Colin Shive is a partner in the firm’s Education Law Section with a broad litigation practice including representation of boards of education and other governmental entities, nonprofits, corporations, and individuals. Colin received his undergraduate degree Magna Cum Laude from Clemson University in 2006 and his law degree, with High Honors, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2011. Colin joined the firm in 2012, then worked as an associate attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center for one year before returning to Tharrington Smith in 2017. Some of his recent matters include defending boards of education against employment claims, advising a county board of elections, representation of a judicial candidate in an election law dispute, representation of a health insurance provider in a bid protest, defending individuals against contract claims from former employers, and other commercial litigation. He handles cases in state and federal courts throughout North Carolina.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Juris Doctor, 2011
- High Honors, Order of the Coif
- Community Development Law Clinic, participant Center on Law, Environment, Adaptation, and Resources, research assistant
- North Carolina Law Review, staff member and editor
Clemson University
- B. A. 2006
- Magna Cum Laude
- United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, law clerk for the Honorable William L. Osteen, Jr., 2011-2012
- North Carolina State Bar 2011
- Wake County Bar Association, member 2011
- 10th Judicial District Bar, member 2011
- North Carolina Bar Association, 2011
- Education Law Section, Member
- Chair of the Constitutional Rights and Responsibilities Section of the North Carolina Bar Association for the 2020-2021 bar year
- Young Lawyers Division Member
- Young Lawyers Division, Ask a Lawyer Day Durham Site Coordinator, 2014-present; volunteer 2013
- North Carolina Bar Association, Constitutional Rights Responsibilities Section Council Member, 2015
- The Constitutionalist, Newsletter of the Constitutional Rights Responsibilities Section of the NCBA, Editor, 2015
- School Systems and the Affordable Care Act: Current Issues; April 2015 NCBA Education Law Newsletter
- Edwards v. Board of Elections; 18 CVS 9749, Wake County, Aug. 2018
