Kelly Fairman

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.

North Carolina Central University School of Law

J.D. (2008) | Law

2005 - 2008

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.

University of North Carolina - Greensboro

M.S. (2001) | Counseling

1999 - 2001

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

Family Financial Mediator

Dispute Settlement Commission

Parent Coordinator

Cooperative Parenting Institute

National Certified Custody Evaluator Associate

PACE

North Carolina

Since 2008

• Credit Cards Accepted
• Contingent Fees
• Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
  Will set prices based on the complexity of the work; simple cases are much less expensive. Flexible representation options.