Background
Ann Thorne, Rebecca was born on November 26, 1959 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
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Rebecca Ann Thorne
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Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts, 1982). New School for Social Research (Master of Arts, 1987). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1993).
Spoken languages: Spanish.
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, 1993, Maine.
1994, Massachusetts.
1995, North Carolina. Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Chief Judge Gene Carter, United States. District Court, District of Maine, 1993-1994.
Member: Mecklenburg County Bar Association.
North Carolina State Bar. North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.
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.
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Member: Mecklenburg County Bar Association. North Carolina State Bar. North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.
