A. Ruthie Sheets
Associate
Ruthie Sheets joined Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby in September, 2017. Ruthie received her Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2017. Her honors include a CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Juvenile Law and an Outstanding Family Law Student Award from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Ruthie also served as the President of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund during her time at Wake Forest University School of Law. Ruthie received a Bachelor of the Arts in political science with a concentration in pre-law and a minor in sociology in 2013 from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Greensboro, NC, graduating summa cum laude.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Litigation - Defense of Professional Liability
- Physicians
- Other Allied Health Professionals
Litigation
- Automobile Liability
Insurance Claims
Insurance Coverage
Appeals
EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Arts, (Political Science, pre-law, minor: Sociology), University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, 2013 summa cum laude
- Juris Doctor, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 2017
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- North Carolina Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division)
- Craven County Bar Association
- Judicial District 3B Bar Association
- North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
ADMISSIONS
- North Carolina State Courts
- United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina