KARA W. EDMUNDS
kwe@greensborolawyer.com

EDUCATION:

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, B.S.Ed. with Honors 1991

University of Georgia School of Law
Athens, Georgia, J.D. magna cum laude 1994

- Editorial Board, Georgia Law Review 1992-1993
- Notes Editor, Georgia Law Review 1993-94
- American Jurisprudence Award for Torts, 1991-92
- Class of 1933 Torts Award, 1991-92
- Law School Fund Endowment Recipient
- Tuition Equalization Scholarship Recipient
- Order of the Coif, Georgia Chapter
- Board Member, Equal Justice Foundation 1991-94
- Volunteer, Georgia Juvenile Court System 1993-94
- Founding Member, Public Interest Project 1992-94
- Legal Aid Foundation 1993-94

University of North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina
Completed 31 hours of coursework in the biological and natural sciences 1996-97

PROFESSIONAL:

Admitted to Practice, North Carolina 1994 (state bar no. 20943)
-U.S. Middle District of North Carolina, 1994

2002-2003
Contract Attorney, Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro, N.C.
Emphasis on antitrust litigation

2000-2001
Contract Attorney, Smith Moore LLP, Greensboro, N.C.
Emphasis on antitrust litigation

1997-1999
Contract Attorney, Joseph L. Anderson, P.C. Kernersville, NC
Emphasis on medical malpractice

1996-1999
Medical Assistant, Guilford Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, Greensboro, N.C.

1996-1997
Contract Attorney, Bryan Weckworth & Bullard Greensboro, NC
Emphasis on Social Security Appeals

1994-1996
Associate, Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P., Greensboro, N.C.
Emphasis on general litigation

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

1994-Present
State Bar of North Carolina

1994-1996
North Carolina Bar Assocition
- Member, Litigation Section
- Member, Employment Law Section

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS:

Implying Damages Under the EAHCA: Franklin v. Gwinnett County Schools Adds New Fuel to the Argument, volume 27 Georgia Law Review