Fenita T. Morris-Shepard is a Raleigh-based legal executive and employment law attorney with extensive experience in litigation, higher education, healthcare, financial services, and government. She advises organizations on employment matters, compliance, contracts, and risk management, and has led legal, Title IX, internal audit, and employee relations functions. Fenita previously served as Chief Legal Counsel at North Carolina Central University, General Counsel at the NC Education Lottery, and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Fenita earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received her Juris Doctorate from North Carolina Central University School of Law. She lives in Apex, NC, with her husband Michael and two children, Donovan and Cameron. In her free time, Fenita loves to spend time with family, read non-fiction books, and travel.
