About
Fred Morelock obtained his bachelor’s diploma from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1974 and his regulation diploma from UNC in 1976. He then practiced as a trial lawyer for ten years within the areas of criminal protection and circle of relatives regulation litigation before being appointed to the bench. He joined Tharrington Smith in 2001.
In 1986, Mr. Morelock changed into appointed by way of Governor James G. Martin to a Wake County district court docket judgeship. He become reelected 3 instances and served for fourteen years. In 1990, Mr. Morelock became the first judge in Wake County to grow to be a Certified Juvenile Law Specialist. During the final several years at the bench, he presided nearly exclusively in home court, maximum lately in North Carolina’s first precise specialised judgeship in the region of own family law.
As a district court judge, Mr. Morelock became a frequent speaker and trainer for continuing legal schooling seminars for attorneys (North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and Bar Association) and for judges (North Carolina Association of District Court Judges and the Institute of Government New Judges School) on numerous own family law troubles. He has additionally been a seminar speaker for the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants and the Wake County public school principals. Mr. Morelock has served at the Board of Directors of the Wake County Bar Association and its Professionalism Committee, the Raleigh Rescue Mission, and Carolina Legal Assistance.
Mr. Morelock’s exercise includes the representation of customers in all regions of circle of relatives law, in addition to mediation and arbitration. He is admitted to practice in all nation courts and the federal district courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina. Mr. Morelock is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association and its circle of relatives law phase.
Mr. Morelock is married to Jeannie S. Morelock, and that they have teenage sons.
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Location
Legal Issues
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
Costs
Certificates
Languages
- English
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Partner
Tharrington Smith, LLP
2001 - Independent Counsel
NC Medical Board
2010 - District Court Judge
North Carolina District Court, 10th Judicial District
1986 - Trial Lawyer
Criminal & Family Law
1976
Educations
Graduation year: 1976
Graduation year: 1974
