• North Carolina Bar Association, Education Law Section, Editor of Education Law publication

Verdicts

• Everett, et al v. Pitt County Board of Education, US Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, No. 13-2312, June 2015, published
• Lorrson v. Chapell Hill-Carrboro Board of Education, US Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, No. 13-2330, December 2014, published
• E.L. ex rel. Lorsson v. Chapel Hill-Carrboro Bd. of Educ., 773 F.3d 509 (2014)
• Justice v. Farley, 470 Fed.Appx. 136 (2012)
• In re Protest of Atchison, 192 N.C.App. 708 (2008)
• Brown v. Chatham County Bd. of Educ., 187 N.C.App. 274 (2007)
• Citizens Addressing Reassignment and Educ., Inc. v. Wake County Bd. of Educ., 182 N.C.App. 241 (2007)
• Nicholson v. Jackson County School Bd., 170 N.C.App. 650 (2005)
• Brown v. Pitt County Schools, Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Case No. 01-1846 (2002)
• Pettiford v. Granville County, 16 Fed.Appx. 112 (2001)
• Edwards v. Board of Elections; 18 CVS 9749, Wake County, Aug. 2018

• BV Preeminent Peer Reviewed Lawyer by Martindale Hubbell, 2016
• North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2019
• Best Lawyers, Appellate Practice, Litigation: Labor and Employment, 2021-2024
• 2023 “Lawyer of the Year”, Best Lawyers, Appellate Practice, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• 2023 Ann L. Majestic Distinguished Service Award

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law

• Juris Doctor, 1991
• North Carolina Law Review, Editor

Duke University

• B.A., Comparative Area Studies

Memberships and Admissions

• North Carolina State Bar, member
• North Carolina Bar Association, member
• Education Law Section
• Wake County Bar Association, member
• 10th Judicial District Bar, member
• North Carolina Council of School Attorneys, member & speaker

Certificates & Fellowships

• Registered Parliamentarian, National Association of Parliamentarians, 2018-2019

Regular speaker for the:

• North Carolina School Boards Association
• Principals’ Executive Program
• North Carolina Department of Public Instruction