Academy Member Inducted 2017
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Recognized to North Carolina Chapter for Mediation
Other ADR Services: Early Neutral Evaluation, Insurance Umpire
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- Practice Commenced2013
- # of MEDS (as of 6/12/24)1250
- # of ARBS (as of 6/12/24)
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
Biographical
I was a partner at Teague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham, LLP until June 2013. My practice areas included workers’ compensation, professional liability, medical malpractice, and real estate litigation. Through my litigation practice, I became interested in alternative dispute resolution. I love the collaborative nature of mediation and found that the process offered my clients more favorable solutions to their disputes.
During college, I studied Spanish at the University of Salamanca and was fluent in Spanish at that time. Currently, I am proficient in Spanish. However, I am committed to practicing and continuing to work to hone my Spanish skills in order to be able to communicate more effectively in Spanish. Right now, I am conversational and find that it allows me to establish a rapport more quickly during mediation conferences with folks who do not speak English.
Case Experience
- Appellate
- Commercial/Business
- Construction
- Contract Disputes
- Cross Cultural
- Discrimination
- EEOC
- Employment
- Health Care
- Insurance
- Legal Malpractice
- Libel & Slander
- Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Real Estate
- Workers' Compensation
- Wrongful Death
Education
I graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Women’s Studies and minors in Spanish and International Studies. I received my Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law in May 2003.
Memberships & Affiliations
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Member of Workers Compensation Section
- Member of Dispute Resolution Section
- Speaker at several N.C. Bar Association seminars on workers' compensation
- Citizen Lawyer Award, 2014 - Member, Tenth Judical District Bar Association
- Member, Wake County Bar Association
- Member, Wake Women Attorneys
- Volunteer, Carolina Dispute Settlement Services
- Volunteer, Urban Ministries of Wake County
- Volunteer, Hope Elementary Charter School
- Former Vice Chair, Wake County Commission for Women
- North Carolina Council for Women
- Appointed by Governor Perdue 2010-2012 - Volunteer, The Helen Wright Center for Women
- Volunteer, The Salvation Army
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating Martindale-Hubbell
- Women of Justice Award, 2013
- Rising Stars Super Lawyers Award
- Lawyers Weekly: Women in the Law Award, 2013
Rates Information
$325.00 administrative fee and $325.00 per hour of mediation time (2 hour minimum) for both workers' comp and liability mediations. No travel charge to counties within 30 mile radius of Raleigh; otherwise $.55 per mile charge, plus time at $225.00 per hour.
Language Skills
Spanish