Michelle Connell

Connell & Gelb PLLC

Profile

Michelle is a Board Certified Specialist in the area of Family Law and in the area of Appellate Law. Of the 4 attorneys in NC with these certifications, she is the only one who is an AAML Fellow.

Education

Wake Forest University School of Law, JD, 1990

Admitted to Practice

North Carolina 1990

AAML Position(s) Held

State

For the North Carolina Chapter: President, President-Elect, Secretary

Legal Organizations

Appellate Specialization Committee, North Carolina State Bar, 2016 to 2021
Chairperson, Appellate Rules Committee, North Carolina Bar Association, 2016 Chairperson, Family Law Section, North Carolina Bar Association, 2010-11
Member, Appellate Rules Committee of North Carolina Bar Association, 2004-present
Member of Council, NCBA Appellate Law Section, 2013 to present
Continuing Legal Education Chair, NCBA Appellate Law Section, 2015-16
Member, NCBA Judicial Evaluation Committee, 2014-15
Member, North Carolina Bar Association Strategic Planning and Emerging Trends Committee, Member 2011-12
Member, NCBA Continuing Legal Education Committee 2015-16
10th Judicial District Grievance Committee, 2013 to present
Vice-Chairperson, Family Law Section North Carolina Bar Association, 2009-10
Treasurer, Family Law Section North Carolina Bar Association, 2007-09
Committee chairperson, Domestic Violence Committee Family Law Section North Carolina Bar Association, 2005-07
Council Member, Family Law Section North Carolina Bar Association, 2003-2006
Secretary, Appellate Rules Committee of North Carolina Bar Association, 2005-07

CLE Presentations

Death and Equitable Distribution, 2001, 2002, NCBA Family Law Intensive
Walking through the Appellate Process, 2003, NCBA Family Law Post-Trial and Appelate Practice
Appellate Procedure, 2004, Forsyth County Bar Association, CLE Seminar
Family Law Case Updates for the years 2007, 2009, 2010, NCBA Family Law Annual Meetings
Prepaing an Appellate Brief, 2008, NCBA Practical Skills Seminar
Rule 45, 2009, NCBA Family Law Seminar, Deal of No Deal, Attacking/Enforcing Agreements, Orders and Awards
Talking the Walk, A Conversational Tour of a Case on Appeal, 2010, NC Family Law Specialists Annual Meeting
Family Law Cast Update, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 NCBA Continuing Legal Education, Year In Review
Post-Trial remedies and Appellate Practice, 2011, 2012, NCBA Family Law Intensive Seminar
Alienation of Affections and Criminal Conversation, 2012, NC Family Law Specialists Annual Meeting
Stays, Enforcement, Bonds, Enforcement of Orders Pending Appeals, NCBA Appellate CLE, 2013, 2014
Discovery, Depositions, Motions and Trial Procedures, Basics in Family Law (Bootcamp for Family Law Attorneys), NCBA, 2014
“Representing the Impaired Client,” Quebec City, 2015, ABA Annual Meeting
“Contracts are Sexy Too,” Fall 2021, NCBA Family Law Section”Representing the Impaired Client,” Mid-Year AAML Annual Meeting, Winter 2022
Continuing Legal Education Course-Planner: Bedded and Imbedded Taxes, 2007, 2008, NCBA Family Law Intensive Seminar
N.C, Family Law Specialist Annual Meeting for July, 2012, N.C. State Bar
Who you gonna call? Fall, 2014, NCBA Family Law Section
NCBA Appellate Section Annual Meeting and CLE Appeals: The Next Level, Fall, 2015, NCBA Family Law Section
Ethics Instructor, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University in conjunction with the North Carolina Chief Justice’s Commission of Professionalism, 2004, (2 day intensive ethics program for first year law students.)
Ethics Instructor, Elon School of Law in conjunction with the North Carolina Chief Justice’s Commission of Professionalism, 2008, (2 day intensive ethics program for first year law students.)

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