Robin Stinson

Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A.

Profile

Education

UNC-Chapel Hill/1984/JD

Admitted to Practice

August 1984

AAML Position(s) Held

State
  • Past Chapter President, Past Symposium Chair, Past Secretary

Legal Organizations

  • North Carolina Bar Foundation, Board of Directors (2019 to 2021)
  • Forsyth County Bar Association/21st Judicial District (President 2001-2002
  • President-elect 2000-2001, Vice-President 1999-2000, Treasurer 1998-99, Secretary 1997-98
  • 21st Judicial District Bar Ethics and Grievance Committee, 1994-97, chairman 1996-97). North Carolina Bar Association (Chairman of the Endowment Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, Inc. for 2007-2010
  • Member of Development Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, Inc. for 2010-2012
  • Member of Personnel Committee, 2008-2019′ Board of Governors, including service on Associations’ Finance Committee and Board Liaison to the Family Law Section, 2004-2007
  • Family Law Section Chair 1998-99, Family Law Section Vice-Chair 1997-97, Family Law Council Member 1993 to 1996, Family Forum editor 1995 to 1997 and 2002-2004, Family Law Section Home Page Editor 1999–2000)
  • Dispute Resolution Council 2011-)
  • Chief Justice Joseph Branch Inn of Court (Charter Barrister, 1992 to 1995)
  • Forsyth County Women Attorneys Association
  • Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 2001 ( NC Chapter of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers: Past President, 2010-2012.

