Based on her years of experience, Sharon Tracey Barrett understands 
the real value of negotiated settlements for all involved. This experience 
gives her insight about how to help disputing parties achieve resolution.
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SHARON TRACEY BARRETT'S RESUME:
EXPERIENCE ON THE BENCH: 
  • Superior Court Judge:
Before retiring from the bench, Sharon Tracey Barrett served as a Special Superior Court Judge, holding court in thirty of North Carolina's one hundred counties. In this position as trial judge, she presided over jury trials and also heard and decided many different types of non-jury matters.

  • District Court Judge:
She also served as a District Court Judge in the 28th Judicial District for five years. Initially appointed to the bench in 2005, she was then twice elected by the voters of Buncombe County.  She presided both in criminal and civil courts, hearing a wide range of cases.
EXPERIENCE AT THE BAR:
  • Trial Attorney:
 Sharon Tracey Barrett practiced law in Asheville for nineteen years with the firm of Patla, Straus, Robinson & Moore, P.A., representing individual, corporate and governmental clients in state and federal courts in a wide range of areas, including: business, personal injury, contract and commercial disputes, employment matters, medical negligence, construction, discrimination and real estate.

  • Bar Admissions:
  North Carolina State Bar
  U.S. District Court for Western District of N.C.
  Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
  United States Supreme Court
OTHER EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:
  • Education & Training:

Sharon Tracey Barrett graduated cum laude from the Honors Program at Boston College in 1983, then earned her law degree from Georgetown Law in 1986. Since that time, she has attended and taught various Continuing Legal Education seminars, and has received training at the North Carolina Judicial College.
  • Professional and Community Activities:

She served as a longtime board member of The Mediation Center, a western North Carolina non-profit providing mediation and supervised visitation services. Her board membership over a period of twelve years included service as President from 2015 to 2018.

She served as President of the Buncombe County Bar from 2002-2003 (28th Judicial District), and has also served as Secretary-Treasurer and as a member of the Grievance Committee, Pro Bono Committee, and Executive Committee.

She was a member of the North Carolina Domestic Violence Commission for three years, serving as Chair of the Legislative Subcommittee in 2012-2013.

In 2005, she served on the Asheville High School Innovation Task Force, a community group created by the Asheville City Board of Education, Co-Chair of Committee on Dropout Rate/Graduation Rate.
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Contact Information:
BARRETT RESOLUTIONS
P.O. Box 7054
Asheville, NC 28801
stb@barrettresolutions.com
(828) 768-5124