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Gray Ellis
Chatham County, 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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Rebecca Allen Poole
Chatham County, 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
Chatham County, NC Family Law Attorney
27 Hillsboro Street
Pittsboro, NC 27312
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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Marie Hylan Hopper
Chatham County, NC Family Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Family and Estate Planning
Marie Hopper is a Chatham County native. She earned her law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2004 and holds her undergraduate in History from Earlham College. She is a Certified Family Financial Mediator by the North Carolina Board of Dispute Resolution, a member of the North Carolina State Bar, the 18th Judicial District Bar, the Chatham County Bar Association, and the Family Law and Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law sections of the North Carolina Bar Association. She served as President of the 18th Judicial District Bar in the 2019-2020 fiscal year, and as Vice-President...
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Melissa Averett
Orange County, 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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John G. Miskey IV
Orange County, 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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David Cole Phelps
Orange County, 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
Orange County, 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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Julia Harris
Orange County, 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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Kelly Fairman
Orange County, NC Family Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
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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John M. Holmes Jr.
Lee County, NC Family Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Campbell Law School
As a small dedicated law firm, we represent clients involved in marital disputes. Our knowledge of the law allows us to aggressively represent you when you need someone on your side. We represent people who need help in the following Domestic/Family Law areas: family and domestic law including; child custody, support, alimony, divorce, and property distribution.
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Daniel Krchnavek
Wake County, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
Baylor Law School
Daniel Krchnavek is an attorney licensed to practice law in North Carolina. He is a member of the Wake County Bar Association and the North Carolina Bar Association. Daniel mostly practices in Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Johnston, and Wake counties. The majority of his practice involves family law, including, but not limited to: adoptions, alimony, child custody, child support, divorce, equitable distribution, guardianships, and postseparation support. When not practicing law, Daniel enjoys spending time outdoors with his family.
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Valeria Cesanelli
Wake County, NC Family Law Attorney with 10 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Juvenile
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Attorney Val Cesanelli handles family law cases for our firm, with a focus on child custody cases and matters arising out of the process of separation and divorce, such as separation agreements and questions of spousal and child support. Val also handles other family related cases, such as paternity actions, legitimations, name changes and changes in birth certificates, as well as provides drafting services of powers of attorneys and simple wills.
Val is as much a litigator as she is a counselor at law for her clients. As a mother of three children and three stepchildren, Val is both professionally and...
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Justin P Nichols
Orange County, NC Family Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
Campbell Law School
Attorney Justin Nichols practices family, personal injury, and criminal law in Chatham, Orange, Durham, and Wake Counties. He joined Averett Family Law in 2012, after practicing in the fields of personal injury defense, workers’ compensation, and complex construction litigation.
Justin has extensive experience in the courtroom litigating cases, as well as helping clients negotiate out-of-court settlements. He has handled cases before state administrative agencies, the state superior and district courts, the North Carolina Justin Nichols Associate Attorney Pittsboro Siler City Court of Appeals, and the federal district court.
Justin graduated cum laude from Campbell University School of Law in Raleigh, North Carolina,...
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Alexander French
Orange County, NC Family Law Attorney with 6 years of experience
Family, Appeals and Domestic Violence
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Sarah A. Carr
Orange County, NC Family Law Lawyer
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Keith Bishop
Durham County, NC Family Law Lawyer
(919) 490-1855
1802 Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway
Suite 105 Madison Centre
Durham, NC 27707
Family and Divorce
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Ann Shy
Orange County, NC Family Law Lawyer
Room 200
118 East Main Street
Carrboro, NC 27510
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Divorce
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Kimberly Mantooth Lott
Durham County, NC Family Law Attorney
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William Thomas Cushing
Wake County, NC Family Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Family, Business and Employment
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Carlyle Rubinow
Orange County, NC Family Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
105 Strowd Ln
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Estate Planning
Robert L. Epting
Orange County, NC Family Law Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Melinda M. Evans
Orange County, NC Family Law Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Lisa R. Brenman
Orange County, NC Family Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Family, Business, Divorce and Immigration
James S. Sacco
Orange County, NC Family Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Personal Injury
Jeffery LaMont Jefferson
Wake County, NC Family Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Family, Business, Communications and IP
Harvard University
Renee Rendahl
Orange County, NC Family Law Attorney
306 Pitch Pine Ln
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Perry John Pelaez
Durham County, NC Family Law Attorney
501 Laurel Springs Dr
Durham, NC 27713
Family, Business, Divorce and Estate Planning
Donna Bennick
Orange County, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Business, Divorce and Real Estate
John J. Hackney
Orange County, NC Family Law Attorney with 53 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Legal Malpractice and Personal Injury
Honorable Anthony
Durham County, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Divorce and Personal Injury
John Allen Marold
Orange County, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Bankruptcy, Divorce and Estate Planning
Ronald W. Merritt
Orange County, NC Family Law Attorney with 45 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Mary Roberts
Orange County, NC Family Law Lawyer
Family, Business, Divorce and Estate Planning
Florence J. Long
Orange County, NC Family Law Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Susan Brown
Orange County, NC Family Law Attorney
1829 E Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Family and Divorce
Lunsford Long
Orange County, NC Family Law Lawyer
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Gregory DeWitt
Orange County, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Business, Divorce and Real Estate
