In addition, Ms. Edgerton has been selected as a Super Lawyer® in the 2010, 2011 and 2017 editions of North Carolina Super Lawyers®magazine in the area of immigration law. According to the publishers of Super Lawyers (www.superlawyers.com), only 5% of the lawyers per jurisdiction are selected for inclusion on this list each year.
Ms. Edgerton is frequently invited to speak at national and regional immigration conferences on such topics as permanent residence, H-1B and training (H-3/J-1) visas, and employment verification/I-9 issues. She has authored and edited numerous immigration articles in leading publications and has been interviewed extensively in the business and local press on immigration issues. She is a former Chair of the Carolinas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and, as such, a former member of AILA’s Board of Governors. She is a former member of AILA's Distance Learning Committee and has also previously served as the Vice Chair of the Ethics and Practice Management Committee for AILA National and as the National Chair of AILA's Young Lawyers Division.
Following a federal judicial clerkship, Ms. Edgerton started her career with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, in Winston-Salem. In 1996, she joined Maupin Taylor, PA (now Williams Mullen), in Raleigh, North Carolina, to develop and manage the firm’s immigration practice. Most recently, Ms. Edgerton was a partner at another immigration law firm in Raleigh. Ms. Edgerton is a magna cum laude graduate of North Carolina State University and a cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law.
Practice areas
Edgerton Immigration Law is dedicated to providing high quality, personalized immigration legal services to business, individual and family clients throughout the United States and around the world.
27 years
Languages spoken
English, Spanish, German
Edgerton Immigration Law
3724 National Drive
Suite 225
Raleigh, NC, 27612
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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NC | Active | 1995 | 06/23/2022 |
GA | Inactive Member in Good Standing | 1993 | 04/17/2022 |
Legal answers | 7 |
Legal guides | 0 |
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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Best Lawyers in America (Immigration Law) | Woodward/White, Inc. | 2011 |
North Carolina Super Lawyers | Super Lawyers Magazine | 2011 |
Best Lawyers in America (immigration law) | Woodward/White, Inc. | 2010 |
North Carolina Super Lawyers | Super Lawyers Magazine | 2010 |
Best Lawyers in America (immigration law) | Woodward/White, Inc. | 2009 |
Best Lawyers in America (immigration law) | Woodward/White, Inc. | 2008 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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American Immigration Lawyers Association | Vice Chair, Ethics & Practice Management Committee | 2008 - 2010 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association | Chair, Carolinas Chapter | 2006 - 2008 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association | Vice-Chair | 2004 - 2006 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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American Immigration Lawyers Association Annual Conference | Training Visas (H-3 and B-1) | 2010 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association | Ethics 101 (for Immigration Lawyers) | 2009 |
AILA Annual Conference | J-1 Training & Internship Programs | 2008 |
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