Attorney Profile

Julia Young Kirkpatrick focuses on construction law, employment law and commercial litigation. She has extensive experience in a range of legal matters affecting construction, from contract review to pursuit and defense of bond and lien claims. She uses her skills and knowledge to regularly advise general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers to prevent litigation, but is equally prepared to handle litigation when it is required. Her experience also includes advising employers regarding sensitive personnel matters affecting their business operations.

Julia graduated from North Carolina State University in 1996 and received her Juris Doctorate from Campbell University School of Law in 2000.

She was admitted to practice in the State Courts of North Carolina and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in 2000, and has since been admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Julia is an active member of the American, North Carolina and Wake County Bar Associations and the State Bar of North Carolina. She has served as a member of the Wake County Bar Public Service Committee as chair for the This is the Law Hispanic/Latino legal education project, was a 2003 recipient of the President’s Award of Excellence, and acted as Co-chair for the NCBA Young Lawyers Division Peer Mediation Task Force, as well as a Division Director for the NCBA YLD. She was recognized by the North Carolina Bar Association as its lawyer of the quarter in March 2005.

An active member of our community, she serves regularly as a volunteer judge to the Capital Area Teen Court, is a member of the Board of Directors for the Carolina Youth Ballet and has held a variety of team leadership roles in the Junior League of Raleigh, including co-leading the 2007-08 Team of the Year.