OF COUNSEL

After 36 years of practice and 25 as a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law, I find that I genuinely like helping a client (and a family) obtain a just result and move through a challenging period in life with dignity and grace.

I have served the state and local Bars in several leadership positions, including ethics and fee-dispute-related appointments.  They are interesting, but what makes me want to get to work each morning and even look forward to Monday morning is that client relationship. Whether a case resolves in negotiation, mediation, or litigation (trial), the important thing is helping a person in a most trying period of life.

Long ago, Judge Resa Harris advised me that if I always placed the client’s interest first and foremost, I would have more clients than I could say grace over. She was right.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Divorce
• Separation
• Alimony and Spousal Support
• Equitable Distribution
• Pre and Post Marital Agreements
• Prenuptial Agreements
• Child Custody and Child Support
• Mediation
• Adoption
• Criminal and Traffic Defense

Certified Legal Specialties

• North Carolina State Bar Board Certified Family Law Specialist

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina State Bar 1986 – present (not association)

Education

• Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana J.D. – Juris Doctor 1985
• Rutgers University Graduate School of Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey Ed.M. – 1981
• Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey – B.A., Bachelors of Arts – 1976

Professional Associations

• 26th Judicial District Domestic Court Bar Committee, Rules Subcommittee Chair, 2007-2020
• Mecklenburg County Bar, Fee Dispute Resolution Committee, Chair, 2006-2010
• Mecklenburg County Bar, Law Day Committee, Chair, 2005 – 2006
• North Carolina State Bar, Bar Candidate Committee Chair, 2001 – 2016
• Mecklenburg County Bar, Grievance Committee, Panelist – Investigator, 2000-2010