Alice Stubbs
Raleigh, NC

Alice Stubbs

Tharrington Smith LLP

Divorce and SeparationMediation

Alice C. Stubbs is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law. She earned her B.A. in Economics from Davidson College in 1989 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1992, then clerke…

34 years' experience
Accepting New Clients

About

Alice C. Stubbs is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law. She earned her B.A. in Economics from Davidson College in 1989 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1992, then clerked for Chief Bankruptcy Judge James B. Wolfe, Jr. She founded the Raleigh office of Stubbs Perdue and joined Tharrington Smith in 2006 after eight years as a Wake County District Court judge, primarily in family court. She has been course planner for Raleigh's annual family law CLE program since 2008.

Practice Areas

Divorce and SeparationMediation

Awards & Recognition

  • Super Lawyers Top 100: North Carolina (2022–2025)
  • Super Lawyers Top 50: Women North Carolina (2017–2025)
  • Super Lawyers Top 25: Raleigh (2023–2025)
  • Best Lawyers in America, Family Law section (2010–2026)
  • Business North Carolina Legal Elite (since 2009)
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Bar Admissions

  • North Carolina State Bar (1992)
  • All State Courts
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court (2019)

Education

  • Juris Doctor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law (1992)
  • Economics and Art History study, University College in London (1988)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Davidson College (1989)
  • Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts (1985)

Service Offers

  • Accepting New Clients

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