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.

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.

• 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

$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.

 

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