Meredith Yates focuses her practice on complex litigation matters. She was previously a summer associate at WilmerHale in 2022.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Yates was a law clerk for a federal district court judge in the Southern District of Florida. 

While in law school, Ms. Yates externed for the United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of North Carolina and was a judicial intern for the Honorable Richard E. Myers II, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. She also participated in her law school’s domestic and sexual violence clinic and was a member of her law school’s trial team.

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, University of North Carolina School of Law, 2023

      Order of the Coif

      Graduated with High Honors

      Symposium Editor, North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology

      Staff Member, North Carolina Law Review

      Secretary, Broun National Trial Team

      Certificate of Merit, White Collar Crime

    • BS, Business Administration, University of North Carolina, 2020

      Graduated with Highest Distinction

      Marvin B. Smith Jr. Memorial Scholarship

  • Admissions

    • North Carolina

  • Clerkships

    • US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2023

* Admitted to practice only in North Carolina. Supervised by members of the firm who are members of the District of Columbia Bar.

Credentials

* Admitted to practice only in North Carolina. Supervised by members of the firm who are members of the District of Columbia Bar.

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