CLE Presentations

  • NC Bar Association, Speaker at 2017/2018 Family Law Intensive Seminar -Tips Aren’t Just for Waiters: Practice Tips for the Most Experienced Family Law Attorney,” speaking on -Random Tips” November 2017 and February 2018
  • NC Advocates for Justice
  • Speaker at Family Law Specialization Exam Review Seminar on -Exam Study Tips and Test-taking Tips,” September 2017
  • NC Bar Association, Speaker at 2017 Dispute Resolution Section Annual Meeting on -Thorny Issues and Ethical Minefields in Mediation and Arbitration,” March 2017NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at Basics of Family Law Seminar on Client Management Issues
  • November 2016 and November 2018
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at August 2016 Webinar on Ethics Issues in Family Financial Mediations
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at February 2016 Dispute Resolution Seminar on -Mediation in Family Financial Cases: Issues Faced by Mediators in the Drafting of the Mediation Agreement”:NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at February 2016 Dispute Resolution Seminar on -Mediation in Family Financial Cases: Issues Faced by Mediators in the Drafting of the Mediation Agreement”:NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at November 2015 and February 2016 Intensive Family Law Seminar on -Imputing Income in Alimony and Child Support Cases”
  • Advocates for Justice, Speaker at February 2015 Seminar on the Trifecta: Litigating a Family Law Case on -Evidence and Objections”
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at February 2013 Dispute Resolution Seminar on -Family Law Mediation—To Be or Not to Be”
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at November 2014 and 2012 Seminars on the Modern Family Seminar on -Client Contact and Management”
  • Advocates for Justice, Speaker at February 2012 Seminar on Discovery in Family Law
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at February 2012 and October 2011 Intensive Equitable Distribution Seminar on -Third Party Issues in Complex Financial Cases”
  • Advocates for Justice 2010 Seminar on Trial Method, Speaker on -Direct Examination: Show Them Your Client’s Story”
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at 2010 N.C.BA Family Law Section Annual Meeting, 2011 NCBA Legal Assistants Division Annual Meeting, 2012 NCBA Workers’ Compensation Section Annual Meeting, and 2012 AAML Southern Chapter Retreat: -Ethics: Managing the Generation Gap in Technology”
  • NC Bar Foundation, 2010 Seminar on -50 Top Cases to Know,” Speaker on -Family Law Agreements”
  • North Carolina Family Law Specialists 2009 Seminar, Speaker on -Hot Issues in Evidence and Civil Procedure”
  • N. C. Bar Foundation, Speaker at 2009 Annual Meeting of Alternate Dispute Resolution Section on -Family Financial Overview”
  • N. C. Bar Foundation, Speaker at Estate Planning and Probate Survey Seminar in 2010, 2007, 2004, 2001, 1998, 1996, 1994, and 1991 on “Safeguarding Assets against Marital Breakdown and Divorce”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2007 Family Law Seminar on -Civil Procedure Issues in Family Law Cases”
  • NC Bar Foundation, February 17, 2005 on -The Use and Abuse of Private Investigators and Wiretaps and Other Means of Investigation”
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at November 2005 and February 2006 Intensive Equitable Distribution Seminar on -HIPAA and Obtaining Medical Records in Domestic Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2005 and 2006 General Practice Seminar on -Family Law Warnings for the General Practitioner”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2005 and 2006 Family Law Seminar on -Third Party Issues in Family Law Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2004 NC bar Foundation’s Family Law Seminar on -Civil Procedure Issues in Family Law Cases”
  • NC Bar Association, Speaker at 2004 Evidentiary Issues in Child Custody Cases: Hot Topics in Family Law Seminar on -Evidentiary Issues in Child Custody Cases – Cutting Through the Red Tape”
  • -How to Practice Family Law in North Carolina” seminar, Half-moon, Inc., on -Preparing for and Appearing at Mediation and Trial” 2004
  • Forsyth County bar Association 2003, Adoption Law Case Update
  • NC Bar Association, -Petitions, Motions and Extraordinary Writs in Appellate Courts”, 2003
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2003 Equitable Distribution Seminar on -Jurisdiction and Third Parties”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2002 Family Law Seminar on -Third Party Issues 2002”
  • NC Bar Association: Speaker at 2001 Family Law Intensive Seminar on -Really, What is Marital Debt”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2001 Family Law Seminar on -Third Party Custody and Grandparent Rights”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2000 Equitable Distribution Seminar on “Personal Jurisdiction and Other Issues”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 1998 and 1995 Family Law Litigation Seminar on “Discovery: Obtaining Documents and Information”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 1997 Equitable Distribution Seminar on “To Join or Not to Join: Third Parties in Equitable Distribution Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 1996 Family Law Litigation Seminar on “Selected Evidentiary and Procedural Issues in Domestic Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 1995 Family Law Litigation Seminar on “Discovery: Obtaining Documents and Information”
