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November 15 - Charlotte NICHOLAS CUSHING is an attorney with the Tom Bush Law Group where his main area of practice is family law. Mr. Cushing is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, the North Carolina Bar Association and Mecklenburg County Bar Association. He earned his B.S. degree from Minnesota State University-Moorehead and his J.D. degree from Hofstra University School of Law. TIA G. HARTLEY is the principal in the firm of The Law Office of Tia G. Hartley, PLLC in Charlotte, and has been certified as a Parent Coordinator by the Mecklenburg County District Court. She focuses her practice in areas involving the family. Ms. Hartley earned her J.D. degree from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School after completing her undergraduate studies at Meredith College. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, she is a member of the North Carolina State Bar and the Mecklenburg County Bar Association. PAUL SALTZMAN is a partner with Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP, where his main area of practice is litigation support and business valuation. He is a certified public accountant (CPA), certified in financial forensics (CFF) and a certified valuation analyst (CVA). Mr. Saltzman is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. He has practiced for more than 30 years. Mr. Saltzman has also previously lectured for National Business Institute on, "Preventing Critical Financial Mistakes During Divorce" and "How to Avoid Common Mistakes in Divorce Settlements". He earned his B.S. degree from the University of Maryland at College Park November 18 - Asheville A. MICHAEL EDWARDS has been practicing law for 26 years. He started out in general practice with Hunter and Evans and then became chief assistant district attorney for Judicial District 29 for eight years, primarily in the areas of child sexual abuse and murder cases. Since 1995, Mr. Edwards has had a private practice concentrating in family law and criminal defense. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law. MOSE L. HIGHSMITH is the owner and founder of Highsmith Law Firm, P.A. He is an experienced attorney with an emphasis in the areas of family law. Mr. Highsmith is also experienced in cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, police administration and tribal law. He has served as an assistant district attorney, sheriff's legal advisor and staff attorney, Cherokee tribal attorney, and private practice trial attorney. Mr. Highsmith is a Certified Parenting Coordinator. North Carolina law allows a judge to appoint a parenting coordinator in "high conflict" child custody cases. The parenting coordinator assists parents in making decisions that are in the best interest of the children. He attended high school at Pender Academy in Rocky Point, and was a criminal justice major at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington. Mr. Highsmith is a former Wilmington police officer, and emergency preparedness specialist at the Brunswick Nuclear Plant. Graduating from the Campbell University School of Law in 1996, Mr. Highsmith moved to western North Carolina where he served as assistant district attorney, Waynesville, North Carolina; Office of the Attorney General, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, North Carolina; staff attorney/deputy sheriff, Henderson County Sheriff's Office, Hendersonville, North Carolina; law enforcement instructor, Blue Ridge Community College, Hendersonville, North Carolina; and private practice attorney, Waymon L. Morris Law Office, Hendersonville, North Carolina. BRIAN W. KING has more than 10 years litigation experience in 10 counties across two states in District and Superior Courts, with Court of Appeals experience in North and South Carolina. He is a Family Law Specialist, having represented more than 1000 domestic law cases personally. Mr. King is consistently sought-out as a leading family law attorney in Rutherford, Polk, McDowell, and Henderson, North Carolina counties and in upstate South Carolina for both mediated and court-litigated family law matters. He has experience in a broad range of cases, including contracts, claims, litigation, mediation and arbitration. Mr. King's areas of practice include family law; adoptions; child abuse and neglect; child advocacy; child custody; child protection; child support; divorce; interstate child custody; restraining orders; separation agreements; spousal support; uncontested divorce; visitation rights; business litigation; business start-ups; business succession planning; business transactions; family business law; and small business law. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and his J.D. degree from Campbell University. Mr. King is admitted to practice in North Carolina and South Carolina. He is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, the South Carolina Bar and several other North and South Carolina bar associations.
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