Lawyer Profile: Meet Daphne Edwards

Daphne Edwards focuses her practice primarily on divorce and custody litigation, as well as family law appeals. Daphne has more than a decade of experience in state and federal courts and is committed to helping each client through divorce at any stage in the process. She is dedicated to client service and to achieving the best legal remedy for each individual she represents at the most affordable cost, whether through negotiation, mediation, or litigation and trial. Daphne is first and foremost a trial attorney.

Daphne has successfully advocated for her clients in family law matters which have included:

complex divorce involving closely-held investments and businesses
child custody, visitation, and child support
negotiation and drafting of separation agreements
division of marital property assets
protection of separate property through divorce

alimony and spousal support
modification of child custody and visitation orders
drafting consent orders, and
issues surrounding domestic violence
unique issues facing LGBT families through divorce and custody

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Daphne is an experienced divorce and family law counselor. She ensures you understand the laws and rules governing your North Carolina divorce, illuminates the pros and cons specific to your unique circumstance, and helps create the most strategic path toward recognizing your stated goals in consultation with you as a team. Your goals remain central to the strategy, negotiation, and selected course of action at each stage of the divorce process.

Daphne possesses the unique ability to team with the people she represents. She believes that divorce is a difficult and stressful time for her clients and that part of being a counselor is offering support to her clients while championing their rights. She helps divorce to be viewed as a transition to possibility and potential for each person. Daphne is a staunch advocate for her clients’ significant goals and long-term interests.

To schedule an initial consultation with Daphne, contact her at info@ncdivorce.law or call her at 919-838-7160.

Daphne D. Edwards

Education

Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, CA, J.D., 1997, with Highest Honors

Class Rank: Top 4% (6/175)
Law Review, Member, 1994-1997
Associate Editor of Law Journal, 1996-1997
Merit Tuition Scholarship Recipient 1995-1996 and 1996-1997
American Jurisprudence Awards: Family Law, Criminal Procedure,and Solving Legal Problems
Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Criminal Law, 1997

University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, B.S., Political Science, 1991

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1987-1989

Academia:

Campbell Law School, Adjunct Professor, Raleigh, NC, 2013-2014
Golden Gate University School of Law, Adjunct Professor, San Francisco, CA, 2003-2005

Awards & Recognition

Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2018
Listed in Business North Carolina Legal Elite – Family Law, 2016, 2018
AV Preeminent Peer Rated Lawyer by Martindale Hubbell, since 2016
American Jurisprudence/Book Awards: Family Law, Solving Legal Problems, Criminal Procedure
Faculty Award for Academic Excellence, 1997
Super Lawyers, 2019
Legal Elite, 2019

Articles, Presentations, and Publications

Family Forum, Section Vol. 34, No. 5, June 2014, Family Law Case Updates
Family Forum, Section Vol. 35, No. 1, October 2014, Family Law Case Updates
Mass Appeal, October 10, 2014, Appellate Practice, Program Co-Planner
Law Review Article, 26 Golden Gate U. L. Rev. 241 (1996)

Speaking Engagements

Co-Program Planner and Program Moderator, October 10, 2014, NC Cary Bar Center, Appellate CLE Program
Speaker, July 28, 2015, HalfMoon Seminars, “Legal Research and Writing Workshop for Paralegals
Presenter, August 24, 2016, Wake County Bar, 2016 Family Law Update, “How to Obtain Electronic Discovery and Ensure It’s Admissible”
Advanced Custody and Support Issues”, NBI, 9/20/2018

Professional History:

Daphne Edwards Family Law, Raleigh, NC, 2/2013-4/2016, 2018-present
Cheshire, Parker, Schneider & Bryan, 2016-2018
North Carolina Department of Justice, Assistant Attorney General, Raleigh, NC, 2/2013-2/2014
Alamance County District Attorney’s Office, Assistant District Attorney, Graham, NC 10/2011-5/2012
United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, Staff Attorney, Law Clerk to Judge Proctor Hug, Jr., San Francisco, 2002-2011
United States Senate Legislative Counsel’s Office, Assistant Counsel, Washington, D.C., 1998-2002
North Carolina Supreme Court, Clerk to Justice Robert Orr, 8/1997-8/1998

Professional, Civic and Community Activities

North Carolina State Bar
North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Section, Appellate Practice Section
American Bar Association, Family Law Section
Wake County Bar Association
- Appointed Social Committee Chair, 2017
North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys
National High School Mock Trial Competition, Volunteer