Alice C. Stubbs joined Tharrington Smith in 2006 after serving for eight years as a Wake County District Court judge. First appointed in 1997 by Governor Jim Hunt, she was elected to the judgeship in 1998 and 2002. During her time on the bench, Ms. Stubbs presided primarily in domestic court. She was certified as a juvenile judge in 2001 and was designated and presided as a family court judge beginning 2002. Ms. Stubbs is an American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Fellow, is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law, and a Certified Family Financial Mediator. She is an AV Preeminent Peer Rating through Martindale-Hubbell, is listed in North Carolina Legal Elite, Best Lawyers in America and has twice appeared on North Carolina Super Lawyers prestigious Top 50 Women list.