Daphne Edwards
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
Family Law
2301 Rexwoods Drive, Suite 118, Raleigh, NC 27607
About Daphne Edwards
Practice Areas
- Family Law
Education
- Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California, 1997J.D.
- Honors: with Highest Honors
- Honors: American Jurisprudence Awards: Criminal Procedure, Family Law, and Solving Legal Problems
- Honors: Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Criminal Law, 1997
- Law Journal: Golden Gate University Law Journal, Associate Editor, 1996 - 1997
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1991B.S.
- Major: Political Science
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1989
Classes and Seminars
- Program Co-Planner, Mass Appeal, Appellate Practice, October 10, 2014
- Presenter: Family Law Update, “How to Obtain Electronic Discovery and Ensure It’s Admissible”, Wake County Bar, August 24, 2016 - Present
- Co-Program Planner and Program Moderator, NC Cary Bar Center, Appellate CLE Program, October 10, 2014
- Speaker, HalfMoon Seminars, “Legal Research and Writing Workshop for Paralegals, July 28, 2015
- Presenter, 2016 Family Law Update, “How to Obtain Electronic Discovery and Ensure It’s Admissible”, Wake County Bar, August 24, 2016
- Advanced Custody and Support Issues”, September 20, 2018
- Adjunct Professor, Campbell Law School, Raleigh, NC, 2013 - 2014
- Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, CA, 2003 - 2005
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2003
Other Affiliations
- North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Section, Appellate Practice Section
- American Bar Association, Family Law Section
- Wake County Bar Association, Social Committee, Alimony Committee, Legislative Committee, and Continuing Legal Education Committee, 2017 - Present (Member)
- North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys
- Wake County Bar Association, Social Committee, 2017 (Chair)
Past Positions
- North Carolina Department of Justice, Assistant Attorney General, 2013 - 2014
- District Attorney’s Office for Alamance County, Assistant District Attorney, 2011 - 2012
- United States Court Of Appeals Ninth Circuit, Judge Proctor Hug, Jr., Judicial Law Clerk, 2002 - 2011
- United States Court Of Appeals Ninth Circuit, Staff Attorney, 2002 - 2007
- United States Senate Legislative Counsel's Office, Assistant Counsel, 1998 - 2002
- North Carolina Supreme Court, Justice Robert Orr, Clerk, 1997 - 1998
- Cheshire, Parker, Schneider & Bryan, 2016 - 2018
Articles
Published Works
- Family Forum, Section Vol. 34, No. 5, June 2014, Family Law Case Updates
- Family Forum, Section Vol. 35, No. 1, October 2014, Family Law Case Updates
- Law Review Article, 26 Golden Gate U. L. Rev. 241, 1996
Office Info
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