Meet Evan Horwitz
Evan Horwitz is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law, a Certified Family Financial Mediator, and Arbitrator. Evan earned an undergraduate degree from Indiana University in 1997 and his law degree from the Norman A. Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University in 2001. After law school, Evan served as a law clerk to North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Robert F. Orr. He is a partner at Tharrington Smith, currently serves as the Chair of the Family Law Specialization Committee of the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization, and was previously an Adjunct Professor at Campbell University School of Law teaching Family Law Planning. Mr. Horwitz is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina. He and his wife, Debbie, have two children.
Norman A. Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University
- Juris Doctor, 2001
- Managing Editor, Campbell Law Review
Indiana University
- BA, Criminal Justice, Minor in History, 1997
Certificates and Fellowships
- North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Family Law
- North Carolina Certified Family Financial Mediator
Memberships
- North Carolina State Bar, 2001
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
- United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
- North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member
- American Bar Association, Member, 2001
- Wake County Bar Association, Member, 2001
- 10th Judicial District Bar, 2001
- North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Section Member, Litigation Section Member, Bar Candidate Interview Committee, Member
- North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization, Family Law Specialist Committee, Member, Chair 2019-2020
- North Carolina Supreme Court, Law Clerk to Justice Robert F. Orr, 2001
- Johnson v. Johnson, COA17-502; June 5, 2018
- North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Family Law
- North Carolina Certified Family Financial Mediator
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated Lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell
- North Carolina Super Lawyers®, Family Law, 2015 – 2025
- Top 100: North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2024 – 2025
- Top 25: Raleigh Super Lawyers, 2024 – 2025
- Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite”, 2016 & 2022-2025
- Included in Best Lawyers® in America, Family Law Section, since 2016
- North Carolina FC Youth, Board Counsel
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