{"id":107611,"date":"2025-01-07T22:24:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T06:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/07\/justice-bob-edmunds-teach-your-1ls-well\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T22:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T06:24:18","slug":"justice-bob-edmunds-teach-your-1ls-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/07\/justice-bob-edmunds-teach-your-1ls-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Bob Edmunds: Teach Your 1Ls Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"183246\" class=\"elementor elementor-183246\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-657f6c91 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"657f6c91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings='\"background_background\":\"classic\"'>\n<div 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aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-598c1ce2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"598c1ce2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Former NC Supreme Court Justice Bob Edmunds asked his High Point University School of Law 1L legal writing class if they\u2019d ever heard of \u201cThe Paper Chase.\u201d One student quickly found the 1973 movie on Google. It\u2019s the one that opens with John Housemans\u2019 apocryphal \u201cskulls full of mush\u201d soliloquy to first-year law students.<\/p>\n<p>Edmunds is a jurist-in-residence at the law school that launched in August 2024 with 70 first-year law students and is in its own 1L year of teaching students to \u201cthink like a lawyer.\u201d He brings to the classroom his experience thinking like a private practice lawyer, a prosecutor and a judge.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e32bbc5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e32bbc5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings='\"background_background\":\"classic\"'>\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e0c7c6\" data-id=\"4e0c7c6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-643cae78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"643cae78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"693\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/attorneyatlawmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EDMUNDS-BENCH-693x1024.jpeg?resize=693%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-183320\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">NC Supreme Court Justice Bob Edmunds <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b5ed595\" data-id=\"2b5ed595\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39cde6b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39cde6b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the Beginning<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cfb6cc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cfb6cc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Edmunds grew up in Greensboro. He received his law degree from the UNC School of Law and served two years as a line officer in the United States Navy.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to Greensboro and practiced law for all of one day before he was hired for a position as an assistant district attorney in Guilford County. In 1986, Edmunds was appointed as the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina by President Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n<p>Edmunds served on the NC Court of Appeals from 1998 to 2000 and on the NC Supreme Court from 2000 until 2016. After he lost his re-election bid, he joined the appellate practice team at Fox Rothschild.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b429ea1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b429ea1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings='\"background_background\":\"classic\"'>\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74f66de2\" data-id=\"74f66de2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7137a6a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7137a6a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Teaching Legal Analysis<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-227c75b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"227c75b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>In 2024, former SOCNC Chief Justice Mark Martin offered Edmunds the position of the law school\u2019s first jurist-in-residence. The two had served on the Supreme Court together. Edmunds, who calls Martin \u201cChief,\u201d jumped at the opportunity to teach law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enjoy their enthusiasm and watching them learn and hone the skills they will need as lawyers. As a baby boomer, I like hearing the viewpoints of those two generations, or so, behind mine. I enjoy relearning the areas of law that I am teaching,\u201d said Edmunds.<\/p>\n<p>His students grew up in an era when anybody with a laptop or a smartphone could share their views and opinions with the world online. For Edmunds, the objective is teaching them to keep their opinions to themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s natural for students, when confronted with a scenario, to have an initial impression of a proper or \u2018just\u2019 outcome. Such an impression may be inconsistent with what the law allows or requires. Once the students become lawyers, their responsibility will be to give legal advice, not to share a personal opinion,\u201d said Edmunds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m telling my students; I don\u2019t care how you feel about it. You give it a legal analysis. You will be graded on how well you defend your corner, not how you feel about the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, in recent years, a confluence of events has forced judges to bring some of their personal feelings to the bench.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack when I was a U.S. attorney, which was a presidential appointment, and when I was on the bench, I had to realize before I took or sought any of those jobs that the day may come when I\u2019d have to make a decision that would cost me my career. Fortunately, that day never came, but you\u2019ve got to be prepared to do that if you want to do the job legitimately,\u201d said Edmunds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou might have to make a decision that means somebody who the public has decided is guilty of a crime isn\u2019t charged or the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office might approve an investigation or take to trial someone who is politically powerful and can see to it that the Department of Justice asks for your resignation. Those things can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51023f3e\" data-id=\"51023f3e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9ab849 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c9ab849\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/attorneyatlawmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EDMUNDS.COVER_-681x1024.jpg?resize=681%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-183324\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fd0a1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8fd0a1d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings='\"background_background\":\"classic\"'>\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fdb72af\" data-id=\"3fdb72af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30be897 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30be897\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Real World Perspective<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-436f592c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"436f592c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/attorneyatlawmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EDMUNDS.MARTIN.jpg?resize=1000%2C665&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-183321\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"> Edmunds and Dean Mark Martin in front of Kenneth F. Kahn School of Law <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b069ec9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b069ec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>That kind of real-world perspective comes from Edmunds, as well as roughly 80 distinguished judges and lawyers on the extended faculty at HPU Law. \u201cHaving outsiders, not all of whom will be judges, will show students that a law degree opens many career doors beyond those students traditionally consider, such as joining a firm or opening their own office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will hear both the good and the not-so-good from corporate attorneys, government attorneys, different types of judges, academics, and practitioners in many fields. They will also hear a variety of opinions and beliefs on a wide spectrum of legal topics. They will see the law is not monolithic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5315f1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5315f1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings='\"background_background\":\"classic\"'>\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b023a3\" data-id=\"5b023a3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5f11f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c5f11f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Golden Rule<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cb3b9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cb3b9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Edmund\u2019s office and his classroom are in the health sciences building. That will change in the fall when the new 77,500-square-foot, three-story, Kenneth F. Kahn School of Law opens for the 2025-26 school year. The $46 million building will house eight classrooms, a 13,000-square-foot law library, and three courtrooms.