Professional Activities:
NORTH CAROLINA ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE (formerly North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers):
Immediate Past President, 2007-2008
President, 2006-2007
President Elect, 2005-2006
Vice President – Public Education, 2001-2005
Governor, 2000-2001
Member, 1992 – Present (Professional Negligence and Auto Torts Sections
North Carolina Advocates for Justice High School Mock Trial Competition
Attorney Advisor- Westover High School, 1995-2000 (State Champions, 5th in Nation (1998)
Regional Coordinator - Fayetteville, 2004-Present
Co-Chair, North Carolina Advocates for Justice Mock Trial Committee, 2009-present
National High School Mock Trial Competition
Board of Directors, 2002-2005
Host Director, Charlotte, NC, 2005
American Mock Trial Invitational Competition, Host Director, Chapel Hill, NC, 2006
Annual Convention, Co-Chair, 2002-2003
Trial Advocacy Clinic Instructor, 2003
CAROLINA CENTER FOR CIVIC EDUCATION
Vice President, State Coordinator, 2008-present
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRIAL ADVOCACY
Southeast Deposition Seminar, Instructor
Southeast Trial Advocacy Seminar, Instructor
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Adjunct Professor, Pretrial Litigation
Guest Lecturer
Campaign for Raleigh, Cabinet Member
NORTH CAROLINA BAR ASSOCIATION
Member, 1992-Present
Executive Council, Litigation Section, 2003-2006
4All Task Force Member, 2007-2008
4All Task Force Co-Chair, 2008-2009
4All Task Member, Fayetteville Site Chair
METHODIST UNIVERSITY
Advisory Board, Paralegal Studies Program
Guest Lecturer
Honors and Awards:
Super Lawyers list, Top NC Attorneys, 2005-2010
Super Lawyers list, Top 50 NC Women Attorneys, 2007, 2008. 2009
NCATL Kelly Crabtree Award (2002)
Outstanding Women of the 20th Century (2000)
Order of the Barristers (1992)
Admitted to Practice:
N.C. State Bar (1992)
U.S. District Court, E.D.N.C. (1992)
U.S. District Court, M.D.N.C. (1995)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (1995)
United States Supreme Court (1996)





