Alice Stubbs

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Tharrington Smith

Experience: 32 years

Family Law and Divorce

North Carolina, All State Courts, United States Court of Appeals 4th Circuit and 3 others

Best Lawyers, Family Law Section, Best Lawyers, Family Law Section and 29 others

Awards 31

Experience 32y

Online & Web 6

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Alice C. Stubbs is a partner in the firm. She joined Tharrington Smith in 2006 after having served for eight years as a Wake County District Court judge. First appointed in 1997 by Governor Jim Hunt, she was elected to the judgeship in 1998 and 2002. During her time on the bench, Ms. Stubbs presided primarily in domestic court. She was certified as a juvenile judge in 2001 and was designated and presided as a family court judge from 2002 until she came to Tharrington Smith.

Ms. Stubbs is a native of New Bern. She graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1985, from Davidson College in 1989 with a major in economics, attended University College in London, and received her law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992. She then clerked for Chief Judge James B. Wolfe, Jr., of the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Middle District of North Carolina, followed by a litigation practice with Stubbs and Perdue, P.A.
Ms. Stubbs is an AV Preeminent Peer Rating through Martindale-Hubbell, has been listed in Business North Carolina Magazine’s Legal Elite in Family Law consecutively for several years, is listed in Best Lawyers in America and North Carolina Super Lawyers. In 2017, Super Lawyers included Ms. Stubbs in their prestigious Top 50 Women list.

Ms. Stubbs is married to Nigle (“Tex”) Barrow, an attorney who practices state and federal litigation throughout North Carolina, and she has two sons, Buzzy and Davis. Her hobbies include water and snow skiing, reading, traveling, and especially tennis. She currently enjoys playing singles and doubles on USTA league teams, including a 5.0 women’s team, and she played on the winning Carolina Cup team in North Carolina in 2016.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

North Carolina

Since 1992

All State Courts

United States Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

United States District Court For the Eastern District of North Carolina

United States District Court For the Middle District of North Carolina

United States District Court For the Western District of North Carolina

Professional Experience

2006 - Current

Tharrington Smith

Partner

1997 - 2005

Wake County

District Court Judge

Appointed in 1997 by Governor Jim Hunt. Elected 1998 and 2002. Certified as a juvenile judge in 2001. Family court judge from 2002 through 2006.

1994 - 1997

Stubbs & Perdue, P.A.

1992 - 1993

United States Bankruptcy Court in the Middle District of North Carolina, Chief Judge James B. Wolfe, Jr.

Clerk

Education

University College in London

Economics and Art History

1992

University of North Carolina School of Law

J.D. (1992)

1989

Davidson College

B.A. (1989) | Economics

Awards

year - Alice Stubbs

Best Lawyers, Family Law Section

Best Lawyers in America

year - Alice Stubbs

Best Lawyers, Family Law Section

Best Lawyers in America

year - Alice Stubbs

Best Lawyers, Family Law Section

Best Lawyers in America

year - Alice Stubbs

Best Lawyers, Family Law Section

Best Lawyers in America

year - Alice Stubbs

Legal Elite, Family Law Section

Business North Carolina magazine

Fellow

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Super Lawyers

North Carolina Super Lawyers

Best Lawyers, Family Law Section

Best Lawyers in America

year - Alice Stubbs

Client Distinction Award

Martindale Hubbell’s

Women Leaders in the Law, Legal Leaders

American Law Media and Fortune Magazine

Top Rated Lawyer™ in Family Law

Martindale Hubbell’s

Best Lawyers, Family Law Section

Best Lawyers in America

Super Lawyers

North Carolina Super Lawyers

Legal Elite

Business North Carolina magazine

Client Distinction Award

Martindale Hubbell’s

year - Alice Stubbs

Super Lawyers

North Carolina Super Lawyers

"Balancing Act, The best women lawyers in the state thrive through hard work ? at the office and at home., The Legal Elite

Business North Carolina magazine

Best Lawyers, Family Law Section

Best Lawyers in America

Legal Elite

Business North Carolina magazine

year - Alice Stubbs

Super Lawyers

North Carolina Super Lawyers

Best Lawyers, Family Law Section

Best Lawyers in America

Legal Elite

Business North Carolina magazine

year - Alice Stubbs

Super Lawyers

North Carolina Super Lawyers

Best Lawyers, Family Law Section

Best Lawyers in America

year - Alice Stubbs

Super Lawyers

North Carolina Super Lawyers

Best Lawyers, Family Law Section

Best Lawyers in America

Legal Elite

Business North Carolina magazine

year - Alice Stubbs

Super Lawyers

North Carolina Super Lawyers

Best Lawyers, Family Law Section

Best Lawyers in America

year - Alice Stubbs

Legal Elite

Business North Carolina magazine

Alice Stubbs

AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated Lawyer

Martindale Hubbell

Contacts

Tharrington Smith LLP 150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1800 Raleigh NC 27601 Telephone: (919) 821-4711 Fax: (919) 829-1583

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Experience: 32 years

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Practice Areas

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

Languages

English

Certifications

Board Certified Specialist in Family Law

North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization

Certified Family Financial Mediator

Dispute Resolution Commission

Websites

Socials

Justia Profile

Alice Stubbs's Avvo Profile

Alice Stubbs's Lawyers.com Profile

Alice Stubbs's Martindale Profile