<\/p>\n<p>According to Edmunds, the foundation of the law school is based on HPU President Nido Qubein\u2019s vision as a \u201cGod, family, and country university.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d31e858 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d31e858\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/attorneyatlawmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ARTIST-RENDER.jpg?resize=1000%2C665&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-183325\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"> Courtroom artist rendering of a 1986 case. Edmunds  far right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ada75a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ada75a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>\u201cA central aspect of values-based schooling for lawyers is ensuring that students understand that the golden rule applies with particularity to us as lawyers,\u201d said Edmunds. \u201cWhat we try to teach is professionalism. It\u2019s how we deal with clients. How you deal with other lawyers. How you deal with the ethical issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo thrive as a lawyer, the students need to treat everyone in the legal system with consideration and respect,\u201d he continued. \u201cOpposing attorneys are not evil. Clerks can save you from your own mistakes. Courthouse janitors are working men and women. Everyone watches the lawyers and knows who the jerks are. And who the good ones are.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f656865 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f656865\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings='\"background_background\":\"classic\"'>\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c614994\" data-id=\"2c614994\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-323b8825 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"323b8825\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/attorneyatlawmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/5-pages-%E2%80%93-1-1024x266.png?resize=1024%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-183319\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d59e585 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d59e585\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings='\"background_background\":\"classic\"'>\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b28a8aa\" data-id=\"4b28a8aa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77fed122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77fed122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Edmunds said these principles are especially important in North Carolina, where many of his law students may someday wind up opposing each other in court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProfessionalism tends to suffer in large jurisdictions where a lawyer can do something to another lawyer, essentially stab him or her in the back without repercussions because they\u2019ll never run into each other again. Our students will be running into each other for their entire careers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re learning the ropes, and we want them to understand that you want to try a case, you want to do your best, and you want to shake hands with your opponent when it\u2019s over, and we\u2019ll go at it again tomorrow,\u201d said Edmunds.<\/p>\n<p>I asked him what he hoped future lawyers would say they learned from him at HPU Law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned to think creatively within the confines of the law. I learned how to work with other lawyers and judges. I learned to keep my sense of humor and how to keep a balance in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50aa2e3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"50aa2e3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/attorneyatlawmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BOBBLE-HEAD.jpg?resize=1000%2C665&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-183323\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"> Edmunds and a bobblehead his wife gave him to keep him humble <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-190f6226 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"190f6226\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings='\"background_background\":\"classic\"'>\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ee5de41\" data-id=\"2ee5de41\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings='\"background_background\":\"classic\"'>\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ae15d23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ae15d23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">At a Glance<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b45d40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57b45d40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Kenneth F. Kahn School of Law<br \/>High Point University<br \/>One University Parkway<br \/>High Point, NC 22768<br \/><span><a href=\"https:\/\/attorneyatlawmagazine.com\/stories\/attorney-feature\/Redmunds@highpoint.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Redmunds@highpoint.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c7c7ed2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c7c7ed2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Positions<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-111c2aa2 elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"111c2aa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Jurist in Residence<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Teaching Legal Writing and Criminal Law<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Appellate Practice with Fox Rothschild, LLP<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef54b6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef54b6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffe3845 elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"ffe3845\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">LL.M. in the Judicial Process, University of Virginia School of Law, 2004<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Juris Doctor, University of North Carolina School of Law, 1975<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Bachelor of Arts, Vassar College, 1971<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4388744 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4388744\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f18387 elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"40f18387\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">American Bar Association<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">North Carolina State Bar<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">North Carolina Bar Association<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Greensboro Bar Association<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">High Point Bar Association<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Appellate Judges Education Institute, President<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">American Law Institute<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d20f92e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d20f92e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PROFESSIONAL HONORS<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae2f62e elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"ae2f62e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Chief Justice\u2019s Professionalism Award<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Greensboro Bar Association Distinguished Service Award<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Order of the Long Leaf Pine<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">James E. Cross Leadership Award<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a721e79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a721e79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-badadd1 elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"badadd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">BarCares of North Carolina Board of Directors<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Guilford Inn of Court<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Greensboro Rotary Club<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">NC Equal Access to Justice Foundation<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">NC Institute of Political Leadership<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">NC Bar Foundation Board of Directors<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-539a419a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"539a419a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings='\"background_background\":\"classic\"'>\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d0ecb3f\" data-id=\"3d0ecb3f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-302fe49a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"302fe49a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Read More Stories<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c590a65 elementor-widget 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