Nancy E. Gordon is
licensed to practice law in North Carolina. Ms. Gordon has been in the private practice
of law in Durham since 1983. Her practice is limited to the practice of
matrimonial and family law.
Ms. Gordon graduated from the University
of Michigan with a B.A. in 1976 and received her J.D. in 1979 from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law
in Cleveland, Ohio. After being admitted to the Michigan State Bar in
1979, she worked for Touche Ross & Co. in Detroit, Michigan. In
1981, Ms. Gordon chose to make Durham, North Carolina, her home. She was admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 1982.
Throughout her years in the Triangle area,
Ms. Gordon has lent much of her time and expertise to the local and state bar associations.
Besides being a past-President of both the Durham County Young Lawyer’s Division and the Durham
County/Fourteenth Judicial District Bar Association, she has chaired and participated in several local and state Bar
Association task forces and committees. A current member of the North
Carolina Bar Association Family Law Section Council, Ms. Gordon has served two terms as editor for The Family Forum,
the Section’s newsletter, is a past chair of the Long-Range Planning Committee and a member of the Section CLE
Committee. A frequent course planner and presenter for a variety of
seminars on matrimonial law, her most recent presentations include “Equitable Distribution in a Nutshell,”
“Ethics & Disclosure in Matrimonial Cases,” and “Post-separation Support─Strategies & Traps.” Ms. Gordon is an occasional speaker at family law seminar classes at Duke University Law School and
at the North Carolina Central University Law School.
In 1991, Ms. Gordon became the first
board-certified family law specialist in Durham County, North Carolina, and in 1996 she became a fellow with the
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML).
She is past president of the North Carolina Chapter of AAML.
In addition to her
experience in trial work, Ms. Gordon has completed training in family law mediation and is an AAML-certified
matrimonial arbitrator.
