Attorneys

Since 2003, Dawn has represented clients involved in civil litigation in state and federal courts throughout the Southeast. She has developed a civil litigation practice representing businesses of all sizes, insurance carriers and individuals. As a result, Dawn has experience in a wide variety of litigation including, but not limited to, cases involving personal injuries, real property disputes, product liability, employment law, motor vehicle accidents, business disputes, premises liability, and professional malpractice. Dawn also routinely represents clients involved in toxic tort and environmental litigation and advises clients regarding environmental regulatory compliance. Dawn has obtained favorable results for clients at trial as well as before state and federal administrative agencies. She also has obtained numerous favorable settlements on behalf of her clients.

• Personal Injury Litigation
• Product Liability Litigation
• Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation
• Employment Counseling and Litigation
• Professional Malpractice Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Tort Litigation

• Admitted North Carolina State Bar, 2003
• American Bar Association
• North Carolina Bar Association
• Wake County Bar Association
• Forsyth County Bar Association
• Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Western,
     Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina

• Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, 2003, J.D.
• Louisiana State University, 1996, B.A.
  
  
• Honors:
• Graduated Cum Laude
• Campbell Law Review
• Winning Team, Campbell Moot Court Competition, 2001
• Best Overall Brief and Oral Advocate, Campbell Moot Court Competition, 2001
• ABA Moot Court Team Member
• National Moot Court Team Member
• National Trial Team Member
• Clerk to the North Carolina Superior Court Judges,
     Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee, 2000-2003

• Global Warming Litigation: Cooling Down or Heating up in the
     Private Sector, DRI, Toxic Torts and Environmental Law
     Committee Newsletter, Winter, 2006

• Associate, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC,
     Charlotte, NC, September 2003 - January 2010;
• Summer Associate, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC,
     Charlotte, NC, June - August, 2002; and
• Summer Associate, McAngus Goudelock & Courie, PLLC,
     Charlotte, NC, June - August 2001.