  • NC Bar Association: Speaker at 1995 Annual Family Law Section Meeting, Charleston, S.C., on “Depositions upon Written Questions”
  • North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers: Speaker at January 1995, Family Law Seminar, Midpines, NC on “Preparing and Using Exhibits in Domestic Litigation”
  • NC Bar Association: Speaker at Intensive Equitable Distribution Seminar in Charlotte, NC, in December 1993, and in Durham, NC in February 1994, on “Is Personal/Professional Goodwill Marital Property? A Survey of Case Law on the Valuation of Professional/ Personal Goodwill versus Business/Practice Goodwill”
  • North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers: Speaker at Annual Practical Trial Skills Seminar in Raleigh, NC, in November 1993, presented paper on “Trial Problems in Domestic Litigation”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at Practical Family Law Seminar in Raleigh, NC, on September 23, 1993, on “Civil Procedure, Discovery and Motion Practice in Family Law Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at Practical Legal Ethics Seminar in Raleigh, NC, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998 on Ethical and Professional Issues in the Family Law Practice
  • North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers: Course Planner for 1992 Family Law Seminar in Raleigh, NC.. Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at Family Law Symposium in Raleigh, NC, on August 22, 1991, on Expert Witnesses in Domestic Cases
  • co-authored with Joslin Davis “Chapter 15, Expert Witnesses in North Carolina Family Law Practice Manual,” Rev. Ed. 1991, published by Wake Forest University CLE. North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers: Speaker at Annual Legal Assistants Seminar, July 26, 1991 on “Child Support”
  • National Business Institute: Speaker at “Family Law in North Carolina Seminar” in Greensboro, NC, on March 20, 1991. NC Bar Association, Speaker at 2017/2018 Family Law Intensive Seminar -Tips Aren’t Just for Waiters: Practice Tips for the Most Experienced Family Law Attorney,” speaking on -Random Tips” November 2017 and February 2018
  • NC Advocates for Justice
  • Speaker at Family Law Specialization Exam Review Seminar on -Exam Study Tips and Test-taking Tips,” September 2017
  • NC Bar Association, Speaker at 2017 Dispute Resolution Section Annual Meeting on -Thorny Issues and Ethical Minefields in Mediation and Arbitration,” March 2017NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at Basics of Family Law Seminar on Client Management Issues
  • November 2016 and November 2018
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at August 2016 Webinar on Ethics Issues in Family Financial Mediations
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at February 2016 Dispute Resolution Seminar on -Mediation in Family Financial Cases: Issues Faced by Mediators in the Drafting of the Mediation Agreement”:NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at February 2016 Dispute Resolution Seminar on -Mediation in Family Financial Cases: Issues Faced by Mediators in the Drafting of the Mediation Agreement”:NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at November 2015 and February 2016 Intensive Family Law Seminar on -Imputing Income in Alimony and Child Support Cases”
  • Advocates for Justice, Speaker at February 2015 Seminar on the Trifecta: Litigating a Family Law Case on -Evidence and Objections”
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at February 2013 Dispute Resolution Seminar on -Family Law Mediation—To Be or Not to Be”
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at November 2014 and 2012 Seminars on the Modern Family Seminar on -Client Contact and Management”
  • Advocates for Justice, Speaker at February 2012 Seminar on Discovery in Family Law
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at February 2012 and October 2011 Intensive Equitable Distribution Seminar on -Third Party Issues in Complex Financial Cases”
  • Advocates for Justice 2010 Seminar on Trial Method, Speaker on -Direct Examination: Show Them Your Client’s Story”
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at 2010 N.C.BA Family Law Section Annual Meeting, 2011 NCBA Legal Assistants Division Annual Meeting, 2012 NCBA Workers’ Compensation Section Annual Meeting, and 2012 AAML Southern Chapter Retreat: -Ethics: Managing the Generation Gap in Technology”
  • NC Bar Foundation, 2010 Seminar on -50 Top Cases to Know,” Speaker on -Family Law Agreements”
  • North Carolina Family Law Specialists 2009 Seminar, Speaker on -Hot Issues in Evidence and Civil Procedure”
  • N. C. Bar Foundation, Speaker at 2009 Annual Meeting of Alternate Dispute Resolution Section on -Family Financial Overview”
  • N. C. Bar Foundation, Speaker at Estate Planning and Probate Survey Seminar in 2010, 2007, 2004, 2001, 1998, 1996, 1994, and 1991 on “Safeguarding Assets against Marital Breakdown and Divorce”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2007 Family Law Seminar on -Civil Procedure Issues in Family Law Cases”
  • NC Bar Foundation, February 17, 2005 on -The Use and Abuse of Private Investigators and Wiretaps and Other Means of Investigation”
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at November 2005 and February 2006 Intensive Equitable Distribution Seminar on -HIPAA and Obtaining Medical Records in Domestic Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2005 and 2006 General Practice Seminar on -Family Law Warnings for the General Practitioner”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2005 and 2006 Family Law Seminar on -Third Party Issues in Family Law Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2004 NC bar Foundation’s Family Law Seminar on -Civil Procedure Issues in Family Law Cases”
