Background
Stern, Thomas M. was born on September 3, 1956 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Stern, Thomas M. was born on September 3, 1956 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Tufts University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1978). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa.
Worked at Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, P.A. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) specializing in General Civil, Criminal, Trial and Appellate Practice. Specializes in Medical Negligence, Civil Rights, Education and Personal Injury Law. Admitted to the bar, 1983, North Carolina.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, University of North Carolina. Member: North Carolina and Orange County Bar Associations. North Carolina State Bar.
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Editorial Board, 1987).
National Lawyers Guild. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
National Institute for Trial Advocacy (Faculty Member. Team Leader).
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.
North Carolina and Orange County Bar Associations. North Carolina State Bar. North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Editorial Board, since 1987).
National Lawyers Guild.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Resident at Chapel Hill Office).
Medical Malpractice, Civil Rights, Education Law.