Mr. Blake has been representing injured clients since 1990, concentrating his practice in the areas of worker's compensation, personal injury, and social security disability. He has also successfully tried numerous jury trials involving catastrophic injuries.

Blake is admitted to practice before the N. C. Supreme Court, all other N. C. state courts, the
U. S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U. S. District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina. He is a member of the N. C. State Bar, the N. C. Academy of Trial Lawyers, the N.C. Bar Association and other professional organizations. He is also a certified Superior Court Mediator and Industrial Commission Mediator. He has been featured in front page news articles in N. C. Lawyer's Weekly for the state's largest verdicts and settlements.

Long active in civic community affairs, Blake has served on numerous local and state boards and commissions. He currently serves as chairman-elect of the Wilson Chamber of Commerce and has served as an officer of a variety of local and state boards. He is an avid hunter and fisherman. Blake is a member of St. Timothy Episcopal Church and is married with two sons. He holds undergraduate degrees in Business Administration, a Masters Degree in Business Administration and graduated from Campbell Law School in 1990.