“Jaye is a very ethical and upstanding representative. Her knowledge and experience in the complicated family law system makes her an indispensable asset.”
Jaye Meyer is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law by the North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization. She earned her JD with High Honors in 1990 from the University of North Carolina and she holds a B.A. cum laude from Wake Forest University. She joined Tharrington Smith in 1992 and for three-quarters of her career, Ms. Meyer has shown staunch dedication to the betterment of family law practice and the legal profession at large in our state through multiple avenues of service. She has served on the Family Law Council from 1996 to 1999, (Chair from 2000 to 2001), on the Family Law Continuing Legal Education Curriculum Committee (Chair from 2000-2001). She has served on the North Carolina State Bar, Board of Legal Specialization, Family Law Specialization Committee, and is past Chair of that Committee, and most recently on the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners from 2007 to 2017 and as its Chair during the last two years of her tenure (2015-2017). Ms. Meyer’s hobbies are hiking and running. She has completed 70 marathons since 1994.
Board Certified Specialist in Family Law, North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization
Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Certified Family Financial Mediator, North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission
Listed in Best Lawyers in America – Family Law Section, since 2001; Selected Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year – Family Law, Raleigh, 2015
Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers, since 2006; North Carolina Super Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers, 2011; North Carolina Super Lawyers Top 50 Women Lawyers, 2010-2014, 2017
Recipient of the Howard L. Gum Service Award in 2008
Listed in Business North Carolina “Legal Elite”, multiple times since 2009
Best Lawyers, Family Law, 2021
University of North Carolina
JD, 1990 with High Honors
Editor-In-Chief, North Carolina Law Review
Wake Forest University
BA, 1983
North Carolina Bar, Member, admitted 1990
Federal Court, Eastern District North Carolina, admitted 1991
North Carolina Bar Association, member, since 1990
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, North Carolina Chapter, Fellow, since 2001
North Carolina Bar Association Family Law Council, 1996-1999
Family Law Section, Chair 2000-2001
Family Law Continuing Legal Education Curriculum Committee, Chair, 2000-2001, Vice-Chair 1999-2000
North Carolina State Bar, Board of Legal Specialization, Family Law Specialization Committee, past Chair
North Carolina Board of Law Examiners (2007- 2017); Chair (2015-2017)
Frequent speaker at Continuing Legal Education programs
Lectured on the following topics:
“Cohabitation Sufficient to Terminate Alimony”
“Use of Wiretap Evidence”
“Domestic Violence and Related Laws”
“Divisible Property and Distribution of Marital Assets”
“Family Law Basics — Case Management”
“Modification and Enforcement of Judgments in Family Law Cases”
“Rules 4 and 45 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure”
“Family Law Basics – Child Support”
Writer of: Case Law Updates for ‘Family Forum’; NCBA Family Law Section Newsletter, 1996-1999 and 2001-2005
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