Most of my professional life, I have been a civil litigator.  A necessary part of that practice has included representing clients in mediation.  I still remember my first mediation and how uncomfortable I felt in the opening session with EVERYONE in the room – the mediator, my boss, our client, the other party and the...Continue reading

“Finally he [the doctor] came out to tell us it was over… that there was nothing they could do. And as a grieving parent, we were very angry for a very long time but we really just wanted to know what happened and that was not afforded us.”* ~Sharon Delaney McCloud | Patient’s mother “I...Continue reading

The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines the term collaborate as follows:  “to work with another person or group in order to achieve or do something.”  You may be surprised to learn, as I was, that there are North Carolina lawyers practicing collaborative law.  (I am happy to be among their ranks.)  You may be even more...Continue reading

At the risk of sounding 104 years old, my how times have changed, even since I graduated from law school.  Economic hardship is shaping the way lawyers do business and how new and even seasoned lawyers are entering (or re-entering) an atrophied and evolving workforce.  These strained circumstances may give rise to greater professional creativity...Continue reading