Attorney Profile

Current Employment Position(s):

Sole Practitioner

Areas Of Practice:

50% Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

30% Family Law

20% Criminal Law

Litigation Percentage:

75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certifications/Specialties:

Licensed as Registered Nurse, North Carolina 1979-1993; New York 1981-1987; Michigan 1993-Present

Bar Admissions:

Michigan, 1993

Education:

Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1993

Honors: American Jurisprudence Award for Family Law, 1993;

Honors: Outstanding Woman Law Graduate, 1993

Nyack College, South Nyack, New York, 1986

Master of Divinity

Honors: summa cum laude

Major: Historical Theology/Ethics

University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina

B.S.

Major: Nursing

Published Works:

Editor-in-Chief, The Jurist, Wooten Printing Company, 1992 - 1993

 

Wake Forest Establishes a New Clinic: The Legal Clinic for the Elderly, The Jurist, Vol. 27, No. 1

 

WFU Continuing Legal Education: Entering a New Era, The Jurist, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1992

Representative Clients:

S. Silverberg Finer Jewelers

Assmann's, Inc.

References:

Isabella Bank and Trust

Honors and Awards:

Who' Who Among College Students, 1986

 

Who's Who: American College Students, 1986

 

Who's Who: American Law Students, 1993

Professional Associations and Memberships:

UNC-G Varsity Softball Team, (Letters both years), 1976 - 1977

 

NCAIAW, North Carolina State Championship Softball Team, 1977

 

American Bar Association, Litigation Section, 1993 - 1999

Member

 

Michigan Bar Association, Litigation Section, 1993 - 1999

Member

 

Isabella County Bar Association, 1995 - 1999

Member

 

Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, 1998 - 1999

Member

 

Rotary International, 1995 - 1998

Member

 

Brain Injury Association of Michigan

Member

 

Michigan Bar Association, Negligence Section, 1993 - 1996

Member

 

Michigan Bar Association, Family & Criminal Law Section, 1993 - 1996

Member

Past Employment Positions:

Joseph T. Barberi, P.C., Associate Attorney, 1995 - 1998

 

Wisti & Jaaskelainen, Associate Attorney, 1993 - 1995

 

Stratas & Weathers, Law Clerk, 1992

 

Lewis & Dagget, Law Internship, 1992

 

Wake County Medical Center, Neuro Intensive Care Nurse, 1986 - 1993

 

Nyack Hospital, Pediatric Nurse, 1983 - 1986

 

Wake County Medical Center, Pediatric Nurse, 1981 - 1983

 

Veteran's Administration Hospital, Neuro Staff Nurse, 1979 - 1981

Birth Information:

1957, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America