Regina Gillespie
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Regina R. Gillespie was born near Boston, Massachusetts in 1958 and was raised in South Florida, moving to Florida before she started elementary school. During her early career, she was a paralegal, a mortgage banker, and the manager of a title insurance company. Regina was thirty-three years old when she began her first year at Wake Forest School of Law. Highlights of her Law School accomplishments include winning her first year Moot Court competition, competing in Chicago and New York Moot Court competitions, and membership in The Order of Barristers. Regina graduated from Wake Law in 1993, a single mother with two children. Her son, Neil, is a successful business owner of Boss Consulting. Her daughter, Linda is an attorney practicing in Charlotte.
Regina began her career as Regina L. Robinson working for Attorney Sarah S. Stevens in Mount Airy, North Carolina, and opened her own office in Mount Airy in January of 1995. In 1998, Regina married Attorney James D. Gillespie and moved her office to Dobson, North Carolina, to be closer to her new home in Jonesville, North Carolina, and to her new blended family.
Regina is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, the North Carolina Bar Association, the Twenty-Third District Bar Association, past President of the Surry County Bar Association, former Secretary/Treasurer of the Twenty-Third District Bar Association, previously sat on the Board of Directors of the Yadkin Valley United Fund, and is a member of Elkin Presbyterian Church
- Wake Forest University School of Law
- J.D. (2002) | Law
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- Honors: Order of the Barristers Winner George K. Walker First Year Moot Court Competition
- Simmons College
- B.S. (1989) | Business Management
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- Honors: Graduate With Distinction
- Partner
- Neaves & Gillespie, P.A.
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- In 1995 I opened my owner office as Regina R. Gillespie, PC, Attorney at Law. Thereafter, that firm merged with Neaves & Gillespie, P.A.
- Associate
- Law Office of Sarah S. Stevens
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- Nation's Premier Top Ten Ranking
- National Association of Family Law Attorneys
- North Carolina State Bar
- Member
- Current
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Member
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- Twenty-Third District State of North Carolina Bar
- Current
- North Carolina State Bar  # 20099
- Member
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- North Carolina
- North Carolina
- North Carolina State Bar
- ID Number: 20099
- Traffic Tickets
- Suspended License
- 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
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights , Victims Rights
- English