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- Family Law Attorney from Speaks Family Law Is Well Versed the Following
For marriages that end amicably, a separation agreement can be of major help. It will outline how the parties will act going forward. A Kirkland family law attorney can draft a separation agreement benefiting both parties.
A Mayfair family law attorney will have a wealth of experience dealing with all the family law practice areas unless they are fresh out of law school. They will know what handling such a case through the judicial system is like.
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Jeffrey B. Watson earned his B.A. degree in Communications on the Dean's List from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, while being the Team Captain on the UNC Greensboro college basketball team. He earned his M.A. degree in Public Policy with honors from Regent University in Virginia, where he published a thesis on Medical Savings Accounts which was requested by Congress for study, interned in the Virginia Department of Public Safety, wrote speeches for Virginia Governor George Allen and Public Safety Secretary Jerry Kilgore, and co-wrote prison reform and environmental clean-up legislation which was later passed into law in Virginia. Mr. Watson also earned his J.D. degree from Campbell University, where he won a variety of national awards for his trial and appellate advocacy skills, including being a member of the Order of Old Kivett, National Moot Court team, and Campbell Law Observer.
Mr. Watson started his personal injury career as a Senior Claims Adjuster for Integon Insurance. After graduate and law school, he began his law practice as an insurance defense trial attorney. For over 21 years, Mr. Watson has been a personal injury and corporate litigation attorney, including running his own law firm for over 15 years before coming to the Speaks Law Firm.
Mr. Watson is licensed in all State and Federal court in North Carolina, and has been a member of the North Carolina Bar Association, the Forsyth County Bar Association, the Mecklenburg County Bar Association, the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, the American Bar Association, and the League of Credit Union Attorneys. He has served on the governing Boards of the Triad Hispanic Counsel, Forsyth County Family Coalition, Forgiven Ministries, Salem Pregnancy Support, Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, and the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, TN.
Mr. Watson has been married to his wife Lori for over 30 years, and has 3 adult sons.
Mr. Watson was selected in 2021 as a member of the National Top 100 Civil Plaintiff's Trial Lawyers.
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R. Clarke Speaks was born and raised in Eastern North Carolina. He graduated from East Carolina University (Go Pirates!) with a degree in economics and a focus on Mathematics. In addition, he is a graduate of Campbell University School of Law. There, he was the recipient of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers Award for excellence in trial skills. He clerked for law firms, the district attorney's office and United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard while in law school.
Experience
Since 1997 Mr. Speaks has represented thousands of individuals, businesses, and organizations all over North Carolina as well as Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. He has submitted briefs to the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He has argued before the North Carolina Supreme Court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia on many occasions.
He has successfully represented individuals and corporations in litigation with the United States Government, the State of North Carolina, large and small corporate defendants and virtually every insurance company operating in the United States.
Extensive experience and a commitment to exceeding client expectations is what separate Mr. Speaks from other lawyers.
Tosha Campbell is a magna cum laude graduate from North Carolina State University, with a B.A. in Leadership in the Public Sector. Her career focus has been within Human Resources for the past 10 years and holds a Society of Human Resources Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) certification. Tosha has experience in both the private sector and local government in Raleigh and Wilmington.
Tosha was raised in Denver, Colorado and has resided in North Carolina since 1998. She is a proud mother to three grown sons. Recreation includes reading, riding motorcycles, and traveling.