Caroline T. Mitchell

Caroline Mitchell’s family law practice encompasses premarital agreements, separation agreements, equitable distribution, spousal support, child support, child custody, alienation of affection, criminal conversation, and appeals. She is certified by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization as a Family Law Specialist.

A 2019 graduate of the Mecklenburg County Bar Leadership Institute, Caroline serves on the Mecklenburg Bar Foundation’s Board of Directors and is the Vice Chair of the Mecklenburg County Bar’s Family Law Section. She was recently admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Caroline earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Rhetoric and Communication Studies from the University of Richmond, and she earned her Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law. While in law school, Caroline received honors in advanced family law, trial practice, appellate advocacy and the appellate clinic.

Academic Background

J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law, 2012; Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law, articles editor; Moot Court Board, associate chief justice
B.A., magna cum laude, Rhetoric and Communication Studies, University of Richmond, 2009

Bar & Court Admissions

North Carolina, 2012
United States Supreme Court

Affiliations

American Bar Association
North Carolina Bar Association
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, North Carolina Chapter
Mecklenburg County Bar, Family Law Section Chair/Vice-Chair, 2020-2022
Mecklenburg Bar Foundation, Board of Directors, 2019-2022
The Rose Council, Wake Forest University School of Law
Women’s Impact Fund
Mint Museum Auxiliary
Council for Children’s Rights
Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte, Board of Directors

Professional Recognition

Mecklenburg County Bar Leadership Institute Graduate, 2019
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, North Carolina Chapter Law School Student Award
Business North Carolina Legal Elite in Family Law, 2022-2023

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