Background
Parks, Joy Riddle was born on October 6, 1954 in Monroe, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Ralph Weaver Junior and Nell Catherine (Riddle) Parks.
Parks, Joy Riddle was born on October 6, 1954 in Monroe, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Ralph Weaver Junior and Nell Catherine (Riddle) Parks.
University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Arts, 1975. Juris Doctor, 1978). Staff Attorney, Legal Division, Public Staff of North Carolina Utilities Commission, 1978-1979. President, Board of Directors, Shelter for Abused Women, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 1985.
With public staff legal division, North Carolina Utilities Commission, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1978-1979; associate, Moore, Diedrick, Whitaker & Carlisle, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 1980-1984; partner, Moore, Diedrick, Whitaker & Carlisle, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 1985-1986; partner, McNairy, Clifford, Clendenin & Parks, Greensboro, North Carolina, since 1986.
President, board directors Shelter for Abused Women, Rocky Mount, 1985. Member North Carolina Bar Association (family law section since 1980, division councillor Young Lawyers division 1983), North Carolina Academy Trial Lawyers (domestic law subcommittee of legislation committee 1987).
Married Raymond M. Sykes Junior, October 20, 1979 (divorced March 1987). Married Christopher S. Farland, June 23, 1990.