I am a lawyer with expertise at trial and appellate levels. I started my own divorce firm in 2004. Before starting my own firm, I worked for a 500-lawyer Katten Muchin Rosenmann, LLP in Charlotte, North Carolina and at the New York office of the 800-lawyer Sullivan & Cromwell. I regularly teach CLEs for other lawyers, have appeared as a guest lecturer at Queens University. My law degree is from a first tier law school.

Education

University of Virginia, J.D. 2001

University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1999 (dissertation It’s a Crime to Punish a Crime)

University of Chicago, M.A. 1995

 

Admissions

North Carolina

U.S. Middle District of North Carolina

U.S. Western District of North Carolina

U.S. Fourth Circuit

Awards and Distinctions

Martindale-Hubbelle Client Distinction Award 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021

John M. Olin Law and Economics fellow (1999-2001)

John Olin graduating class—best law&economics paper (on antitrust, 2001)

Virginia Law Review, editorial board (1999-2001)

Martindale Peer-Review and Client Ratings

Presentations, Teaching, Television

Taught attorneys (Continuing Legal Education):

• Divorce 101 (2004, 2010, Mecklenburg County Bar)
• Alienation of Affections (2004, Mecklenburg County Bar)
• If You Fight the Prince, Kill the Prince: Expert Evidence and Daubert Considerations in Family Law (2004, Mecklenburg County Bar)
• Why bother with appeals? (2014, Mecklenburg County Bar, ethics credit)
• Top ten things about Appeals (2015, North Carolina State Bar TV, general credit)

 

 

 

 

 

PBS (formerly CPCC) interview (Charlotte—International Success Series)

McColl School of Business, guest lecturer

Speaker at philosophy and literature symposiums:

• University of Chicago (1995)
• University of Virginia (1995)
• University of Madison-Wisconsin (1995)

 

Languages

Я говорю по-русски