Representative Experience
Michelle Frazier is a government relations attorney at Manning Fulton and represents clients before the North Carolina General Assembly. Clients benefit from Michelle’s previous experience working at the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) serving as Assistant Executive Director which included the supervision of the NCBA's Office of Governmental Affairs. She joined the NCBA in March 2001 as Director of Governmental Affairs and was responsible for administering the legislative program as well as serving as the Association’s legislative, executive branch and federal lobbyist.
Prior to her position at the NCBA, Michelle was an associate in private practice in Raleigh, representing a variety of clients in all aspects of litigation in state and federal courts and before legislative and administrative boards. She also served as a Law Clerk for The Honorable William Norton Mason, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, upon graduation from law school. While attending law school, she worked for Glaxo, Inc. in the Public Policy and Legal Departments as well as interning at the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office.
Michelle currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Wake County Bar Association and Tenth Judicial District Bar and as Co-Chair of the Strategic Planning Subcommittee of the NCBA's Women in the Profession Committee. She is recognized in Business North Carolina's Legal Elite (2009) as one of North Carolina's best lawyers under the age of 40 (Young Guns category) and is also listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers (2009, 2010) as a Rising Star.
Professional Activities
- National Association of Bar Executives
- Government Relations Section, Past Chair
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Judicial Independence Committee
- Legislative Advisory Committee
- Women in the Profession Committee
- Co-Chair, Strategic Planning Subcommittee
- Wake County Bar Association
- Board of Directors, WCBA and Tenth Judicial District Bar
- North Carolina Professional Lobbyists Association
- North Carolina Young Lobbyists Association
- North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys
- Advisory Council on the Status of Women in the Legal Profession
Community Activities
- Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
- Executive Women's Task Force
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