D. Melissa Averett

Melissa Averett is a N.C. Board Certified Family Law Specialist, and founder of Averett Family Law, which has offices in Chapel Hill and Sanford, North Carolina. Her firm concentrates on advocacy for domestic violence survivors as well as international family law. She shares her knowledge and expertise speaking to groups of lawyers internationally and across the state. A few venues have included Malta, Vietnam, and Australia. She graduated from North Carolina Central University School of Law, Evening Program a long time ago. Her hobbies include weaving, crocheting, and trying to keep the cat hair from Perry Mason and McCallan 12 off her projects.

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