Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The attorney selection process is peer influenced and research driven, selecting the top 5% of attorneys to the Super Lawyers list each year.
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Isla Tabrizi"Collins Family & Elder Law Group Partner and Chief of Legal Development Isla Tabrizi has been named Legal Elite for 2023-2024 by Business North Carolina! She has also been named as a Super Lawyer for 2025! Isla completed her legal studies at the Charlotte School of Law, graduated with the class of 2011, and then passed the bar in 2012. She is passionate about family law and is based in our primary Monroe, North Carolina office."
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Rebecca Watts
"Collins Family & Elder Law Group Partner and Chief Legal Officer Rebecca Watts has been named North Carolina Super Lawyer Legal Elite for 2023-2025! Rebecca graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1998 and began practicing law that year. Rebecca is an accomplished trial and appellate attorney with over 25 years of experience. She is based in our Monroe, North Carolina, office."
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Kathryn Cook DeAngelo
"Collins Family & Elder Law Group Senior Counsel Kathryn Cook DeAngelo is a North Carolina Super Lawyer for 2024-2025! Kathryn joined the firm in 2021 as Senior Counsel to the Collins Elder Law practice division. Kathryn graduated from Marshall University, Huntington, WV, in 1968 with a B.A. in Business Education. She also has an M.Ed. from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD. In 1984 Kathryn graduated magna cum laude from North Carolina Central University Law School (NCCU Law}, Durham, NC. In 1990, Kathryn established her own solo law firm in Surfside Beach, SC. After 34 years of law practice in South Carolina, Kathryn closed her law offices and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina."
Rising Stars
Rising Stars is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The attorney selection process is peer influenced and research driven, selecting the top 5% of attorneys to the Rising Star list each year.
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Candace S. Faircloth
"Collins Family & Elder Law Group Partner and Chief of Trial Strategy Candace S. Faircloth has been named Legal Elite for 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 by Business North Carolina. She has also been named as a Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2020-2025! Candace graduated from law school in 2013 and became licensed to practice law in the State of North Carolina that same year. Candace S. Faircloth is a North Carolina Board Certified Family Law Specialist who represents clients regarding all aspects of Family Law in Monroe, North Carolina, and surrounding areas."
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Jennifer Rodrigue
"Collins Family & Elder Law Group Partner & the Regional Director of Lowcountry Jennifer Rodrigue has been named Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2024-2025! She manages our Summerville, Charleston, and Mount Pleasant office locations and exclusively practices in the area of family law and domestic relations. Jennifer received her Bachelor of Arts in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina and her Juris Doctorate from the Charleston School of Law."
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Ali Miller
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Collins Family & Elder Law Group Managing Attorney Ali Miller is a North Carolina Rising Star for 2024-2025! She received her Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Georgia Southern University, where she played on the women’s tennis team as a division 1 scholarship athlete. Since becoming licensed, Ali has devoted her entire practice to family law. Ali is based in the Dilworth office in Charlotte, NC
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Alexa Litt
"Collins Family & Elder Law Group Attorney Alexa Litt is a North Carolina Rising Star for 2023-2025 and Legal Elite for 2024! Alexa received her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She then went to Elon University School of Law, receiving her Juris Doctorate in 2019. Alexa focuses on Family Law and splits her time between our Dilworth and Monroe, North Carolina offices."
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Shayna Matheny
"Collins Family & Elder Law Group Attorney Shayna Matheny is a North Carolina Rising Star for 2023-2025! Shayna received her undergraduate degree from the California University of Pennsylvania, with a major in Jurisprudence and concentration in Legal Studies. She then attended North Carolina Central University School of Law, receiving her Juris Doctorate in 2021, as valedictorian of her class. Shayna focuses on Family Law in our Monroe, North Carolina office, serving clients in Union and Gaston Counties."
