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Kelly Fairman
Attorney, mediator and licensed counselor
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Biography
Kelly was born and raised in North Carolina, and currently lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina with her wife and daughter. Kelly has worked with the seriously mentally ill, at risk youth, troubled families, domestic violence aggressors and victims and as an intake counselor for a four county area in NC. She has extensive training as a mediator As an attorney, she has represented defendants with serious felony offenses through negotiated pleas or jury trials to verdict. She has represented a wide variety of clients in negotiated and litigated family law matters and believes that negotiation should always be pursued before handing control to the court.
Practice Areas
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- DUI & DWI
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights , Victims Rights
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Collections
Fees
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Will set prices based on the complexity of the work; simple cases are much less expensive. Flexible representation options.
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- North Carolina
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Education
- North Carolina Central University School of Law
- J.D. (2008) | Law
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- Honors: Cum Laude, Law Review, Trial Team, Wesley Fenhagen Fellow
- Activities: Interned with Equality NC, Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Orange County District Attorney's Office and Liberty Law Center; two trial teams; tutored contracts and property.
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- University of North Carolina - Greensboro
- M.S. (2001) | Counseling
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- Assistantship as a program coordinator for community outreach program, internship in a domestic violence division of a local counseling agency leading children's group, facilitating men's court ordered domestic abuser program, counseled domestic violence victims
- Honors: 3.8 GPA
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Certifications
- Family Financial Mediator
- Dispute Settlement Commission
- Parent Coordinator
- Cooperative Parenting Institute
- National Certified Custody Evaluator Associate
- PACE
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