  • NC Bar Association, Speaker at 2004 Evidentiary Issues in Child Custody Cases: Hot Topics in Family Law Seminar on -Evidentiary Issues in Child Custody Cases – Cutting Through the Red Tape”
  • -How to Practice Family Law in North Carolina” seminar, Half-moon, Inc., on -Preparing for and Appearing at Mediation and Trial” 2004
  • Forsyth County bar Association 2003, Adoption Law Case Update
  • NC Bar Association, -Petitions, Motions and Extraordinary Writs in Appellate Courts”, 2003
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2003 Equitable Distribution Seminar on -Jurisdiction and Third Parties”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2002 Family Law Seminar on -Third Party Issues 2002”
  • NC Bar Association: Speaker at 2001 Family Law Intensive Seminar on -Really, What is Marital Debt”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2001 Family Law Seminar on -Third Party Custody and Grandparent Rights”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2000 Equitable Distribution Seminar on “Personal Jurisdiction and Other Issues”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 1998 and 1995 Family Law Litigation Seminar on “Discovery: Obtaining Documents and Information”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 1997 Equitable Distribution Seminar on “To Join or Not to Join: Third Parties in Equitable Distribution Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 1996 Family Law Litigation Seminar on “Selected Evidentiary and Procedural Issues in Domestic Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 1995 Family Law Litigation Seminar on “Discovery: Obtaining Documents and Information”
  • NC Bar Association: Speaker at 1995 Annual Family Law Section Meeting, Charleston, S.C., on “Depositions upon Written Questions”
  • North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers: Speaker at January 1995, Family Law Seminar, Midpines, NC on “Preparing and Using Exhibits in Domestic Litigation”
  • NC Bar Association: Speaker at Intensive Equitable Distribution Seminar in Charlotte, NC, in December 1993, and in Durham, NC in February 1994, on “Is Personal/Professional Goodwill Marital Property? A Survey of Case Law on the Valuation of Professional/ Personal Goodwill versus Business/Practice Goodwill”
  • North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers: Speaker at Annual Practical Trial Skills Seminar in Raleigh, NC, in November 1993, presented paper on “Trial Problems in Domestic Litigation”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at Practical Family Law Seminar in Raleigh, NC, on September 23, 1993, on “Civil Procedure, Discovery and Motion Practice in Family Law Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at Practical Legal Ethics Seminar in Raleigh, NC, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998 on Ethical and Professional Issues in the Family Law Practice
  • North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers: Course Planner for 1992 Family Law Seminar in Raleigh, NC.. Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at Family Law Symposium in Raleigh, NC, on August 22, 1991, on Expert Witnesses in Domestic Cases
  • co-authored with Joslin Davis “Chapter 15, Expert Witnesses in North Carolina Family Law Practice Manual,” Rev. Ed. 1991, published by Wake Forest University CLE. North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers: Speaker at Annual Legal Assistants Seminar, July 26, 1991 on “Child Support”
  • National Business Institute: Speaker at “Family Law in North Carolina Seminar” in Greensboro, NC, on March 20, 1991. NC Bar Association, Speaker at 2017/2018 Family Law Intensive Seminar -Tips Aren’t Just for Waiters: Practice Tips for the Most Experienced Family Law Attorney,” speaking on -Random Tips” November 2017 and February 2018
  • NC Advocates for Justice
  • Speaker at Family Law Specialization Exam Review Seminar on -Exam Study Tips and Test-taking Tips,” September 2017
  • NC Bar Association, Speaker at 2017 Dispute Resolution Section Annual Meeting on -Thorny Issues and Ethical Minefields in Mediation and Arbitration,” March 2017NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at Basics of Family Law Seminar on Client Management Issues
  • November 2016 and November 2018
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at August 2016 Webinar on Ethics Issues in Family Financial Mediations
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at February 2016 Dispute Resolution Seminar on -Mediation in Family Financial Cases: Issues Faced by Mediators in the Drafting of the Mediation Agreement”:NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at February 2016 Dispute Resolution Seminar on -Mediation in Family Financial Cases: Issues Faced by Mediators in the Drafting of the Mediation Agreement”:NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at November 2015 and February 2016 Intensive Family Law Seminar on -Imputing Income in Alimony and Child Support Cases”
  • Advocates for Justice, Speaker at February 2015 Seminar on the Trifecta: Litigating a Family Law Case on -Evidence and Objections”
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at February 2013 Dispute Resolution Seminar on -Family Law Mediation—To Be or Not to Be”
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at November 2014 and 2012 Seminars on the Modern Family Seminar on -Client Contact and Management”
  • Advocates for Justice, Speaker at February 2012 Seminar on Discovery in Family Law
