I grew up in Hillsborough, North Carolina. I attended Elon University, where I majored in Biology and helped found the first service sorority on Elon’s campus- Epsilon Sigma Alpha. While I planned to attend medical school, I changed my mind after sitting as an alternate juror on a murder trial when I was 19 years old! I fell in love with the legal arena and constant challenge of advocating for others! After graduating Cum Laude from Elon in 1992, I married my high school sweetheart Roland. While he was busy farming, I stayed active by volunteering with the Make-A-Wish Foundation helping grant wishes of terminally ill children. Eventually, we left the farm for Lansing, Michigan, where I attended Thomas M. Cooley Law School. I graduated in the top third of my class in 1998.

Since then, I have practiced in the legal profession serving as general in-house counsel for two different Insurance Companies, as well as a partner and sole practitioner. After having a disabled daughter in 2008, my passions changed. Now, I am driven to educate the public about protecting assets while avoiding the financial and emotional hazards of probate, a platform that is the cornerstone of Thomas Walters, PLLC. I serve as a Founding Member and Managing Partner of the North Carolina Division. The firms unique approach to Estate Planning is one that keeps the most important piece in mind- the client!

My unique perspective as a special needs parent, coupled with my caring heart, drives me to educate and help families on how to plan and keep more of their hard earned money in a way that is least burdensome of their family. To me, nothing seems more unfair than for a family to lose all they have worked for after paying into a government system that was intended to be provide “a comprehensive social insurance system covering all major personal economic hazards with a special emphasis on unemployment and old age insurance.” Pres. Roosevelt Exec. Order #6765, 1934.