Alice Stubbs
Tharrington Smith
Alice C. Stubbs is a partner in the firm. She joined Tharrington Smith in 2006 after having served for eight years as a Wake County District Court judge. First appointed in 1997 by Governor Jim Hunt, she was elected to the judgeship in 1998 and 2002. During her time on the bench, Ms. Stubbs presided primarily in domestic court. She was certified as a juvenile judge in 2001 and was designated and presided as a family court judge from 2002 until she came to Tharrington Smith.
Ms. Stubbs is a native of New Bern. She graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1985, from Davidson College in 1989 with a major in economics, attended University College in London, and received her law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992. She then clerked for Chief Judge James B. Wolfe, Jr., of the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Middle District of North Carolina, followed by a litigation practice with Stubbs and Perdue, P.A.
Ms. Stubbs is an AV Preeminent Peer Rating through Martindale-Hubbell, has been listed in Business North Carolina Magazine’s Legal Elite in Family Law consecutively for several years, is listed in Best Lawyers in America and North Carolina Super Lawyers. In 2017, Super Lawyers included Ms. Stubbs in their prestigious Top 50 Women list.
Ms. Stubbs is married to Nigle (“Tex”) Barrow, an attorney who practices state and federal litigation throughout North Carolina, and she has two sons, Buzzy and Davis. Her hobbies include water and snow skiing, reading, traveling, and especially tennis. She currently enjoys playing singles and doubles on USTA league teams, including a 5.0 women’s team, and she played on the winning Carolina Cup team in North Carolina in 2016.
- 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
- Mediation Arbitration
- North Carolina
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- All State Courts
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- United States Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
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- United States District Court For the Eastern District of North Carolina
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- United States District Court For the Middle District of North Carolina
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- United States District Court For the Western District of North Carolina
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- English
- Partner
- Tharrington Smith
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- District Court Judge
- Wake County
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- Appointed in 1997 by Governor Jim Hunt. Elected 1998 and 2002. Certified as a juvenile judge in 2001. Family court judge from 2002 through 2006.
- Stubbs & Perdue, P.A.
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- Clerk
- United States Bankruptcy Court in the Middle District of North Carolina, Chief Judge James B. Wolfe, Jr.
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- University College in London
- Economics and Art History
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- University of North Carolina School of Law
- J.D. (1992)
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- Davidson College
- B.A. (1989) | Economics
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- Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
- Best Lawyers in America
- Legal Elite, Family Law Section
- Business North Carolina magazine
- North Carolina State Bar
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- Wake County Bar Association
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- Activities: -Board of Directors, 1998 - 1999 -Continuing Legal Education Committee, Vice Chair, 2008 -Family Court Rules Committee, 2010 - present
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- 10th Judicial District Bar
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- North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Section
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- Meredith College's Paralegal School
- Board of Directors
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- International Academy of Family Lawyers
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- North Carolina Custody Mediation Advisory Committee
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- North Carolina Ethics Commission
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- North Carolina Bar Association, Litigation Section Council
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- Certified Family Financial Mediator
- Dispute Resolution Commission
- Board Certified Specialist in Family Law
- North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization
