Catherine R. Stuart
Few attorneys are as connected in their areas of practice as Cathy Stuart. She is respected for her tenacity, determination and attention to detail. Her expansive work in the insurance and corporate world provides her clients access to her unique blend of experience and depth of knowledge. Her service as general counsel to the North Carolina Self-Insurance Security Association has taken her into complex issues of corporate, surety, insurance company regulation and administrative law and into bankruptcy courts throughout the country. She routinely advises her insurance and business clients on corporate matters, creditor’s rights in bankruptcy, workers’ compensation and human resources.
Her work with the United States Olympic Festival, the 1999 Special Olympics World Games and the North Carolina Bid Committee for the 2007 Pan American Games, USA Baseball and the Triangle Sports Commission, as well as professional athletes and coaches, resulted in a sports law practice that focuses on representing the organizers of major national and international sporting events. Today her work in intellectual property, including trademark and copyright protection, franchising, and the representation of nonprofit organizations reflect her collective experiences.
Throughout her career, she has performed quality legal work for clients with high expectations while playing an active role in the business community. Her peers in the profession have recognized her as a North Carolina Super Lawyer and the business community has recognized her as the winner of a 2011 Triangle Business Journal Women in Business Award. She has been featured in a Sky Radio broadcast on America’s Most Influential Women.
Before entering the private practice of law, Cathy served as a staff member in the United States Senate; a consultant to the Appalachian Regional Commission; a law clerk to the Honorable Franklin T. Dupree, former Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina; and as an Assistant North Carolina Attorney General. She also has taught as an Adjunct Instructor at the University of North Carolina School of Law. She is a Mediator certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Coordinator.
Education
- B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977
- J.D., Tulane University Law School, 1981
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina
- United States Supreme Court
- United States District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western District of North Carolina
- United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Professional Organizations
- American Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Wake County Bar Association
