Colin Shive
Public School Board Lawyer
Colin Shive received his undergraduate degree Magna Cum Laude from Clemson University in 2006 and his law degree, with High Honors, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2011. While in law school, Mr. Shive participated in the Community Development Law Clinic and was a research assistant for the Center on Law, Environment, Adaptation, and Resources. Mr. Shive was also a staff member and editor of the North Carolina Law Review. Prior to joining Tharrington Smith, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable William L. Osteen, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
In 2016 and 2018, Mr. Shive was selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars by Super Lawyers North Carolina Magazine. From 2016-2017, Mr. Shive worked as an associate attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center. He returned to Tharrington Smith in 2017. Mr. Shive practices Education Law.
Mr. Shive is a public school board lawyer.
- Education Law
- Not Currently Accepting Clients
- Credit Cards Accepted
- North Carolina
- English
- Attorney
- Tharrington Smith, LLP
- - Current
- Law clerk for the Honorable William L. Osteen, Jr.
- United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina School of Law
- J.D. (2011) | Law
- Honors: High Honors, Order of the Coif
- Activities: Community Development Law Clinic - Participant, Center on Law, Environment, Adaptation, and Resources - Research Assistant, North Carolina Law Review - Staff Member and Editor
- Clemson University
- B.A.
- Honors: Magna Cum Laude
- Best Law Firms
- U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®
- Best Law Firms
- U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®
- Best Law Firms
- U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®
- Rising Star
- North Carolina Super Lawyers
- Best Law Firms
- U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®
- North Carolina Bar Association Constitutional Rights & Responsibilities Section Council
- Member
- - Current
- "The Constitutionalist", Quarterly Newsletter of the Constitutional Rights & Responsibilities Section of the North Carolina Bar Association
- Editor
- - Current
- North Carolina State Bar  # 43202
- Member
- - Current
- Wake County Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
- 10th Judicial District Bar
- Member
- - Current
- School Systems and the Affordable Care Act: Current Issues
- April 2015 NCBA Education Law Newsletter