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Brad Buchanan
Graham, NC Family Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Family, Criminal, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Campbell Law School
I am an experienced and dedicated attorney serving Alamance and Guilford Counties. My practice areas include criminal defense representation for DWI, Traffic Matters, Felonies and Misdemeanors. Additionally, I represent clients with Divorce, Separation, Child Custody and Support, Domestic Violence, and 50 B/C law matters.
I received a B.A. in History from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 1998. My J.D. was earned from Campbell University in 2006. Following Law School, I was an Assistant District Attorney in Alamance County, North Carolina for four years. I then opened my own law firm.
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Kelly Fairman
Graham, NC Family Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Paris Building
Graham, NC 27253
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Kelly was born and raised in North Carolina, and currently lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina with her wife and daughter. Kelly has worked with the seriously mentally ill, at risk youth, troubled families, domestic violence aggressors and victims and as an intake counselor for a four county area in NC. She has extensive training as a mediator As an attorney, she has represented defendants with serious felony offenses through negotiated pleas or jury trials to verdict. She has represented a wide variety of clients in negotiated and litigated family law matters and believes that negotiation should always be pursued...
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Robert Dean Craig
Graham, NC Family Law Attorney with 35 years of experience
Family, Criminal and Divorce
Samford University
I have practiced law for 29 years and have over that time handled thousands of cases in court. My practice focus is Family Law cases involving child custody, grandparent and third-party custody, divorce, alimony and property distribution.
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Deborah M Huynh
Graham, NC Family Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Family, Criminal, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Deborah Huynh practices family and criminal law in the Graham area. As her client, you’ll find she’s an approachable and trustworthy ally. In the courtroom, she fiercely seeks justice. When you need effective representation, contact Ms. Huynh, a genuine advocate who truly cares for her clients.
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Melissa Averett
Chapel Hill, NC Family Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
North Carolina Central University School of Law
I love practicing law. Guiding clients through the stress and upheaval of divorce, a custody battle or the aftermath of a death in the family is position of trust that I take seriously. Drafting an amicable separation agreement, or completing an adoption efficiently with as little drama as possible is equally important. I have been a NC Certified Family Law Specialist since 2009. My law firm handles divorce, custody, child support, alimony, property division, grandparents' rights, domestic violence, tort claims and personal injury, prenuptial and separation agreements, estate planning and administration in Chatham, Orange and Durham counties.
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Derrick J Hensley
Hillsborough, NC Family Law Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFamily, Appeals, Immigration and Juvenile
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Derrick Hensley is a Child Welfare, Family, and Immigration lawyer who manages a small law firm in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Derrick founded his own firm in order to ensure he could take cases that make a real difference for his clients, and to ensure that his practice always observed the highest principles of the legal profession. Derrick is dedicated zealously advocating for his clients and to fostering an open, communicative attorney-client relationship based on trust and honesty.
Derrick's firm has practices in several fields of law, focusing on the intersections between them, including international family law, humanitarian and family immigration, and...
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Barri Payne
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Family
University of North Carolina School of Law
Barri Hilton Payne was born in High Point, North Carolina and grew up in Davidson County. She attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she majored in Religious studies and Sociology. Barri practiced for the last twelve years as a founding partner in the firm Brock, Payne & Meece, P.A. before opening her own solo law and mediation practice in 2013. Barri was involved with the Holderness Moot Court while in law school at UNC and earned her law degree in 1999. She has practiced in Durham, North Carolina since that time and concentrates her practice on...
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David Cole Phelps
Chapel Hill, NC Family Law Attorney with 10 years of experience
Family, DWI, Divorce and Traffic Tickets
North Carolina Central University
D. Cole Phelps manages our office in the northeastern part of the state. Attorney Phelps is a native of Washington County, and he returned to his home community to serve and give back. After winning his first primary election with over 62% of the votes, he later became the youngest county commissioner at the time of his election to serve in any of North Carolina’s 100 counties. During his first term of office, he was selected by his fellow board members as vice chairman and then chairman. Currently, he is serving his second term of office as a member of...
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Sara Ellen Barlowe
Chapel Hill, NC Family Law Attorney with 7 years of experience
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Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Sara Barlowe is an associate attorney at Bagwell Holt Smith where she practices in the Firm’s Family Law department. Sara joined the Firm in July of 2020 shortly after relocating to the Research Triangle area from Astoria, Queens with her family and their two cats. While in New York, Sara worked as an Assistant District Attorney with the Bronx District Attorney’s office where she focused primarily on domestic violence and special victims cases with the exception of a year-long stint in the office’s Special Investigations Division where she handled long-term wiretap investigations.
Sara received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Benjamin...
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John G. Miskey IV
Chapel Hill, NC Family Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
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State University of New York - Buffalo
John G. Miskey IV is a board certified specialist in Family Law and leads the Firm’s Family Law department. He has maintained an interest in Family Law, families and policy throughout his educational and professional career.
Mr. Miskey’s character and work ethic was forged in his childhood. His first job was delivering daily newspapers through the snow-filled neighborhoods of Buffalo, NY. Very close with his family, he chose to attend local schools for his education. Mr. Miskey graduated summa cum laude from Niagara University and obtained his Juris Doctor degree from The State University of New York at Buffalo with...
