Office
of Parent Representation
Indigent Defense Services
123 West Main
Street, Suite 210
Durham, N.C.
27701
Telephone:
(919) 560-5987
Facsimile:
(919) 560-6900
Welcome to the Office of Parent Representation!
Wendy C. Sotolongo received her JD from the UNC School of Law in 1987.
She was a staff attorney with Pisgah Legal Services in Asheville, NC
from 1987 to 1990. From 1990 to 2006, she practiced almost exclusively
in A/N/D court as a DSS attorney, a solo practitioner and as a GAL Attorney
Advocate. In December 2006, she began
working in the Office of the Appellate Defender in the newly created position
of Parent Representation Coordinator.
Wendy.C.Sotolongo@nccourts.org
Annick Lenoir-Peek received her JD from
the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America in Washington,
D.C., in 1994. She began representing
parents in A/N/D and TPR cases in 1999 in South Carolina prior to moving to
North Carolina. She has practiced in
this area of law exclusively since 2002. Ms.
Lenoir-Peek was a Department of Social Services attorney for two years and
has concentrated on representing parents at the appellate level since 2002. In June 2008, she began working in the Office
of Parent Representation as the Assistant Parent Representation Coordinator/Assistant
Appellate Defender.
Annick.Lenoir-Peek@nccourts.org
Denise French is our administrative
assistant extraordinaire. Prior to
joining the Office of Parent Representation, for six years she served as an
administrative assistant for the section of the Durham County Attorney's Office
that handled DSS cases, making her very familiar with this area of law.
Denise.J.French@nccourts.org
Additionally,
the Office of Indigent Defense Services and the School of Government collaborate
to create quality, cost-effective indigent defense education, including innovative
training programs, manuals, and online resources, to ensure that indigent
defenders have the qualifications, training, and support they need to be effective.
Whitney Fairbanks
joined the School of Government in 2008 as the civil defender educator. Prior
to that, Ms. Fairbanks worked for three years as an assistant public defender
in Durham County where she represented respondent parents in A/N/D and TPR
proceedings; and juveniles in delinquency proceedings. She was in private
practice in both Raleigh and Greenville before joining the public defender's
office. Ms. Fairbanks earned a BA from the University of Tennessee, and a
JD with honors from Gonzaga University in Spokane.
fairbanks@sog.unc.edu
919-962-9594