Leslie Rawls

One of a few North Carolina Bar-certified appellate law specialists in Charlotte, Leslie Rawls has handled exclusively appeals since 1995. Rawls handles both criminal and civil appeals. She has argued hundreds of cases in the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and the North Carolina Supreme Court. She has petitioned the United States Supreme Court for discretionary review. Rawls has taught appellate writing principles under the Rules of Appellate Procedure in seminars for lawyers and for paralegals. She also assists other attorneys by helping ensure compliance with the appellate rules, and by ghost-writing or editing briefs and other appellate filings.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

J.D.

1980 - 1983

Activities: Executive Editor, North Carolina Journal of International Law

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

B.A. | International Studies with an emphasis in Southeast Asia and political science

1977 - 1979

Eckerd College

Chinese language

1971 - 1973

Certified Specialist in Appellate Law Practice

North Carolina State Bar

Current

Handled purely appellate work in the North Carolina Court of Appeals and Supreme Court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

1995 - Current

Trial attorney in North Carolina state courts and Western District of North Carolina federal court

1983 - 1995

Seymour Wurfel Award

UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law, International Law Journal

1983

North Carolina State Bar

Member

Current

Mecklenburg County Bar

Member

1983 - Current

North Carolina

Since 1983

4th Circuit

Since 1984

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 2004