Collaborative-Ventures

Judge Shirley L. Fulton

Reception Facility

The Wadsworth Estate

EDUCATION
1977 BS – Business Admin., NC A & T

State 1980 Juris Doctorate – Duke University School of Law

1998 Master of Business Administration, McColl School of Business at Queens University.

BAR ADMISSIONS
North Carolina State Bar, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United States District Court – Western District, and United States District Court – Eastern District.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tin, Fulton, Greene & Owen, PLLC, Partner Nov. 2004 to Present; Primary areas of practice include corporate/business law, community/economic development law and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Helms, Henderson & Fulton, PA, (formerly Helms, Henderson & Associates), Partner Feb. 2003 – Oct. 2004; Primary areas of practice include corporate/business law, community/economic development law and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Senior Resident Superior Court Judge for 26th Judicial District, Sept. 1997 to Feb. 2003.

Resident Superior Court Judge for 26th Judicial District, Jan. 1989 to Sept. 1997;

District Court Judge for 26th Judicial District, Jan. 1987 to Dec. 1988.

Assistant District Attorney for Mecklenburg County (26th Prosecutorial District), Oct. 1982 to Jan. 1987.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
President, Wesley Heights Community Development Corporation-1996-2002; Current Owner of The Wadsworth Estate, LLC and President of The Wadsworth Estate Foundation.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Durham Technical Institute and North Carolina Central University School of Law, both in Durham, NC; Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte and The National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada.

PROILES AND HONORS
Profiled in The Charlotte Business Journal, The Charlotte Post, The Charlotte Observer, Home and Garden TV and a number of state and local magazines; portrait displayed in Mecklenburg County Courthouse honoring service to the North Carolina Justice System.

Honors received from numerous organizations for work in the courts and the community, i.e., Judge of the Year Award from North Carolina Association of Woman Attorneys, The Whitney Young award from The Urban League of Central Carolina, and Woman of the Year in 1998.

SELECT CURRENT AND PAST BAR AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES Past President of Mecklenburg, Chair of Legal Service of the Southern Piedmont Annual Campaign and chair of The Charlotte Law School Board of Trustees, Member of Charlotte Mecklenburg Education TaskForce

The Wadsworh Estate
400 South Summit Avenue
Charlotte, North Carolina 28208
Bus: 704.332.3050

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