Michelle Connell

Michelle Connell

Connell & Gelb PLLC
  • Contact:
  • 1620 Hillsborough Street
    Ste 200
    Raleigh, NC
    27605
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Michelle is a Board Certified Specialist in the area of Family Law and in the area of Appellate Law. Of the 5 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; Board of Examiners

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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