Debbie Sandlin
Raleigh, NC

Debbie Sandlin

Sandlin Family Law Group

Adoption and SurrogacyMediationCollaborative Law+5 More

Deborah Sandlin is the founding principal of Sandlin Family Law Group and has limited her practice to family law, adoption, appellate advocacy, collaborative law, mediation and arbitration since 1999. She is a Board Certified Family Law Spe…

27 years' experience
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About

Deborah Sandlin is the founding principal of Sandlin Family Law Group and has limited her practice to family law, adoption, appellate advocacy, collaborative law, mediation and arbitration since 1999. She is a Board Certified Family Law Specialist with extensive trial practice in child custody and support, equitable distribution, post separation support, alimony, adoptions, and domestic violence, and has argued before the North Carolina Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. She is a Certified Family Financial Mediator and Certified Parenting Coordinator, and was an adjunct professor at North Carolina Central School of Law from 2002-2008.

Practice Areas

Adoption and SurrogacyMediationCollaborative LawChild Custody and VisitationChild Support | Child Support EnforcementProperty DivisionSpousal Support | AlimonyDomestic Violence | Protective Orders

Awards & Recognition

  • SuperLawyers
  • Best Lawyers in America
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Bar Admissions

  • All North Carolina State Courts
  • Federal District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Education

  • B.A. in Political Science, Eastern Kentucky University (1985)
  • J.D., North Carolina Central University Law School, summa cum laude (1998)

Service Offers

  • Accepting New Clients

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