Background
Ward, Mary E. was born on May 30, 1945 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
Ward, Mary E. was born on May 30, 1945 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). Wake Forest University School of Law (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1979). Editor-in-Chief, Wake Forest Law Review, 1978-1979.
Law Clerk to Chief Judge Eugene A. Gordon, United States.
District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, 1979-1981. Associate, House, Blanco & Osborn, P.A., 1981-1985.
Member, Legal Department, Richard Joshua Reynolds Tobacco Company, since 1985.
Admitted to the bar, 1979, North Carolina. 1981, United States. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (Not admitted New York).
Editor-in-Chief, Wake Forest Law Review, 1978-1979.
Law Clerk to Chief Judge Eugene A. Gordon, United States. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, 1979-1981.
Associate, House, Blanco & Osborn, P.A., 1981-1985. Member, Legal Department, Richard Joshua Reynolds Tobacco Company, 1985.
Member: Forsyth County and American Bar Associations.
North Carolina State Bar. North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys. Forsyth County Women Attorneys.
(Senior Counsel) (With Richard Joshua Reynolds Tobacco Company).
Member, Legal Department, Richard Joshua Reynolds Tobacco Company, 1985. Member: Forsyth County and American Bar Associations. North Carolina State Bar.
North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys.
Forsyth County Women Attorneys. (Senior Counsel) (With Richard Joshua Reynolds Tobacco Company).