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Biography

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.

Credentials

University of North Carolina

  • JD, 1990 with High Honors
  • Editor-In-Chief, North Carolina Law Review

Wake Forest University

  • BA, 1983

 

Membership and Admissions

  • 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
Experience
  • 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)
Awards & Honors
  • 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, 2001 – 2025
  • Selected Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year – Family Law, Raleigh, 2015
  • Recognized in North Carolina Super Lawyers®, Family Law, 2006 – 2025
  • Top 50: Women North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2010 – 2014, 2017, 2023
  • Top 100: North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2011
  • Recipient of the Howard L. Gum Service Award, 2008
  • Listed in Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite”, 2009 – 2025
Engagement

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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