Q. Shanté Martin joins Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP with extensive experience representing and advising government educational entities on a variety of legal issues. Prior to joining the firm’s Charlotte office, Shanté served as General Counsel to the North Carolina Community College System and State Board of Community Colleges. In that capacity, Shanté provided advice and guidance on legal issues including employment, First Amendment, board governance, immigration, open meetings, public records, and policy drafting and editing. She also served as a hearing officer for administrative hearings and appeals, provided professional development training to presidents, boards of trustees and senior administrators, and developed the State Board of Community College’s regulatory process. As an Assistant Attorney General, Shanté also successfully litigated employment, discrimination, contract, and constitutional claims in Federal, District, and Superior Courts throughout North Carolina in the North Carolina Supreme Court, in the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and in the Office of Administrative Hearings on behalf of The University of North Carolina, the Department of Public Instruction, and the NC Community College System Office. Shanté also served as Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Justice Robert F. Orr on the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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To Vote or Not to Vote . . . In Open Session
After years of representing and advising various public boards subject to the Open Meetings Law (Article 33C of Chapter 143… Read More
Q. Shanté Martin Published in Association Newsletter
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Remote Public Meetings: COVID-19’s Impact on Public Meetings
*This provides updated information about remote public meetings. For more information, visit our previous blog post about public meeting compliance. As… Read More
Shanté Martin Joins CSH Law Charlotte Office
Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (CSH Law) today announced that Q. Shanté Martin has joined the firm’s Charlotte office as an Of Counsel Attorney. Martin will focus her practice in the area of Education Law.… Read More