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Debra L. Foster
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Biography
Debra Foster is a fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. She focuses her practice on estate planning and estate administration matters. Debra is certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law and for seven years she served on the North Carolina State Bar committee charged with the certification of qualified attorneys in this area of practice. In 2009-2010, Debra chaired the North Carolina State Bar Estate Planning and Probate Law Specialization Committee. She is a past Chair of the Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, having served as its Vice-Chair, its Secretary, and as the Chair of the Section's Continuing Legal Education Committee for two years. She now serves on the Section's Ethics Committee. Debra is a member of the Charlotte Estate Planning Council and has lectured and continues to lecture extensively on matters pertaining to estate planning and charitable giving.
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Licensed in North Carolina for 43 years
State: North Carolina
Acquired: 1982
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Debra L. Foster, PLLC
6000 Fairview Road, 12th Floor, Charlotte, NC, 28210
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Posted by anonymous | November 03, 2014 | Estate Planning
Phenomenal attorney
Debra worked with us to produce a meticulously drafted estate plan. Her questions were insightful, she thought of everything, and her communication and follow up went above and beyond. I could not recommend her more.
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Experience
Honors
2017
Legal Elite, Top Estate Planning Attorney, N.C., Business North Carolina
2017
Top 50 NC Female Attorney and Estate Planner, SuperLawyers
2015
A Top Trusts and Estates Attorney, Best Lawyers in America
2015
First Tier Estate Planning Firm, Best Lawyers in America
2014
A Top Wealth Advisor, Charlotte Magazine
2014
A Top Trusts and Estates Attorney, Best Lawyers in America
2014
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina
2014
Top 50 NC Female Attorney and Estate Planner, SuperLawyers
2014
First Tier Estate Planning Firm, Best Lawyers in America
2013
A Top Trusts and Estates Attorney, Best Lawyers in America
2013
Top 50 NC Female Attorney and Estate Planner, SuperLawyers
2013
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina
2013
First Tier Estate Planning Firm, Best Lawyers in America
2012
First Tier Estate Planning Firm, Best Lawyers in America
2012
A Top Trust and Estates Attorney, Best Lawyers in America
2012
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina
2012
A Top Wealth Advisor, Charlotte Magazine
2012
Top 50 NC Female Attorney and Estate Planner, SuperLawyers
2011
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina
2011
A Top Wealth Advisor, Charlotte Magazine
2011
Top 50 NC Female Attorney and Estate Planner, SuperLawyers
2011
A Top Trusts and Estates Attorney, Best Lawyers in America
2010
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina
2010
Top 100 NC Attorney, Top 50 Female Attorney, Estate Planner, SuperLawyers
2010
A Top Trust and Estates Attorney, Best Laqwyers in America
2009
Top 100 NC Attorney, Top 50 Female Attorney and Estate Planner, SuperLawyers
2009
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina
2009
A Top Trusts and Estates Attorney, Best Lawyers in America
2008
Top 100 NC Attorney, Top 50 Female Attorney, Estate Planner, SuperLawyers
2008
A Top Trusts and Estates Attorney, Best Lawyers in America
2008
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina
2007
Top 50 NC Female Attorney and Estate Planner, SuperLawyers
2007
A Top Trusts and Estates Attorney, Best Lawyers in America
2007
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina
2006
Top 50 NC Female Attorney and Estate Planner, SuperLawyers
2006
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina
2005
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina
2005
Top 100 NC Attorney, Top 50 Female Attorney, Estate Planner, SuperLawyers
2004
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina
2003
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina
2002
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina
2001
Codicil Award, American Red Cross
1982
Order of the Coif, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
1981
Law Review, Member, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1978
Student Excellence Award, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
1977
Membership, Phi Beta Kappa
Work Experience
2006 - Present
Managing Attorney, Debra L. Foster, P.A.
2002 - 2006
Partner, Essex Richards, P.A.
1982 - 2002
Associate, then Partner, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein
Associations
2001 - Present
American College of Trust and Estate CounselFellow
1990 - Present
North Carolina State BarSpecialist, Estate Planning and Probate Law
2013 - 2017
North Carolina Bar AssociationChair, Member, Strategic Planning Committee
2010 - 2012
North Carolina Bar AssociationPast Co-Chair of 4-All Task Force
2009 - 2010
North Carolina State BarChair, Specialization Committee, Estate Planning and Probate Law
2007 - 2010
North Carolina Bar AssociationPast member of the Board of Governors
2005 - 2006
North Carolina Bar AssociationChair, Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section
Education
1982
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
JD - Juris Doctor with Honors
1978
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
B.A., Summa Cum Laude