Marcia
Armstrong is licensed to practice law in North Carolina. Ms. Armstrong is a native of Smithfield, North Carolina. She was admitted to practice in North Carolina in 1983,
after receiving her bachelor's degree in History and Modern Foreign Languages in 1980 from Salem College and her
J.D. degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1983. She has also served as an adjunct professor of
law for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Law.
Ms.
Armstrong's practice is limited to family law. In 1989, she was certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a
specialist in Family Law. She has been a member of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial
Lawyers since 1993 and currently serves as Secretary. She has served on the Board of Managers. Ms. Armstrong has also served as
chair of the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association and has served on the Board of Governors of
the Association. From 1993 to 1995, she served as editor of the Family Forum newsletter for the
Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. In 1997, Ms. Armstrong was awarded the
Distinguished Service Award from the North Carolina Bar Association for her service to the Family Law Section.
Ms. Armstrong also received the Gweneth B. Davis Award in 1995 for work on the passage of the
current alimony statute.
Ms. Armstrong has served as secretary of the Johnston County Bar Association and has served on the committee to
write the local rules of practice for equitable distribution and child custody cases in the 11th Judicial District.
She served as an advisory member on the Commission for the Future of Justice and the Courts in North Carolina-Family
Court. Ms. Armstrong has served as a member of the Wake Forest University Law Alumni Council.
Ms.
Armstrong is a frequent speaker at law schools and at continuing legal education programs sponsored by the North
Carolina Bar Foundation and the Wake Forest University School of Law. She has written and presented
manuscripts on a wide range of topics including jurisdictional problems in interstate custody cases, intensive
children's issues, how to try a domestic case, strategies in handling the child custody cases, alimony, trial
preparation, reconciliation and the effect on separation agreements and property settlements, attorney's fees
provisions, tax consequences of equitable distribution, distribution factors in equitable distribution, equitable
distribution classification, divisible property distribution, managing an equitable distribution
case and professionalism.
Ms.
Armstrong is certified as an arbitrator by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and as a superior court and
family financial mediator by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission.
She has served as an arbitrator and mediator in many cases, including
complex equitable distribution cases.
Ms.
Armstrong has appeared in trial courts throughout eastern North Carolina and has appeared before the North Carolina
Court of Appeals in her appellate practice. She currently concentrates her practice in the area of equitable
distribution and alimony.
