Curriculum Vitae
Nancy Russell Shaw
Licensure:
Admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1973
Education:
Legal
Duke University School of Law
J.D. Degree 1973, with distinction
American Jurisprudence Book Award in Civil and Criminal Trial Practice
Student Editorial Assistant - Law & Contemporary Problems, Fall 1971 - Spring 1973.
Undergraduate
Duke University
A.B. Degree 1970, Spanish
Current Positions:
1990 - Present
Senior Lecturer in Law, Duke University School of Law
1997-Present
President, Law Offices of Nancy Russell Shaw, P.A.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Previous Practice Experience:
1992-1997
Of Counsel , Poyner & Spruill, Charlotte, North Carolina
1991-1992
Of Counsel, Moore & Van Allen, Charlotte, North Carolina
1986-1990
PARTNER, Moore & Van Allen, Charlotte, NC
(a merger of Powe, Porter & Alphin, P.A. and Moore & Van Allen)
1977-1986
PARTNER, Powe, Porter & Alphin, P.A., Durham, North Carolina
1973-1977
ASSOCIATE, Powe, Porter & Alphin, P.A., Durham, North Carolina
Summer, 1972
LAW CLERK, Pierson, Ball & Dowd, Washington, D.C.
1973-1979
The School of Medicine, Duke University; Seminar for 3rd and 4th
year medical students concerning medical jurisprudence
1975
The Graduate School of Business, Duke University
Previous Teaching Experience:
Adjunct Faculty Appointments held concurrently with my practice
responsibilities at Powe, Porter & Alphin, P.A.:
1973-1979
The School of Medicine, Duke University; Seminar for 3rd and
4th year medical student concerning medical jurisprudence
1975
The Graduate School of Business, Duke University
Current and Recent Professional and Civic Activities of Interest:
1992-Present
Sitting Council Member, The Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law
Section of the North Carolina Bar Association
1992-Present
Member of the Endowment Committee of the Charlotte Arts &
Science Council
1989-1994
Executive Committee of Duke University Law Alumni Association
1989-1992
Member Bar Grievance Committee, 14th Judicial District Bar
1988-1989
President, Durham/Orange County Estate Planning Council
1987-1991
President Durham/Orange County Duke Law Alumni Association
1986-1989
Member of the Board of Governors, Wake Arts Council
Chairman, Fall Fundraising Event, 1988
Chairman, Capital Subscription Campaign, 1987
Silver Anniversary Committee, 1987
1986-1987
Co-Chairman, North Carolina Symphony Subscription Campaign
1987-Present
Member - North Carolina Bar Association's Estate Planning and Fiduciary
Law Section.
Currently serving on ESTATE ADMINISTRATION MANUAL COMMITTEE,
and currently engaged in drafting of new sections for manual and revision
and updating of existing sections. This committee serves the North Carolina Bar Association's Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section by producing a practice
manual giving CLE presentations for the Bar.
Currently serving on the continuing Legal Education Committee which is engaged in planning and implementing all CLE programs for the NCBA regarding this area of law.
Representative Bar Speaking Engagements:
November 9, 1988 in Raleigh and November 10, 1988 in Charlotte for the NC Bar Association
"Basic Drafting of Wills & Trusts in North Carolina," a seminar given under the auspices of the National Business Institute's Law Review Series. This is a Greensboro Continuing Legal Education Course for North Carolina attorneys.
April 28, 1989 in Charlotte and May 5, 1989 in Raleigh for NCBA
"Estate Administration in North Carolina"
A seminar given by the North Carolina Bar Association Probate &
Fiduciary Law Section. The Speech will include discussion of
Banking, Securities and Insurance.
January 11, 1990 Television Broadcast 1990 - present replays
"Aging and the Law" - Produced by Duke Law School
July 19-21, 1990 at Myrtle Beach N.C. Bar Fiduciary Law Section
"Drafting and Exercise of General and Limited Powers of Appointment -- Tax and Non-Tax considerations."
Presentation of the North Carolina Bar's Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section.
October 1991 Duke University Estate Planning Conference
January 1993 Queens College 15th Annual Estate Planners Day
"Gift-Giving to Minors"
A selective review of the dynamics of and classic techniques for making transfers to minors.
May 21, 1993
Raleigh, NC
"Basics of Estate Administration"
September 21, 1994 Raleigh, NC., Bar Center
"The Principal and Income Act" and "Probate, Part II"
Member in Good Standing:
1973 - Present
14th Judicial District Bar
1973 -Present
North Carolina Bar Association
1973 - Present
North Carolina State Bar
1973 - Present
American Bar Association
1991 - Present
Mecklenburg County Bar