Alice Stubbs

Alice C. Stubbs is a partner in the firm. She joined Tharrington Smith in 2006 after completing eight years as a Wake County District Court judge. First appointed in 1997 by Governor Jim Hunt, she was elected to the judgeship in 1998 and 2002. During her time on the bench, Ms. Stubbs presided in domestic court; was certified as a juvenile judge in 2001; and was designated as a family court judge from 2002 through 2005. Ms. Stubbs is a native of New Bern. She graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1985, from Davidson College in 1989 with a major in economics, attended University College in London, and received her law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992. She then clerked for Chief Judge James B. Wolfe, Jr., of the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Middle District of North Carolina, followed by a litigation practice with Stubbs and Perdue, P.A. Long active in bar association activities, Ms. Stubbs has served on the Board of Directors for the Wake County Bar Association. In 2008, she served as the vice chairman of the Continuing Legal Education Committee for the Wake County Bar Association. She is a member of the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. She has served on the Litigation Section Council of the North Carolina Bar Association, the Board of Directors of Meredith College's Paralegal School, the Board of Directors of the Carolina Ballet, and the Women's Executive Mentoring Coalition. She is a North Carolina State Bar certified specialist in Family Law, a certified mediator in family financial cases, and was appointed by Governor Mike Easley to serve on the North Carolina Ethics Commission, effective October 2006. She was reappointed to the Ethics Commission by Governor Perdue in January of 2010. She was recently recognized by Business North Carolina magazine as one of the "Legal Elite" family law attorneys in North Carolina. Ms. Stubbs is married to Tex Barrow and has two young sons. She is a runner and a good tennis player. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Alice Stubbs included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2010 - 2015 Family Law section of Best Lawyers in America®, 2010 - 2018 "Legal Elite" by Business North Carolina magazine, 2009 Earned top rating (AV) in Martindale Hubbell Elected to the judgeship, 1998 - 2002 Business North Carolina's Magazine Legal Elite, Family Law, 2015 "Legal Elite" by Business North Carolina magazine, 2011 "Legal Elite" by Business North Carolina magazine, 2013 - 2015 “Client Distinction Award” by Martindale-Hubbell® , 2015 “Top Rated Lawyer™ in Family Law” by Martindale Hubbell, 2015 Women Leaders in the Law, Legal Leaders™, American Law Media and Fortune Magazine, 2015 Business North Carolina's Magazine Legal Elite, Family Law Section, 2016 American Academy of Matrimonal Lawyers Fellow, 2016 - Present Other Sources of Feedback About Alice Stubbs Included on the 2026North Carolina Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2024 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2023 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2022 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2021 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2020 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2019 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2017 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2016 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2015 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2014 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2013 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2012 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2011 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2010 North Carolina Super Lawyers list

• Attorney

• Wake County District Court, Judge, 1997 - 2005
• Chief Judge James B. Wolfe, Jr., of the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Middle District of North Carolina, Clerk
• Stubbs and Perdue, P.A., 1994 - 1997

• North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• Specialties and Certifications
• Juvenile Judge, 2001
• North Carolina State Bar Certified Specialist in Family Law
• Certified Family Financial Mediator

• Wake County Bar Association, 1997 - 1998 (Board of Directors)
• Continuing Legal Education Committee for the Wake County Bar Association, - 2008 (Vice Chairman)
• North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Section (Member)
• Litigation Section Council of the North Carolina Bar Association (Member)
• 10th Judicial District Bar (Member)