Attorney James Wade HarrisonEquity Member, Leader of the Family Law Practice Group in Burlington and Managing Member of the Burlington OfficeTel: 336-584-3388 Fax: 336-584-3994 Email: wade.harrison@wnhplaw.comPractice AreasEducation
- University of North Carolina B.A. Political Science 1976
- University of North Carolina J.D. 1979
Admissions & Certifications
- Admitted to the US Court for the Middle District in 1983
- Admitted to North Carolina Bar in 1979
Professional Organizations
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Alamance County Bar Association (2007 President)
- North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Section
(1999-2000 President)
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (2008-2009
North Carolina Chapter Presidents, 2012 North Carolina
Chapter Delegate)
- North Carolina Bar Association, Litigation Section (Past
Treasurer)
Representative Work
- Equitable Distribution trials involving professional practice evaluations, the interim distribution of a tract of land for residential real estate development, and the division of non qualified compensation, stock options and other business interests
- Negotiation and settlement of equitable distribution cases involving the valuation and division of estates including closely held business interests, manufacturing companies, sales companies, interests in professional associations, foreign real property and trust assets
- Litigation of child custody issues involving relocation, parental alienation, allegations of abuse and neglect, threats of international parental kidnapping, social services investigations, grandparent custody and challenging or defending forensic custody evaluations
- Successful litigation of termination of parental rights issues
- Successful defense of alienation and criminal conversation case involving a final demand in excess of $350,000 and a verdict of $5,500
- Successful use of alternate dispute resolution methods for resolving financial and child related issues including collaborative law, and mediation/arbitration
- Arbitration of financial and other issues as the arbitrator
- Mediation of financial and other issues as the mediator
- Negotiation of complex Medical Malpractice wrongful death case
- Trial to jury of “low speed, high damages” auto tort case with judgment in excess of six figures
- Litigation of the validity of a premarital agreement affirmed on appeal
- Litigation to settlement of condominium synthetic stucco cases
Publications & PresentationsHonors & Awards
- North Carolina Bar Association, Citizen Lawyer 2009
- Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America®, in Family Law, 2006-Present
- Selected for inclusion in North Carolina Super Lawyers in the practice area of Family Law, 2006-Present
- North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Family Law 1992-Present
- AAML Certified Arbitrator 2000-Present
- Family Financial Issues Mediator Certification
- Community Leadership Award, Alamance Bar Association
- Maintains an AV® Preeminent ™ 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell (the highest peer review competence and ethical rating possible)
Community Involvement
- Chair, Alamance County Strategic Planning Task Force
- President, Alamance County United Way
- March of Dimes Steering Committee for Alamance County
- Deacon and Elder, First Presbyterian Church, Burlington, N.C.
- Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 9, BSA Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Personal
- Born in Asheville, North Carolina
- Married Ellen S. Harrison, two children Evan and Allison
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