Professional Activities:

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
Wade Edwards High School Mock Trial Competition
   Attorney Advisor- Westover High School, 1995-2000 (State Champions, 5th in Nation (1998)
   Regional Coordinator - Fayetteville, 2004-Present
National High School Mock Trial Competition
   Board of Directors, 2002-2004
   Host Director, Charlotte, North Carolina 2005
American Mock Trial Invitational Competition, Host Director, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2006
Annual Convention, Co-Chair, 2002-2003
Carolina Center for Civil Education, Board of Directors, 2003-Present
Trial Advocacy Clinic Instructor 2003

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 Member, 2007-2008
4All Task Member, Fayetteville Site Chair

NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF WOMENS ATTORNEYS
Board of Director, 2005-Present
Member, 2004-Presnt

METHODIST COLLEGE
Advisory Board, Paralegal Studies Program
Guest Lecturer

Honors And Awards:

Super Lawyers list, Top NC Attorneys, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Super Lawyers list, Top 50 NC Women Attorneys, 2007, 2008
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)