Michael F. Schilawski is licensed to practice
law in North Carolina. He is a principal in the Wake Family Law Group in
Raleigh, North Carolina. Mr. Schilawski is a native of Wisconsin, but has
resided in Cary, North Carolina since 1965.
Michael was admitted to practice in North Carolina in 1982, after
having received a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill in 1971, a masters degree in education from North Carolina
State University in 1976 and a Juris Doctor degree from Campbell University
in 1982. While in law school, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Campbell
Law Review. Prior to attending law school, Michael was employed for seven
years as a public secondary school teacher, coach, guidance counselor and
assistant principal.
In 1989, Mr. Schilawski was first certified as a Specialist in Family
Law by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization; he has
limited his practice to family law since 1989. Mr. Schilawski is licensed to
practice before the United States Supreme Court, United States District
Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina, the North
Carolina Supreme Court and all subordinate courts. He has argued family law
cases before the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina
Supreme Court.
Mr. Schilawski was certified as a Family Financial Mediator by the
North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission in 1999. He serves frequently
as a mediator and arbitrator in family law cases.
Michael is a member of the Wake County Bar Association, the North
Carolina Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the North Carolina
State Bar, the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and is a Fellow of
the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Mr. Schilawski is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education
programs sponsored by such providers as the North Carolina Bar Foundation,
the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and Wake Forest University
School of Law. He has earned the highest AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
