Attorney Celeste Harris, Maynard & Harris Attorneys at Law, PLLC, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Celeste M. Harris
Winston-Salem, North Carolina


phone	(866) 912-8731 (336) 793-1758
fax	(336) 777-8882
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Areas of Practice:: Personal Injury; Social Security Disability; Workers' Compensation; Mediation

Certification/Specialties:: Workers' Compensation Board Certified Specialist, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization; Mediator, The Dispute Resolution Commission of North Carolina

Bar Admissions:: North Carolina, 1991; U.S. District Court, 1993

Education:: Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1991
J.D.; Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1990
Law Review: Saint Louis University Law Review; University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, 1983
B.S.N.
Major: Nursing

Published Works:: Note, Statutory Regulation of Nurse Staffing Agencies: Can Quality Healthcare be Assured Without It?, 34 St. Louis U.L.J. 1131, 1990; A Case for Attending the Injured Worker Client's Medical Examination, Trial Briefs, July, 2000; The Quest for Equal Access to Justice in North Carolina, The North Carolina State Bar Journal, Spring, 2012

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Frequent Speaker, Continuing Legal Education and Community Programs; Workers' Compensation Update, Counsel on Education in Management, 1999; Who's On First and Where Does This Go? How to Organize Medical Records, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Legal Assistants, Summer Conference, 2000; Protecting the Confidentiality of Medical Information: A Call to be Attentive and Proactive, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2001; The In's and Out's of Workers' Compensation Practice Case Basics: Selection and Development, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2001 - 2002; You've Passed the Bar...Now What?, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2001 - 2002; Non-Consensual Communication with the Treating Doctor, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2002; TTD After MMI, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Convention, 2002; Confidentiality of Medical Records in North Carolina, Lorman Education Services, July 24, 2003; Workers' Compensation in North Carolina, Lorman Education Services, July 21, 2004; Management of Medical Records in North Carolina, Lorman Education Services, May 17, 2005; Workers' Compensation in North Carolina, Lorman Education Services, July 13, 2005; Public Benefits Law Task Force Meeting, Medical Terminology Basics, Legal Aid of North Carolina, March 22, 2007; Rules of the Road with Experts, Vocational Experts, NCAJ, February 22, 2011; Workers' Compensation Roundtable, Determining Whether Settlement is in Your Client's Best Interest, March 4, 2011; Social Security, A Primer for a New Decade, NCAJ, March 18, 2011

Honors and Awards:: Super Lawyers, selected for inclusion in the North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine editions, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012; Volunteer Attorney of the Year, Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc. 2010

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Forsyth County Bar Association; Member, Ethics & Grievance Committee (2002-2005); Member, Fee Dispute Resolution Committee (2009-Present); Forsyth County Women Attorneys Association, 1998 - Present; President 1998; Legal Aid Society of North Carolina, Inc.; Vice Chair, 2009 - 2011; North Carolina Advocates for Justice, 2000 - Present; Board of Governors, 2000-2006; NCAJ Mock Trial; Regional Coordinator, 1992-2008; State Coordinator, 2007-2008; Joseph Branch Inn of Court, Wake Forest University, 1991 - 2001; The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, 1991 - Present; North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA); Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG)