
- Designed and taught Employment Law for Nonprofits, Duke University Nonprofit Management Program.
- Adjunct Professor of Media Law, Francis Marion University.
- Board of Directors, KinderMourn.
- Panelist on diversity, equity, and inclusion panels, including at the University of South Carolina School of Law.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Matters listed include work completed before founding McLaughlin Legal, PLLC.
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