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Gray Ellis
Durham, NC Family Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Estate Planning
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Ellis Family Law, PLLC was founded in 2002 by board certified attorney Gray Ellis with the singular goal to provide the very best legal representation to North Carolinians facing challenging family law issues. Since that time, the firm has successfully represented hundreds of husbands, wives, children, grandparents, and other family members in courts across the state. Our work has not gone unnoticed as the firm has earned awards from both national and local organizations such as Super Lawyers, North Carolina’s Legal Elite, and Best of Durham.
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Julia Harris
Chapel Hill, NC Family Law Attorney
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Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and Marquette University Law School
Julia received a BA in Criminology and BA in Sociology from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Julia went on to earn her J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School (N/K/A Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School), in Lansing, Michigan. During law school, Julia competed in the Mock Trial First Year Competition and was a semifinalist. She also competed in Moot Court and was a finalist in the Negotiations Competition. During her last semester of law school, Julia completed an externship at the Durham County Public Defender’s Office.
Julia is an associate attorney in the Family Law department. Julia focuses...
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Autumn Osbourne
Durham, NC Family Law Lawyer
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
North Carolina Central University School of Law
For more than a decade, attorney Autumn Osbourne has provided skilled representation to North Carolina families in the courtroom and at the negotiating table. She is Board Certified by the North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization - a distinction held by less than 2% of all family law practitioners in the state - and has been recognized for her work by independent attorney rating organizations including but not limited to Thomson Reuters' and Avvo.
However, for Autumn, the practice of law involves more than zealously advocating on behalf of clients and adhering to the profession's rules of ethics.
"I feel every family...
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Mr. Ron Cooley
Hillsborough, NC Family Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
(919) 245-1300
2203 Rhonda Road
www.cooleylaw.com
Hillsborough, NC 27278-7087
Family, DWI, Divorce and Domestic Violence
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
With an engineering degree and MBA, I started my career as an in-house consultant in the aerospace industry. After a few years I transitioned to engineering and consulting positions in other industries. Eventually I returned to college for a law degree and have been a courtroom lawyer for more than 20 years.
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Rebecca Allen Poole
Durham, NC Family Law Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Estate Planning
Attorney Rebecca Poole brings a powerful combination of skill, passion, and advanced training to the practice of law. Certified by both the North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization and Center for Cooperative Parenting, Rebecca has established a reputation for excellence – and results – in the areas of mediation, arbitration, litigation, and the collaborative divorce process. She also assists the firm’s clients in developing comprehensive estate plans that ensure family members and financial affairs are protected and preserved.
Over the course of her legal career, Rebecca has maintained an unwavering commitment to achieving client goals, even when faced with challenging...
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Hugh Bailey
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Divorce and Estate Planning
A natural born problem solver, attorney Hugh Bailey is an accomplished trial attorney with a proven record of successful results on behalf of clients. His practice includes advocating for clients in a wide variety of matters affecting the family unit, including divorce, child custody and support, spousal support, equitable distribution, domestic violence, and pre and post nuptial agreements. Hugh’s effectiveness in and out of the courtroom is derived in part from both a broad and deep background in high-stakes cases involving individuals, businesses, and government entities.
However, it is Hugh’s approach and commitment to helping people that serves as a cornerstone...
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Daniel Bullard
Burlington, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Appeals, Divorce and Personal Injury
Wake Forest University School of Law
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Sarah A. Carr
Carrboro, NC Family Law Lawyer
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Amanda Chatman Knight
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney with 7 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Estate Planning
Amanda Knight represents clients in a wide range of family law matters including divorce, child custody and support, domestic violence, spousal support, and equitable distribution proceedings. She also provides trusted counsel to clients throughout the estate planning process.
A graduate of North Carolina Central University School of Law, Amanda brings a passion and commitment to achieving client goals, while maintaining civility and professionalism in the practice of law.
“Changes in the family, especially ones involving legal proceedings, are always challenging. Our job as attorneys is to take as much of the burden off our clients as possible, and also reassure them that...
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Kathleen Fitzgerald Treadwell
Burlington, NC Family Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Personal Injury
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Hillary D. Whitaker
Burlington, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Domestic Violence
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Ann Shy
Carrboro, NC Family Law Lawyer
Room 200
118 East Main Street
Carrboro, NC 27510
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Divorce
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James Wade Harrison
Burlington, NC Family Law Lawyer
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Domestic Violence
David Huffman
Graham, NC Family Law Lawyer
Family, Divorce, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
John J. Hackney
Chapel Hill, NC Family Law Attorney with 53 years of experience
(919) 929-0323
410 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Family, Divorce, Legal Malpractice and Personal Injury
Donald R. Dickerson
Hillsborough, NC Family Law Attorney with 50 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Ronald W. Merritt
Chapel Hill, NC Family Law Attorney with 45 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Melinda M. Evans
Chapel Hill, NC Family Law Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Nancy E. Gordon
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
3608 St
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Durham, NC 27705
Family
Lauren Olivia Dickerson
Hillsborough, NC Family Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Robert L. Epting
Chapel Hill, NC Family Law Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
James Gay
Hillsborough, NC Family Law Lawyer
Family, Divorce and Personal Injury
Renee Rendahl
Chapel Hill, NC Family Law Attorney
306 Pitch Pine Ln
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
John Allen Marold
Chapel Hill, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Bankruptcy, Divorce and Estate Planning
Susan Brown
Chapel Hill, NC Family Law Attorney
1829 E Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Family and Divorce
Carlyle Rubinow
Chapel Hill, NC Family Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
105 Strowd Ln
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Estate Planning
Janet Brown
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Gregory DeWitt
Carrboro, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Business, Divorce and Real Estate
