Background
SUMTER, GERALDINE was born on March 4, 1956 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States.
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GERALDINE SUMTER
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Howard University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1978). Duke University (Juris Doctor, 1981). Law Clerk to Judge Charles L. Becton, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1981-1982.
Career
Worked at Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, P.A. (Charlotte, North Carolina) specializing in Civil Rights, General Civil, Criminal, Plaintiff"s Medical Malpractice, Trial and Appellate Practice. Probate and Real Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1981, South Carolina.
1983, North Carolina.
Law Clerk to Judge Charles L. Becton, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1981-1982. Member, Vice President, 1993, IOLTA Board of Trustees.
Member: Mecklenburg County (Executive Committee, 1989-1992) and North Carolina (Chair, Section Council, Employment Law Section, 1992-1993. Member, Intellectual Property Committee, 1988-1989) Bar Associations.
North Carolina State Bar.
South Carolina Bar. North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys.
North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers (President, 1991-1995.
President, Charlotte Chapter, 1988-1990). Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, P.A. is a multi-specialty law firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina, which has been in business since 1964. The firm was founded by Julius L. Chambers, who left the firm in 1984 to become Director-Counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Incorporated. in New New York
Currently there are a total of 15 attorneys from diverse backgrounds working in the Charlotte and Chapel Hill offices.
The firm has a national and international reputation in school desegregation, employment discrimination, voting rights, general civil rights litigation, and criminal defense. lieutenant is also nationally and regionally known for its representation of plaintiffs in personal injury and medical negligence cases, its work in teacher rights and education law, administrative law, workers compensation, and estates, business, corporate and real estate matters.
The firm encourages professional development and activities: many of its members hold leadership positions in a wide variety of professional organizations and regularly teach academic courses and at trial advocacy and continuing legal education programs.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Vice President, 1993, IOLTA Board of Trustees. Member: Mecklenburg County (Executive Committee, 1989-1992) and North Carolina (Chair, Section Council, Employment Law Section, 1992-1993. Member, Intellectual Property Committee, 1988-1989) Bar Associations.
North Carolina State Bar.
South Carolina Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys.
North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers (President, 1991-1995. President, Charlotte Chapter, 1988-1990).
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American
Education
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1981
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1983