Tricia is an attorney who began her law practice in the early 1980s in Ohio as a staff attorney with the Toledo Legal Aid Society and then as a Referee in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, Family Court Division.
She returned to North Carolina and was admitted to the NC State Bar in August 1987. She continued her family law practice until 1999, when she was hired as the NC Real Estate Commission’s first Legal Education Officer in its Education & Licensing Division. As Legal Education Officer, she was primarily responsible for creating the educational materials for the Commission’s annual Update/BICAR courses, was a co-author and primary editor of the Commission’s NC Real Estate Manual, the approved text for the Commission’s postlicense courses, and developed and taught the Commission’s Broker-in-Charge course from 2000 through 2017.
Tricia thoroughly enjoys sharing her knowledge with others and learning from them. Students and instructors frequently comment that Tricia has an uncanny ability to explain complex concepts in simple, understandable terms, whether orally or in writing.
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill BA with honors in Psychology – 1978
University of Toledo College of Law Juris Doctor – 1981
LICENSURE
Admitted to NC State Bar August, 1987 – present (active status)
Admitted to Ohio State Bar November, 1981 – present (currently inactive status)
NC Broker License 2002 (active status)
CDEI – Certified Distance Education Instructor February 2018