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Mark E. Sullivan
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE: 1971, Ohio; 1972, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces; 1976, North Carolina; 1978, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2001 U.S. Federal Court of Claims.
LAW-SCHOOL: University of Virginia (J.D.)
COLLEGE: Kenyon College (B.A.)
OTHER LANGUAGES: French


Mark E. Sullivan is the principal of Law Offices of Mark E. Sullivan, P.A., in Raleigh, North Carolina.  He has limited his trial practice to family law since 1981 and has been certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a Family Law Specialist since 1989. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Town & Country Magazine, Law Weekly USA and The Raleigh News & Observer, and has had articles published in the American Journal of Family Law, Family Law Quarterly, Family Advocate, The Military Law Review, the Army Lawyer, Family Advocate, and The Practical Lawyer.  Mr. Sullivan is the editor of "Family Law Practice and Procedure Manual" (NC Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2000), and he has written numerous articles on trial advocacy, negotiating techniques, the use of computers,  and the practice of family law.  He is a frequent speaker at military and family law programs and is an annual lecturer on family law at the Army JAG School and the Naval Justice School.  Mr. Sullivan is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Family Law Sections of the North Carolina Bar Association and the American Bar Association, the Judge Advocates Association, and the Reserve Officers Association.  In September, 2000, he was certified by the AAML as a family law arbitrator, and he is the past-president of the North Carolina Chapter of the AAML.  He is a retired colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve.  Mr. Sullivan's book, The Military Divorce Handbook, was published in May 2006 by the American Bar Association.

Catherine R. Bailey
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE: 2005, North Carolina
LAW-SCHOOL: Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, 2005 (J.D.)
COLLEGE: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1999

Ms. Catherine R. Bailey received her B.A. in Drama, with a minor in Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1998.  Before she attended law school, Catherine worked as a legal assistant for several years, primarily in the personal injury, collections, and bankruptcy fields.  While in law school at Campbell University, Ms. Bailey served as Comments Editor on the Campbell Law Review, Executive Secretary of the Student Bar Association, and Treasurer of the Iredell Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta, an international legal fraternity.  She was on the Dean’s List several times during law school and awarded several scholarships.  Ms. Bailey received her J.D., cum laude, from Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, in 2005.  She received the Award of Distinction from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers upon her graduation.  After graduation, Ms. Bailey served as a law clerk to the Honorable Justice Edward Thomas Brady at the North Carolina Supreme Court before coming to work as an attorney at Law Offices of Mark E. Sullivan, P.A. in 2006.  Ms. Bailey is a member of the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the American Bar Association.  She is also a member of the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys and the Wake County Young Lawyers Division.
 

          

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