Alice C. Stubbs

Alice C. Stubbs


Tharrington Smith, LLP

Recognized since 2010

Raleigh, North Carolina

Practice Areas

Family Law

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Alice C. Stubbs is a partner in the firm. She joined Tharrington Smith in 2006 after completing eight years as a Wake County District Court judge. First appointed in 1997 by Governor Jim Hunt, she was elected to the judgeship in 1998 and 2002. During her time on the bench, Ms. Stubbs presided in domestic court; was certified as a juvenile judge in 2001; and was designated as a family court judge from 2002 through 2005.

Ms. Stubbs is a native of New Bern. She graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1985, from Davidson College in 1989 with a major in economics, attended University College in London, and received her law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992. She then clerked for Chief Judge James B. Wolfe, Jr., of the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Middle District of North Carolina, followed by a litigation practice with Stubbs and Perdue, P.A.

Long active in bar association activities, Ms. Stubbs has served on the Board of Directors for the Wake County Bar Association. In 2008, she served as the vice chairman of the Continuing Legal Education Committee for the Wake County Bar Association. She is a member of the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. She has served on the Litigation Section Council of the North Carolina Bar Association, the Board of Directors of Meredith College's Paralegal School, the Board of Directors of the Carolina Ballet, and the Women's Executive Mentoring Coalition. She is a North Carolina State Bar family court mediator and was appointed by Governor Mike Easley to serve on the North Carolina Ethics Commission, effective October 2006. She was reappointed to the Ethics Commission by Governor Perdue in January of 2010. She was recently recognized by Business North Carolina magazine as one of the "Legal Elite" family law attorneys in North Carolina.

Ms. Stubbs is married to Tex Barrow and has two young sons. She is a runner and a good tennis player.

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Location
  • Wells Fargo Building, Suite 1900
    150 Fayetteville Street
    P.O. Box 1151
    Raleigh, NC 27602
Languages
  • English
Education
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., graduated 1992
  • Davidson College, BA, graduated 1989
Bar Admissions
  • North Carolina, North Carolina State Bar
Affiliations
  • International Academy of Family Lawyers - Member
  • 10th Judicial District Bar - Member
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Section - Member
  • North Carolina State Bar - Member
  • Wake County Bar Association - Member

Tharrington Smith, LLP
Headquarters: Raleigh, North Carolina

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Family Law
Awards:
  • North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization, Board Certified Specialist in Family Law
  • Certified Family Financial Mediator
  • North Carolina Super Lawyers (Since 2010)
  • Selected for inclusion in the Family Law section of Best Lawyers in America® (Since 2010)
  • Listed among the "Legal Elite" by Business North Carolina Magazine (2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
  • AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated Lawyer, Martindale Hubbell
  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Fellow (2016)
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Family Law Arbitration
  • Family Law Mediation

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