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Tatiana M. Terry

Associate   |   Raleigh

Tatiana Terry assists clients in a wide range of labor and employment-related matters. Representing employers of all sizes, Tatiana works closely with clients to secure positive results in administrative proceedings and civil litigation in both state and federal courts, specializing in litigation. Tatiana’s specific experience in employment law includes: claims involving Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Equal Pay Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act, as well as corresponding state statutes.

Tatiana has extensive experience representing individuals in professional licensing and liability matters. Prior to joining the firm, Tatiana primarily handled professional liability matters where she litigated before the North Carolina Court of Appeals, Wake County Superior Court, and occupational licensing boards defending and prosecuting licensees. In her representation of professional licensing boards and licensees, Tatiana has handled matters involving the alleged professional misconduct of attorneys, dentists, engineers, general contractors, locksmiths, medical doctors, orthopedists, psychologists, and social workers, including issues regarding licensing, litigation, minimum qualifications, rulemaking, disciplinary actions, injunctive litigation, and criminal contempt prosecutions. Tatiana has successfully tried several criminal contempt matters resulting in plea agreements, deferral prosecutions, and active sentences for licensing boards and licensees.

Tatiana is a 2016 cum laude graduate of North Carolina State University with a B.A. in Criminology and a minor in Political Science, and a 2019 graduate of Campbell University School of Law with a focus on trial advocacy. A product of Campbell Law’s nationally ranked advocacy program, Tatiana is one of the most decorated advocates in the school’s 45-year history.

While at Campbell, Tatiana served as a dual-advocate on both the Client Counseling and Trial Advocacy teams. As a member of the Client Counseling Team, she won the ABA Regional Client Counseling Competition, ABA National Client Counseling Competition, and represented the U.S. in the International Client Consultation Competition, where she and her teammate won, a first for North Carolina law schools, and earned the title of World Client Consultation Champions. On the Trial Advocacy team, she earned the individual award Best Overall Advocate at the National Black Law Student Association’s (NBLSA) Southern Regional Mock Trial Competition, Best Cross-Examination at NBLSA’s Southern Regional Mock Trial Competition, and finished as a champion at both the NBLSA Southern Regional Mock Trial Competition and NBLSA National Mock Trial Competition. She later won the coveted Top Gun Mock Trial Competition in 2019, making her the first African-American to win the most challenging, invitation-only trial advocacy tournament in the nation, earning the title of the #1 ranked mock trial advocate amongst law schools students across the county. Tatiana previously served as the Director of Competitive Advocacy for Campbell Law while teaching second and third-year law students Trial Advocacy as a Professor of Law. Tatiana also served as an Assistant District Attorney in North Carolina where her practice specialized in identity theft.

Finally, Tatiana continues to give back to the legal community by coaching Campbell Law Trial Advocacy teams. She prides herself on having coached a national championship-winning team in 2022. Tatiana is married to her college sweetheart Quintin Terry, Sr., and they have one son, Quintin Terry, Jr. She enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with her family.

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