Attorney Celeste Harris, Maynard & Harris, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Celeste M. Harris
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Areas of Practice:: Personal Injury; Social Security Disability; Workers' Compensation; Mediation

Certification/Specialties:: Workers' Compensation Board Certified Specialist, North Carolina, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization; Certified Mediator, The Dispute Resolution Commission of North Carolina

Education:: Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1991
J.D.; Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri
1989-1990
Honors: Law Review; University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, 1983
B.S.N., Nursing

Published Works:: Note, Statutory Regulation of Nurse Staffing Agencies: Can Quality Healthcare be Assured Without It?, 34 St. Louis U.L.J. 1131, 1990; A Case for Attending the Injured Worker Client's Medical Examination, Trial Briefs, July, 2000

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Frequent Speaker, Continuing Legal Education and Community Programs; Workers' Compensation Update, Counsel on Education in Management, 1999; Who's On First and Where Does This Go? How to Organize Medical Records, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Legal Assistants, Summer Conference, 2000; Protecting the Confidentiality of Medical Information: A Call to be Attentive and Proactive, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2001; The In's and Out's of Workers' Compensation Practice Case Basics: Selection and Development, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, August 2001 and 2002; You've Passed the Bar...Now What?, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, August 2001 and 2002; Non-Consensual Communication with the Treating Doctor, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2002; TTD After MMI, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Convention, 2002; Confidentiality of Medical Records in North Carolina, Lorman Education Services, July 24, 2003; Workers' Compensation in North Carolina, Lorman Education Services, July 21, 2004; Management of Medical Records in North Carolina, Lorman Education Services, May 17, 2005; Workers' Compensation in North Carolina, Lorman Education Services, July 13, 2005; Public Benefits Law Task Force Meeting, Medical Terminology Basics, Legal Aid of North Carolina, March 22, 2007

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Association for Justice (AAJ); Member; The American Association of Nurse Attorneys; Member; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; Member (Board of Governors, 2000-2006) (Executive Committee 1999-2003); North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Workers' Compensation Section, 1999 - Present; Member (Executive Committee, 1999); Wake Edwards High School Mock Trial Competition, NCATL, 1994 - Present; Regional Coordinator, (Co-State Coordinator 2007 - present); North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys; Member; NCOSH, 1999 - Present; Member; Forsyth County Bar Association, 2002 - 2005; Member, (Ethics & Grievance Committee 2002 - 2005); Forsyth County Women Attorneys Association, 1998 - Present; Member (President 1998-1999); Joseph Branch Inn of Court, Wake Forest University, 1999 - 2001; Legal Aid Society of North Carolina, Inc., 2004 - Present; Local Advisory Council (Chair 2004 - present)

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