Christine S. Eatmon, Attorney at Law
Chris took a long, less traditional route to law school. She joined the Marine Corps after high school graduation and served on active duty at MCAS Cherry Point in North Carolina.
In 1991, Chris began working as a legal assistant and later worked as a paralegal in the family law section of Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton, LLP, in Raleigh. While working at the firm, and as a newly-single mother, she began taking evening courses at Campbell University’s satellite campus in Morrisville and received her undergraduate degree in Business Administration in 2001. Chris earned her law degree from Campbell University in 2005 and joined Wyrick Robbins as an associate in the firm’s family law section.
Chris has co-authored family law related manuscripts for Continuing Legal Education for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and the North Carolina Bar Foundation. Most recently, Chris was a revising editor of the Domestic Violence chapter for the Second Edition of the North Carolina Family Law Marital Claims Book.
Tamara W. Brooks, Attorney at Law
Tamara Brooks, or Tam as she is more commonly known, became interested in the law in her home state of Virginia where she attended and graduated from James Madison University with a B.A. degree and a Paralegal Certificate. She joined a law firm as a personal injury paralegal on the coast of North Carolina and worked for many years before heading to law school at Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson, Mississippi.
After graduating from Mississippi College, she married her best friend in law school and headed back to North Carolina where they set up house in Mecklenburg County, raised two sons and practiced law including family law, insurance subrogation and employment law. Job changes and relocations brought them to Wake County in 2012 where they settled in Wake Forest.
Since coming to Wake County, Tam’s practice has focused primarily on family law where she enjoys helping families find their new normal. She is licensed to practice in North Carolina and is admitted to practice in the Fourth Circuit as well.
Tamara is a part-time instructor in the Duke Paralegal Studies online and ground programs. She is active in her church and has published a writing called “Daily Discoveries of God in Life: A Devotional.” She loves spending time with her family, cooking and playing games. She has three
dogs and two lizards and hopes, one day, to possibly raise quail.
Ashley Prince, Attorney at Law
Ashley is a native of Durham, North Carolina. In 2013, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from North Carolina State University with a B.A. in Language, Writing and Rhetoric, and a minor in Sociology. There, she was the Chair of Pi Beta Phi’s Policy and Standards Board, as well as a copy editor for NCSU’s student newspaper, the Technician.
Ashley received her Juris Doctor from Norman Adrian Wiggins Campbell School of Law, where she developed a passion for family law early in her career. At Campbell, Ashley was involved in the Domestic Violence Advocacy Project and earned Book Awards in Torts II, Workers’ Compensation and Federal Crimes.
Ashley resides in Cary, NC, where she spends her downtime gardening, paddle-boarding and trying out new recipes. On rainy days, Ashley enjoys listening to true crime and watching re-runs of Schitt’s Creek with her two cats, Logan and Vinny.
Jennifer Rawlins, Paralegal
Jacey Quarles, Paralegal
Tabatha, Legal Assistant
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