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 SALLY HIGGINS
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
2008-Present: Higgins & Owens, PLLC (formerly Higgins Law Firm, PLLC)
1996-2008: Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman, LLP, (partner and associate)
1995-1996: Law Clerk to the Honorable Sam J. Ervin, III, then-Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- Rated "AV Preeminent" by Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Ratings1
- Named “Charlotte Best Lawyers Litigation - Real Estate Lawyer of the Year” (2012)
- Listed in BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA’s Legal Elite for Business Litigation (2012)
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in Commercial Litigation (multiple years)
- Listed in Super Lawyers in Business Litigation
- “Outstanding Recent Graduate,” awarded by the University of North Carolina School of Law (2004)
- Featured in North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, “Up and Coming Lawyers: Sally Higgins: Orchestrating the Good Fight” (August 2004)
- “Women in Business Achievement Award,” awarded by Charlotte Business Journal (2004)
- “40 Under 40,” awarded by Charlotte Business Journal (2003)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
- Speaker, “Strategic and Procedural Considerations in State vs. Federal Practice,” presented by Mecklenburg County Bar (November 2011)
- Panelist, “Lawyer Life: Is That an Oxymoron?”, presented by Mecklenburg County Bar (April 2009)
- ERISA LITIGATION, contributing editor and author of chapter titled “Attorney Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine” (3rd ed. 2008)
- “401(k) Plan Litigation on the Rise”, NORTH CAROLINA LAWYERS WEEKLY, Carolinas’ Employment Law Directory (2008)
- “On the Rise: 401(k) Plan Fee Litigation,” ABA Health eSource (June 2007)
- Program Chair and Presenter, “Business Litigation Forum,” presented by Mecklenburg County Bar (February 2006)
- “Federal Civil Practice” chapter (co-author), North Carolina Bar Association’s General Practice Deskbook (3d ed. 2004; 4th ed. forthcoming)
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Women Presidents Organization, Charlotte Chapter (2004-present)
- Mecklenburg County Bar: Centennial Committee Member and Co-Chair, Celebration of Community Service Task Force (2011-2012); Vice President (2003-2005); Board of Directors (2001-2005); Bar Leadership Institute (2002); Lawyers Teaching Justice, Founder and Chair (2001-2002)
- Community School of the Arts, Board of Directors (2004-2010); Executive Committee (2006-2010)
- Myers Park High School, School Leadership Team (2011-present)
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina, J.D., with high honors, 1995
- NORTH CAROLINA LAW REVIEW, Executive Articles Editor
- Order of the Coif
- Walter Clark Award (presented to top five students in graduating class)
Duke University, B.A., cum laude, English, 1990
1AV® Preeminent ™ and BV® Distinguished™ are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. For an explanation of the ratings process, please see www.martindale.com/ratings.
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