My life has been dedicated to community service and to supporting a diverse client population with legal, collaborative, and dispute resolution services, as well as serving others in the areas of governmental and nongovernmental organizational management and development.

I attended Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, North Carolina as a non-traditional student and graduated with a combined degree of History and Political Science. I then attended North Carolina Central University School of Law obtaining a law degree.

Returning to the mountains, I was selected to attend Leadership Asheville in 2003. I have served as an adjunct professor at Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College. A member and past president (twice) of Asheville Toastmasters Club #436 of Toastmasters International, I currently serve as a volunteer Mediator and Arbitrator at the Better Business Bureau of Asheville-Western North Carolina, and in the past on the Executive Committee of the 28th Judicial District Bar.

Prior to entering into private practice, I served as the Coordinator of Buncombe County Child Care Resource and Referral and as the Assistant Director and Development Director of The Mediation Center, Inc. I volunteered as an initial Board Member and then the start-up Director of The Family Visitation Center Group, Inc., a nonprofit organization which provides safe child exchanges and supervised visitations for families who have issues with domestic violence or child abuse or neglect in Asheville.

With over 15 years of experience and a background in non-profit and governmental management and development, as well as legal matters and dispute resolution techniques, I seek opportunities to provide service to others, incorporating my skills in dispute resolution, collaborative practice, litigation, legal knowledge, coaching and relationship building in a creative manner.

I am honored to be able to assist my clients in navigating their legal and life situations.

My firm focuses its practice in wills and estate planning, family law matters, including divorce, child custody, equitable distribution of marital property, adoptions, guardianships and elder issues, corporate formations and transactions, and other business and contract matters. A volunteer Arbitrator and Mediator with the Better Business Bureau of Western North Carolina, our firm also offers Alternative Dispute Resolution Services such as Superior Court Mediations, Family Financial Mediations and Collaborative Law. We take pride in providing personal, approachable, services to each of our clients.

.Area(s) of Practice: Family Law (Separation, Divorce, Equitable Distribution of Marital Property, Partnership Agreements, Adoptions), Elder Law Issues, Estate Planning (Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney) and Estate Administration, Guardianships, Mediation and Arbitration