Biography

Jaye Meyer is listed in the Best Lawyers in America® and North Carolina Super Lawyers®. Ms Meyer received the Super Lawyers award for Top 50 Women Lawyers in North Carolina from 2010-2014, and Top 100 Lawyers in 2011. She has been recognized by Business North Carolina magazine as one of the “Legal Elite” in North Carolina. Ms. Meyer is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law, a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and is certified as a Family Financial Mediator.Ms. Meyer was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1990. She received her B.A. cum laude from Wake Forest University and her J.D. with High Honors from the University of North Carolina, where she served as Editor-In-Chief of the North Carolina Law Review.Ms. Meyer has served on the Family Law Council of the North Carolina Bar Association and was the Chair of the North Carolina Bar Association Family Law Section in 2000-2001. She is the past Chair of the Family Law Specialization Committee of the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization and received the Howard L. Gum Service Award in 2008. She was elected to the Board of Law Examiners in 2007.Ms. Meyer is the past Chair of the Family Law Continuing Legal Education Curriculum Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association and is a frequent course planner and speaker at Continuing Legal Education programs throughout the state. Ms. Meyer has recently lectured on the following topics: “Cohabitation Sufficient to Terminate Alimony,” “Use of Wiretap Evidence,” “Domestic Violence and Related Laws,” “Divisible Property and Distribution of Marital Assets,” “Family Law Basics — Case Management,” “Modification and Enforcement of Judgments in Family Law Cases,” and “Rules 4 and 45 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.”Ms. Meyer’s hobbies are hiking and running. She has completed 61 marathons since 1994.

Practice Areas

• Family Law
• Arbitration & Mediation
• Divorce
• Appeals & Appellate

Education

• North Carolina Central University School of Law
• Wake Forest University

Professional Experience

• Tharrington Smith, LLP
  Attorney
  1992

Awards

• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2020
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2019
• AV Preeminent Rated
  Martindale-Hubbell
  2018
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2018
• Best Law Firms
  U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®
  2018
• AV Preeminent Rated
  Martindale-Hubbell
  2017
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2017
• Best Law Firms
  U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®
  2017
• AV Preeminent Rated
  Martindale-Hubbell
  2016
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2016
• Best Law Firms
  U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®
  2016
• Lawyer of the Year - Family Law, Raleigh
  Best Lawyers in America
  2015
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2015
• Best Law Firms
  U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®
  2015
• Legal Elite
  Business North Carolina magazine
  2014
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2014
• Best Law Firms
  U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®
  2014
• Balancing Act, The best women lawyers in the state thrive through hard work - at the office and at home., The Legal Elite
  Business North Carolina magazine
  2014
• Legal Elite
  Business North Carolina magazine
  2013
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2013
• Best Law Firms
  U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®
  2013
• Legal Elite
  Business North Carolina magazine
  2012
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2012
• Best Law Firms
  U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®
  2012
• Legal Elite
  Business North Carolina magazine
  2011
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2011
• Best Law Firms
  U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®
  2011
• Top 100 Lawyers
  North Carolina Super Lawyers
  2011
• Legal Elite
  Business North Carolina magazine
  2010
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2010
• Best Law Firms
  U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®
  2010
• Top 50 Women North Carolina Super Lawyers
  North Carolina Super Lawyers
  2010
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2009
• Legal Elite
  Business North Carolina magazine
  2009
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2008
• Howard L. Gum Service Award
  North Carolina State Bar, Board of Legal Specialization
  2008
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2007
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2006
• Super Lawyers
  North Carolina Super Lawyers
  2006
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers inAmerica
  2005
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2004
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2003
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2002
• Best Lawyers, Family Law Section
  Best Lawyers in America
  2001

Associations

• North Carolina Board of Law Examiners
• North Carolina State Bar, Board of Legal Specialization, Family Law Specialization Committee
• North Carolina State Bar, Board of Legal Specialization, Board of Law Examiners
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, North Carolina Chapter
• North Carolina Bar Association
• North Carolina State Bar # 17662
• North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Continuing Legal Education Curriculum Committee
• North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Section
• North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Council

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