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Barbara Szombatfalvy
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Family and Divorce
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Barbara graduated from the North Carolina Central School of Law with honors in 2005. She was an Associate with the family law firm of Donna Ambler Davis in Chapel Hill before she established her own family law practice in May, 2008.
Barbara works to establish strong, positive relationships with her clients and helps them navigate the emotional upheavals of divorce, achieve financial stability, and reduce the stress that divorce places on children.
Whether in negotiation or litigation, she is a tough and determined advocate working to protect the best interests of her clients. In 2013, she completed training as...
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Derrick J Hensley
Hillsborough, NC Family Law Lawyer with 12 years of experience
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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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Julianna Woodmansee
Durham, NC Family Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfFamily and Divorce
University of North Carolina School of Law
For over 20 years, Julie has effectively advocated for individuals in family law matters in Durham and Orange County courts. A Mediator and Collaborative Divorce practitioner, she is a skilled and experienced negotiator, using creative problem-solving techniques to achieve excellent results.
Julie graduated from UNC Law School in 1990. Following her association with the Durham law firm of Pulley, Watson, King & Lischer, she established her own family law practice in 1997.
Focuses on finding practical, efficient solutions to her clients' legal problems, Julie helps her clients minimize financial difficulties and uncertainties and reduce parenting conflicts...
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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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Matthew Burkert
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney
Free ConsultationFamily, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
North Carolina Central University
Matthew Burkert was raised in Durham, North Carolina, and still resides in the same area he grew up in. He is a graduate of East Carolina University, where he received a bachelor’s degree majoring in Criminal Justice in 2008. Matt then attended North Carolina Central University School of Law, earning his Juris Doctor degree in 2012. He passed the North Carolina Bar Exam in February, 2013, becoming a licensed attorney in the State. Matt joined the Constantinou Law Group, PA as a law clerk while in law school in 2010. He remained at the firm after passing the bar, becoming...
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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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Sharon Thompson
Durham, NC Family Law Lawyer with 48 years of experience
In 2012, Sharon Thompson became Of Counsel to NicholsonPham. She has been in private practice since 1976 and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the areas of family law, including all aspects of adoption and family formation through assisted reproduction and surrogacy; estate planning, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney and probate administration; and LGBT legal issues. In 2010, Sharon became the first female attorney in North Carolina to be accepted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. A significant portion of Sharon’s practice has been devoted to providing advice and services to LGBT...
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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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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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Dorothy C O'Neill
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Education
Foil Law Offices is a law firm specializing in family and juvenile law, serving Durham, Orange, Alamance, and Chatham counties since 1976. Foil Law Offices has offices in Durham and Hillsborough North Carolina. The attorneys at Foil Law Offices practice law relating to marriage, divorce, alimony, child custody (including grandparent custody) and support, equitable distribution, enforcement of support, domestic violence, legitimation, and adoption. Foil Law Offices has successfully represented clients at the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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Julissa Garcia
Durham, NC Family Law Lawyer
Family
North Carolina Central University School of Law
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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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Annie Edmond
Durham, NC Family Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Family and Criminal
North Carolina Central University
Annie Edmond is licensed to practice law in Florida and North Carolina.
She is committed to the idea that no one should be lost in the shuffle of justice and continuously strives to advocate for her clients. Ms. Edmond is continuously involved in the community by assisting in pro bono efforts through Legal Aid, Justice Mattes and Wills for Heroes.
Ms. Edmond received her Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University School and her Bachelor of Arts in Criminology from the University of Florida. While in law school, she was an active member of the Public Interest Law Organization,...
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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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Martha New Milam
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
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Peter Johnston
Durham, NC Family Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Personal Injury
Brooklyn Law School
John A. Bowman
DURHAM, NC Family Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Donald R. Dickerson
Hillsborough, NC Family Law Attorney with 50 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Ann M. Credle
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Judy Lee Whisnant
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Family, Divorce and Personal Injury
Dorothy Hairston
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Lauren Olivia Dickerson
Hillsborough, NC Family Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
James Gay
Hillsborough, NC Family Law Lawyer
Family, Divorce and Personal Injury
Barbara Bolton DuRant
Oxford, NC Family Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Harold W. Vann
Durham, NC Family Law Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Catherine L. Constantinou
Durham, NC Family Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Family, Divorce, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Nelson K. Hicks
Oxford, NC Family Law Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Family, Criminal, Divorce and Estate Planning
Daniel Hill
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Personal Injury
John M. Dunlow
Oxford, NC Family Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Family, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Gabriela J. Matthews
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Family, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Personal Injury
Hayes Hofler III
Durham, NC Family Law Lawyer
Family, Business, Divorce and Legal Malpractice
Janet Brown
Durham, NC Family Law Attorney
Family, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
