Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Raleigh, NC

LORI VITALE is the founding partner of Vitale Family Law in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Prior to opening her own firm, she was a partner at the firm of Cheshire, Parker, Schneider, Bryan & Vitale, where she practiced family law for 15 years.  She is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law and a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She is currently Vice President of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and is Past  Chair of the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association (2011-2012), and Past Chair of the Wake County Bar Association Professionalism Committee (2007-2012). In addition to her extensive experience litigating complex financial and custody cases, she is successful settling cases through negotiation, mediation and arbitration. Lori practices family law with an effective, personal approach that recognizes a need to resolve disputes without destroying relationships. A graduate of Wake Forest University School of Law, Lori has also been recognized in the Best Lawyers in America since 2007, Business North Carolina's Legal Elite since 2009 and winner of Legal Elite for Family Law in 2014, and has been named in North Carolina Super Lawyers; including the Top 50 Women Attorneys and Top 100 Attorneys from 2012 to 2014.