Carlyn Poole Receives North Carolina State Bar's Distinguished Service Award
reprinted with permission from the North Carolina State Bar Journal, 15, 1.
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Attorneys Honored with Distinguished Service Awards
The recently created North Carolina State Bar Distinguished Service Award program honors current and retired members of the North Carolina State Bar who have demonstrated exemplary service to the legal profession.
Carlyn G. Poole is a recipient of the State Bar's Distinguished Service Award. Carlyn was born in Taylor, Texas, and obtained her JD with honors from UNC in 1979. Her family law practice with the firm of Tharrington Smith has focused on negotiation and mediation, and she has earned the reputation of being one of the finest and most trusted attorneys in her community and across the state.
Carlyn has a deep commitment to improving the profession and legal education which is visible through her service as an adjunct professor of family law at UNC from 1992-1993 and as a member of the State Bar's CLE Committee, Disciplinary Hearing Commission, and Family Law Specialization Committee. She has also been active with the Bar Association, serving as a member of the Family Law Council, editor and contributor to the Family Forum, and chair of the Family Law Section. She frequently appears as a speaker and course planner for continuing legal education programs and also served as managing editor for the first edition of the North Carolina Marital Claims deskbook. In 2006, Carlyn was recognized as the NCBA's CLE Volunteer of the Year and received the Joseph Branch Professionalism Award.
Her practice has always emphasized professionalism over business, and she has never failed to treat her clients and opposing counsel with the utmost civility and honesty. Caryln is a true counselor to her clients and uses her intellect and integrity to solve problems in the best possible way rather than trying to "win at all costs."
THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR JOURNAL, 15, 1 59