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at February 2012 and October 2011 Intensive Equitable Distribution Seminar on -Third Party Issues in Complex Financial Cases”
  • Advocates for Justice 2010 Seminar on Trial Method, Speaker on -Direct Examination: Show Them Your Client’s Story”
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at 2010 N.C.BA Family Law Section Annual Meeting, 2011 NCBA Legal Assistants Division Annual Meeting, 2012 NCBA Workers’ Compensation Section Annual Meeting, and 2012 AAML Southern Chapter Retreat: -Ethics: Managing the Generation Gap in Technology”
  • NC Bar Foundation, 2010 Seminar on -50 Top Cases to Know,” Speaker on -Family Law Agreements”
  • North Carolina Family Law Specialists 2009 Seminar, Speaker on -Hot Issues in Evidence and Civil Procedure”
  • N. C. Bar Foundation, Speaker at 2009 Annual Meeting of Alternate Dispute Resolution Section on -Family Financial Overview”
  • N. C. Bar Foundation, Speaker at Estate Planning and Probate Survey Seminar in 2010, 2007, 2004, 2001, 1998, 1996, 1994, and 1991 on “Safeguarding Assets against Marital Breakdown and Divorce”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2007 Family Law Seminar on -Civil Procedure Issues in Family Law Cases”
  • NC Bar Foundation, February 17, 2005 on -The Use and Abuse of Private Investigators and Wiretaps and Other Means of Investigation”
  • NC Bar Foundation, Speaker at November 2005 and February 2006 Intensive Equitable Distribution Seminar on -HIPAA and Obtaining Medical Records in Domestic Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2005 and 2006 General Practice Seminar on -Family Law Warnings for the General Practitioner”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2005 and 2006 Family Law Seminar on -Third Party Issues in Family Law Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2004 NC bar Foundation’s Family Law Seminar on -Civil Procedure Issues in Family Law Cases”
  • NC Bar Association, Speaker at 2004 Evidentiary Issues in Child Custody Cases: Hot Topics in Family Law Seminar on -Evidentiary Issues in Child Custody Cases – Cutting Through the Red Tape”
  • -How to Practice Family Law in North Carolina” seminar, Half-moon, Inc., on -Preparing for and Appearing at Mediation and Trial” 2004
  • Forsyth County bar Association 2003, Adoption Law Case Update
  • NC Bar Association, -Petitions, Motions and Extraordinary Writs in Appellate Courts”, 2003
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2003 Equitable Distribution Seminar on -Jurisdiction and Third Parties”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2002 Family Law Seminar on -Third Party Issues 2002”
  • NC Bar Association: Speaker at 2001 Family Law Intensive Seminar on -Really, What is Marital Debt”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2001 Family Law Seminar on -Third Party Custody and Grandparent Rights”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 2000 Equitable Distribution Seminar on “Personal Jurisdiction and Other Issues”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 1998 and 1995 Family Law Litigation Seminar on “Discovery: Obtaining Documents and Information”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 1997 Equitable Distribution Seminar on “To Join or Not to Join: Third Parties in Equitable Distribution Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 1996 Family Law Litigation Seminar on “Selected Evidentiary and Procedural Issues in Domestic Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at 1995 Family Law Litigation Seminar on “Discovery: Obtaining Documents and Information”
  • NC Bar Association: Speaker at 1995 Annual Family Law Section Meeting, Charleston, S.C., on “Depositions upon Written Questions”
  • North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers: Speaker at January 1995, Family Law Seminar, Midpines, NC on “Preparing and Using Exhibits in Domestic Litigation”
  • NC Bar Association: Speaker at Intensive Equitable Distribution Seminar in Charlotte, NC, in December 1993, and in Durham, NC in February 1994, on “Is Personal/Professional Goodwill Marital Property? A Survey of Case Law on the Valuation of Professional/ Personal Goodwill versus Business/Practice Goodwill”
  • North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers: Speaker at Annual Practical Trial Skills Seminar in Raleigh, NC, in November 1993, presented paper on “Trial Problems in Domestic Litigation”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at Practical Family Law Seminar in Raleigh, NC, on September 23, 1993, on “Civil Procedure, Discovery and Motion Practice in Family Law Cases”
  • Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at Practical Legal Ethics Seminar in Raleigh, NC, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998 on Ethical and Professional Issues in the Family Law Practice
  • North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers: Course Planner for 1992 Family Law Seminar in Raleigh, NC.. Wake Forest University School of Law CLE: Speaker at Family Law Symposium in Raleigh, NC, on August 22, 1991, on Expert Witnesses in Domestic Cases
  • co-authored with Joslin Davis “Chapter 15, Expert Witnesses in North Carolina Family Law Practice Manual,” Rev. Ed. 1991, published by Wake Forest University CLE. North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers: Speaker at Annual Legal Assistants Seminar, July 26, 1991 on “Child Support”
  • National Business Institute: Speaker at “Family Law in North Carolina Seminar” in Greensboro, NC, on March 20, 1991.

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