Senior Lecturing Fellow
Jo Ann Ragazzo is a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke University School of Law teaching Legal Analysis, Research and Writing.
Ragazzo is a graduate of East Carolina University with a B.S. in education. She received her J.D. with honors in 1984 from the University of North Carolina, where she was a member of the Law Review. Since 1984, Ragazzo has been in private law practice as an associate and partner in Durham and Chapel Hill with an emphasis on civil dispute resolution, including jury trials, bench trials, arbitrations, and mediation. She has represented parties in state and federal courts in cases involving medical malpractice, personal injury law, a variety of real property disputes as well as residential and commercial construction. She also represents children and parents in Orange County Juvenile Court, and serves as guardian ad litem for minors in a variety of court proceedings.
Ragazzo is admitted to practice before all North Carolina state courts, U. S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and U. S. Supreme Court. She is a member of the N. C. State Bar, N C. Academy of Trial Lawyers, 15-B Judicial District Bar, and the Orange County Bar Association. She is a mediator certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission, and an arbitrator for 15-B Judicial District.